What is InSideOut?
The InSideOut Initiative (ISOI) is a national movement that empowers and equips school communities to implement purpose-based athletics by connecting student-athletes to transformational coaches in a community of belonging for their social-emotional and character development. Through the evidence-based InSideOut System and InSideOut Philosophy, school communities redefine and reframe the educational value of athletics and activities as a catalyst to develop the human potential of students.
Impact
ISOI has developed, evaluated, and implemented its innovative blueprint for systemic change across 17 states, serving school communities to create cultural change in education and interscholastic sports. In 2020, ISOI launched a three-year systems-level longitudinal study to measure the role of interscholastic athletics in the development of the social-emotional and character development of students.
Team

Joe Ehrmann

Jody Redman
News


The New York State Public High School Athletic Association, Section One Athletics Seeks to Create “Purpose-Based” Sports Culture
The InSideOut Initiative launches in partnership with Section One Athletics, NFL Foundation, and the New York Giants SEPTEMBER...
Faces of InSideOut: Barney Ehrmann
Barney Ehrmann is the InSideOut Initiative’s Movement Leader and Trainer, and is responsible to provide strategic leadership...
InSideOut Best Practices: Indiana’s IHSAA Foundation Builds Sustainability
When Matt Wolfert stepped into his first day on the job as IHSAA Foundation president in August 2017, the organization rolled out...
You cannot create a movement; You can only prepare for one.
A word study from my seminary days seems more relevant today than ever. The assignment was to contrast two Greek words for time:...