Building Leaders On & Off the Ice

A Nationally-Acclaimed Life Skills Curriculum

Our Life Skills programs are designed to help students become the best version of themselves by creating safe and welcoming environments, intentional character development lessons on and off the ice, and by building employability skills through service-learning and professional experiences.

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Programs - Life Skills - Character Development

LIFE SKILLS

Life Skills

Character Development

Employability Skills

Leadership Council

Junior Coaches

Character Development

Snider coaches deliver age-appropriate character-building lessons to students through the game of hockey both on and off the ice. Each lesson is aligned with our age-based outcomes, guiding students to build a foundation of respect, friendship, self-esteem, and teamwork, while progressively developing skills such as accountability, emotional intelligence, and positive self-identity

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Employability Skills

Building Employability Skills

Snider offers soft skill workshops and service-learning projects designed to build employability skills. Students will benefit from career exploration initiatives, connections to jobs and internships, and structured and reflective service-learning opportunities that includes community clean ups, volunteer coaching opportunities and professional workshops.

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Leadership Council

The Snider Leadership Council gives a select group of high-achieving high school student-athletes the opportunity to strengthen their leadership and professional skills by attending regular meetings and participating in Snider events, professional development workshops, and leadership skill-building activities.

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Junior Coaches

Junior Coach Program

Our Junior Coach Program is a service-learning opportunity for Snider high school-aged students to build employability skills through volunteer coaching at all Snider rinks. Junior Coaches serve as leaders in their community by providing direct on-ice support during after-school programming. Snider students may apply to be a Junior Coach if they are active within the organization, are in 9th – 12th grade, and have completed at least one full season in the SHL or are a member of a Snider travel team.

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“We do the right thing, not the easy thing”

The Snider Coaching Philosophy

Improved Social-Emotional Learning Skills

by the numbers

80% of Snider students show advanced levels of academic self-efficacy.
75% of Snider students exhibit advanced levels of self-confidence and goal orientation.

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