TKS School Coach - Job Description This highly rewarding and challenging position requires someone who is the perfect combination of responsible, gregarious, and professional. The position requires a motivated individual who thrives with minimal oversight. No chess knowledge is required as you will work with The Knight School's proprietary teaching curriculum. This position is typically part-time with an average of 8-13 hours a week, although the weekly hours may vary depending on TKS's need and the selected candidate's availability. Requirements The person selected as School Coach must possess the following skills and abilities: - Excellent communications skills, as the School Coach will serve as Liaison between TKS and students, teachers, principals, and parents. - Absolute punctuality and attendance reliability; arriving late or missing class could result in unattended children or school personnel having to cover our class. - A high-energy and gregarious personality, able to create a fun and safe environment for our students. - A high sense of responsibility for the well-being of all children in our care. - A love for working with kids in a fun but structured environment. - The ability to maintain order in a classroom or "classroom management" skills, although we will teach these skills. - Professional demeanor and appearance; the School Coach must present himself or herself as a professional person and meet the dress code and grooming standard of teachers in our schools. - High school degree or equivalent and some amount of college study; in progress collegiate study is fine. - The ability to pass the TKS background check and any school-required background check; the safety and wellbeing of our students is our highest priority. - Very outgoing and affirming personality, or the ability to theatrically perform as an extrovert while conducting classes. - The skill and ability to pay careful attention to detail and follow instructions, following TKS's classroom management rules and curriculum format. - Reliable transportation to cover multiple classes at multiple locations within a week. Physical Requirements The Physical Requirements of this position are such that the selected candidate must be able to: - Transport one legal briefcase, weighing 10-12 pounds, into a school, set up a projector and laptop called a "tech pack," breakdown that tech pack after class, and transport those briefcases back out of the school for every class taught. - Carry in and distribute numerous chess sets (each weighing approximately two pounds) and t-shirts to new students. School Coaches distribute numerous chess sets and t-shirts in the initial week of a class, and then just as needed throughout the rest of the year. General Overview of the Position The position of School Coach for TKS carries the following general responsibilities, although the terms of the School Coach's Employment Contract and any specific instructions from the City Coach take precedence over this general outline: 1) School Coaches will meet their students at the designated place at the host school, begin class in a group setting, set up and run a PowerPoint presentation and lesson produced by Dr. David Brooks, and then supervise children as they play chess focusing on the chess tactic taught that week. Preschool classes run for 45 minutes and school age classes run for one and a half hours. School Coaches then escort the class members to the designated area at the host school or preschool. 2) School Coaches must arrive at their assigned schools for set-up 15 minutes before school dismisses for the day (and sometimes earlier at some locations - Coach will let you know). The School Coach must remain at the school until all students are delivered to parents (or after-school care providers) and until all technology is repacked and the facilities are left in the same condition (or better) as prior to the class. 3) School Coaches will be assigned by the City Coach to schools according to what fits best in terms of geography, schedule, and personality fit with individual schools. The school to which School Coaches are assigned will remain generally stable but may shift from time to time, especially at the beginning of the year as a few locations may close from lack of sufficient enrollment, and some locations may need duplicate staff due to larger enrollments. 4) School Coaches are expected to work for a full academic year commitment that runs from approximately mid-August the end of May. This is just an overview; other specifics and obligations may be detailed in your individual employment contract. No class meets whenever a host-school is not in session-for example there is no chess on spring break, holidays or inclement weather days-and School Coaches are paid only for those sessions they attend. It is the School Coach's responsibility to know whether the host school is in session. 5) School Coaches should assume that some of their locations may involve traveling over congested areas and school traffic may lead to slow transportation times. Part of the School Coach's responsibility is to plan travel times carefully since traffic can be challenging and tardiness means leaving children unattended, which is grounds for discipline up to and including immediate termination.