Hempstead High School Head Girls Track Coach, Camirey Jackson, has been selected to participate in the Texas High School Coaches Association’s R.O.C.K. Coaches Mentoring Program in 2024.
The R.O.C.K. Coaches Mentoring Program is a partnership formed between the Texas High School Coaches Education Foundation and Texas A&M University Thornton McFerrin Coaching Academy. The program was created to meet the needs of and retain high school coaches and administrators in the state of Texas. R.O.C.K. is an acronym for Rare, Outstanding, Compelled, and Knowledgeable.
Jackson is a Hempstead Middle School P.E. teacher and Girl's Athletic Coordinator, Hempstead High School Girls' Head Track Coach, and Cheer Coach.
This year’s mentees will join mentors at the THSCA Leadership Summit on, Monday, February 26 at ESports Stadium, in Arlington, TX. And then at the 2024 R.O.C.K. Coaches Mentoring Program Symposium, for a two-day workshop with speakers, discussions, and networking opportunities. Mentees will also attend THSCA Coaching School July 21-23 in San Antonio, TX.
After the Symposium, R.O.C.K. mentees and mentors will work through a year-long curriculum developed by the TMCA Coaching Academy. This curriculum provides bi-monthly access to virtual learning modules with discussion prompts, activities, situational challenges, and more for each pair to discuss. The R.O.C.K. mentees will also volunteer as convention staff for the annual THSCA Coaching School in July.
Data shows many first through fifth-year coaches and teachers are leaving the profession. There is a critical need to cultivate and assist these professionals to find their passion and be prepared as coaches, teachers, and leaders in an ever-evolving environment.
THSCA coaches and athletic directors can nominate a coach that meets the following requirements: first- through fifth-year coach, active coach employed by a UIL-sanctioned school, willing to commit to the two-year program.
The R.O.C.K. mentees are chosen by a committee made up of athletic directors around the state. The R.O.C.K. Coaches Mentoring Program will match a new coach with a veteran coach to gain advice, encouragement, and insights into the profession to help them grow in the mentee’s desired coaching fields.