Job Summary

Special Olympics Pennsylvania Philadelphia

2900 Southampton Rd., Philadelphia, PA 19154 **Tel **
215.671.5069 **Fax **215.671.5033
- Created by the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation for the benefit of persons with intellectual disabilities. _
- Pennsylvania _Philadelphia

**Special Olympics Pennsylvania**
**Philadelphia Unified Champion Schools Manager**

**About Special Olympics Pennsylvania and the Unified Champion Schools Program**:
Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools (UCS) is an education-based strategy for schools Pre-K
through university that intentionally promotes meaningful social inclusion and positive school climate
by bringing together students with and without intellectual disabilities to create accepting school
environments, utilizing three interconnected components: Special Olympics Unified Sports®, inclusive
youth leadership and whole school engagement.

**About the Philadelphia Unified Champion Schools Manager**
The core work of the Philadelphia Unified Champion Schools Manager is to support socially inclusive
schools and create opportunities for students with and without intellectual disabilities in Philadelphia
and Bucks County to participate in Special Olympics Unified Sports, Inclusive Youth Leadership, and
Whole School Engagement activities. The Philadelphia UCS Manager will be responsible for the
continued development and operational success of UCS programming in Philadelphia and Bucks
County. The Manager will be a valued member of the SOPA and SOPA Philadelphia teams across school
and community programs with primary responsibility in managing school and community partnerships
at high-school grade levels in Philadelphia and Bucks County. The UCS Manager will contribute to
overall UCS program success as a collaborative team member and manage key external relationships
with school districts, including the School District of Philadelphia.

**Key Responsibilities**:
This position will assume the following responsibilities to support overall Programming department’s
goals and objectives, specifically in the area of school-based Unified Champion Schools initiatives in
Philadelphia and Bucks County. The position will be responsible for major aspects of this project to
include but not limited to:
1. Develop and manage relationships with key staff and student leaders at assigned schools;
provide them with the resources, direct guidance, and support needed to achieve excellence in
the following UCS components to ensure quality outcomes:

- Interscholastic Unified Sports (IUS)
- Train coaches and ensure they implement the principles of Unified Sports in

their practices and competitions; ensure all Special Olympics PA policies and
rules are being followed
- Provide recruitment strategies and support to ensure a sufficient number of

special education and general education students are enlisted and committed
to form IUS teams
- Coordinates and manages IUS events, including trainings, seasonal league-play

competition and championship events that afford meaningful engagement and
opportunity to develop skills in a select sport with potential to advance to
higher levels of competition
- Collaborate with school and district-level athletic administrators,

including the School District of Philadelphia’s Division of Athletics, to
support integration of IUS programs and events
- Ensure competition management meets the quality standards

established by SOPA, including a sufficient number of well-trained
officials and volunteers, enforcement of the rules, knowledge of the
protocols, and necessary venue elements
- Provide all materials and resources for effective and well-managed

practices and competitions
- Inclusive Youth Leadership
- Work with school faculty liaisons to ensure an inclusive youth leadership club

(students with and without intellectual disabilities) has an effective student

Special Olympics Pennsylvania Philadelphia

2900 Southampton Rd., Philadelphia, PA 19154 **Tel **
215.671.5069 **Fax **215.671.5033
- Created by the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation for the benefit of persons with intellectual disabilities. _
- Pennsylvania _Philadelphia

governance structure; articulated goals and planned activities; and an
understanding of how to best engage students with and without disabilities
- Conduct annual Youth Summits encouraging and supporting the above

initiatives as well as supporting other Youth Summits in the state as needed
- Provide guidance and resource support to ensure the UCS program objectives

are being met
- Whole School Engagement Activities
- Ensure the school is doing a minimum of three school-wide engagement

activities led by students which promote education and awareness about
inclusion, social justice through sports, anti-bullying, and other school-climate
focus areas
- Provide the necessary guidance, resources, and materials for successful

outcomes
- Have the inclusive youth leadership club conduct these activities with other

groups in the school such