Hi Baseball Clubs,
My name is Jo and I’m the Sporting Schools Coordinator for Melbourne Sports Institute.
If you aren’t familiar with Sporting Schools, it’s a $280 million Australian Government initiative designed to help schools increase children’s participation in sport and connect them with community sport opportunities. Sporting Schools programs are provided free to children and their families to help students build the confidence and capability to be active for life.
Melbourne Sports Institute provides coaches for a range of sports including Baseball (T-ball in Primary Schools and Baseball5 in Secondary), Gymnastics, Volleyball, Badminton to name a few.
I have personally been part of the Baseball community in the South Eastern Melbourne suburbs for quite some time now as a player, parent and coach, I was the Sporting Schools Coordinator for Baseball Victoria prior to this role and am very passionate about helping increase participation in the sport through the Sporting Schools program. I have this program below that I am seeking a coach for, but I am also looking to build up the quantity of high quality baseball coaches to make it easier to fill these requests.
How it works:
· The school selects the sport they wish to run and contact MSI to provide the coaches
· The government provides the school with grant funding to pay for the program
· Coaches signs up as an employee (or contractor) with Melbourne Sports Institute and I email opportunities to the database as they arise (such as the one below)
Coaches must have:
· WWCC (Employee preferred)
· Relevant certificates (e.g. community coaching principals, infection control, child safe certificate – all free and online)
· Experience coaching kids – program outline provided to assist in session planning
· Availability during school hours (some programs are run before or after school but not many)
The benefits:
· Coaches get paid $30 – $40 per session. There might be one session or six within a day (example below)
· Coaches have the ability to connect potential new players with opportunities to play Baseball at surrounding clubs
I am currently emailing the closest clubs to Brunswick East Primary School as this is one I have not yet filled for Term 1. The pay rate is $30 per session and there are 36 sessions in total.
| School | Address | State | Sport | Day | Dates | Start Time | Finish Time | COACH |
| Brunswick East Primary School | 195a Stewart Street, Brunswick East 3060 | Vic | Baseball | Monday | March 15, 22. | 9.10am 10:00am 11.10am 1.15pm 2:00pm 2.45pm | 10:00am 10:50am 12:00pm 2:00pm 2:45pm 3:30pm | |
| Brunswick East Primary School | 195a Stewart Street, Brunswick East 3058 | Vic | Baseball | Tuesday | March 16, 23. | 9.10am 10:00am 11.10am | 10:00am 10:50am 12:00pm | |
| Brunswick East Primary School | 195a Stewart Street, Brunswick East 3059 | Vic | Baseball | Wednesday | March 17, 24. | 9.10am 10:00am 11.10am | 10:00am 10:50am 12:00pm | |
| Brunswick East Primary School | 195a Stewart Street, Brunswick East 3060 | Vic | Baseball | Thursday | March 18, 25. | 9.10am 10:00am 11.10am 1.15pm 2:00pm 2.45pm | 10:00am 10:50am 12:00pm 2:00pm 2:45pm 3:30pm |
If you know of any coaches from your club who are interested in being involved I would greatly appreciate it if you would be able to forward this email onto them and ask them to get in touch with me J
Kind Regards,
| Jo Schutt | |
| Sporting Schools Coordinator & Coach Allocation Manager | |
| Melbourne Sports Institute | |
| m: | 0420 647 806 |
| a: | 339 North Rd Caulfield South |
| w: | msisport.com.au e: sportingschools@msisport.com.au |