About Us
We Are Coaches, Inc. is a non-profit organization above all committed to emotionally and physically healthy kids and families. Through our numerous after-school programs, camps, and lessons our primary goal is to help children learn independence and confidence while having fun and gaining new skills. We call this Empowered Learning. Our organization offers more than just after-school programs, lessons or camps—we create a safe, fun environment for your kids to be empowered to take care of themselves and others, discover the world, and form positive, lasting relationships with their peers and adult mentors.
But education isn’t just for the kids. By coaching parents and caregivers, either one-on-one or in seminars, we hope to help families foster a positive, secure environment based on mutual respect and teamwork.
Our Philosophy and Vision
Children learn about life, themselves and relationships through play. Through Empowered Learning, kids are given age-appropriate choices, which teach them responsibility, natural consequences, and respect for themselves and others. We Are Coaches believes in safety above all—physical and emotional—and with that as the framework for their programs creates a nurturing environment geared toward meaningful, learning-based fun.
Our love for the nature, outdoors and the ocean translates through our programs. We offer children beach camps, surf lessons, and swim lessons in a safe environment. They learn about and enjoy marine nature while gaining confidence in the water. In our geo-cache hiking program, kids blend technology and exploration to foster teamwork and stewardship.
We Are Coaches also believes in social responsibility—that kids really can make a difference. Through Kids M-Power, our art mentors collaborate with students to create various forms of art, exposing them to valuable artisan skills. Our marketing mentors partner with the kids to market and sell their creations in order to benefit charities that inspire them.
About Our Founder
Peg Windisch is a teacher, author, public speaker, and Family Relationship Coach. Her goal is to bring programs that foster learning, connecting and loving care to families. She does this in a fun, enriching environment. With a degree in Chemistry from Minnesota, a Parent Education Certification from California, and various business certifications, she has happily pursued the following professional endeavors: In 1996 Peg founded We Are Coaches, Inc. as a non-profit group.
As the Executive Director, Windisch, the Board of Directors, and teacher alliance bring various kids and adult programs to communities in North County San Diego. Peg is the founder and director of the Aqua-Adventures Camps, and surf lessons which teach beach and surf skills while promoting character-building and environmental awareness. Since 2000 up to 150 families have participated each year in the camps at 15th Street in Del Mar, Moonlight Beach, Encinitas, and Carlsbad.
A few years after the camps started, her team of swim professionals began offering campers private and semi-private swim lessons as part of the Swim Academy, in order to strengthen the children’s water safety skills. Since 1998, Peg has been running We Are Coaches, Inc. “Empowered Learning, Meaningful Fun” after-school programs. Today locations include the following elementary schools districts: Del Mar, Solana Beach, Cardiff, Encinitas, Rancho Santa Fe, and Carlsbad. Curriculum includes art programs such as Art-n-Fun, Beading/Jewelry-Making, Drawing, and Painting. Other programs include friendship classes, Eti-Kids Etiquette, and general athletic skills including yoga, tennis, and other ball games.
Kids M-Power, since 2009, has empowered kids to fund raise for other kids by helping them to create marketable art and donate the proceeds to their favorite cause. Her most recently developed program is Eco-Adventures, a geo-caching exploration program.
Peg, INCAF PE Certified, is the founder of the Raising Respectful Children & Families Program, a program for parents and children. In the past sixteen years she has personally taught over 1400 parents and teaches extended parenting courses, including Redirecting Children’s Behavior. Her vision is that all family members learn skills, knowledge, and consciousness regarding family cooperation, respect, and team-building. Peg is currently authoring an innovative resource called, Practical Consequences for Kids’ Behavior, which will be published in 2012.
About the Coaches/Mentors
All teachers, mentors, and counselors at We Are Coaches, Inc. are carefully screened and trained in safety, CPR, and Empowered Learning, which includes:
- Offering developmentally appropriate choices
- Engaging children in mentally, physically, and emotionally stimulating activities based on their interests
- Mentoring children so they can learn to problem solve and work out their differences on their own
- Guiding them into making healthy connections with others and the world around them