Recreation Leader

About the Role

The Recreation Leader at Texas Sports Academy owns the operational layer of a student-athlete's day, ensuring academic blocks and training sessions run smoothly and on schedule. This role requires active presence and real-time decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervising student-athlete transitions between academic blocks, training sessions, and workshops (approx. 30% of time).
• Preparing session materials before each block by gathering academic supplies, workshop materials, and training equipment, organizing them, and confirming setup.
• Facilitating student-athlete engagement during the academic block and afternoon training (approx. 40% of time) by monitoring participation, identifying disengagement, and redirecting students using TSA-approved techniques without interrupting instruction.
• Monitoring the room, applying TSA-approved motivational techniques (positive reinforcement, structured prompts, real-time redirection).
• Keeping Texas Sports Academy's academic and training day running on schedule.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• On-site presence at Texas Sports Academy, Lake Travis (Austin), TX.
• Willing to work in person at the Lake Travis (Austin), TX campus.
• Available for at least 15 hours per week during school hours (Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–4:00 PM).
• Authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future visa sponsorship.

Qualifications

• Professional or volunteer experience coaching children (e.g., athletics, debate, chess, camp counseling).
• Experience working with children ages 5-14 in a structured setting (e.g., school, camp, childcare program, tutoring program, sports team).
• A specific example of setting high standards while giving a child strong support, resulting in significant, measurable progress.
• Experience coordinating people, materials, or activities in real time.

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Hands-on group management experience with kids in motion (youth sports coach, assistant coach, team manager, camp counselor, classroom aide, or after-school program staff).
• Comfort working in gyms, on fields, or in training facilities as well as classrooms.
• Experience in a mastery-based, competency-based, or structured learning program.
• Track record of keeping groups on schedule using positive redirection rather than escalating to adult intervention.

About Texas Sports Academy

Texas Sports Academy is a K-8 model in Austin, TX, that integrates AI-driven learning to accelerate academics, allowing students to master core subjects in two hours a day. The rest of the day is dedicated to athletic training, skill-building, and personal development.

Working with Us

• Part-time (approx. 20 hours per week), long-term position.
• Immediately available.
• Independent contractor agreement with Crossover as a Contractor of Record.
• Compensation: $30 USD/hour.