Recreation Leader

About Texas Sports Academy

Texas Sports Academy is where future champions excel in academics and athletics. Their innovative K-8 model in Austin, TX, uses AI-driven learning to accelerate academics, allowing students to master core subjects in just two hours a day. The rest of their day is dedicated to athletic training, skill-building, and personal development.

About the Role

You will own the operational layer of a student-athlete's day, ensuring the academic block starts on time and stays tight, materials and equipment are ready, and students stay on task. This role requires active presence and real-time decision-making. The path to becoming a Coach is direct for the right person.

• Location: Texas Sports Academy, Lake Travis (Austin), TX
• Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–4:00 PM (choose your schedule within school hours)
• Hours: 15–30 hrs/week
• Compensation: $30/hr USD ($30,000/year based on 20 hrs/week)
• Path: Full-time path available at $60,000/year + benefits.
• Employment Type: Part-time, long-term position. Independent contractor agreement.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervising student-athlete transitions between the academic block, training sessions, and workshops (roughly 30% of your time).
• Monitoring the clock, prompting students to move, and using positive reinforcement to keep movement orderly and on schedule.
• Preparing session materials before each block by gathering academic supplies, workshop materials, and training equipment.
• Organizing them per the plan and confirming setup matches the Coach's instructions before the session begins.
• Facilitating student-athlete engagement during the two-hour academic block and afternoon training (roughly 40% of your time).
• Monitoring participation, identifying disengagement early, and redirecting students using TSA-approved techniques without interrupting instruction.
• Keep Texas Sports Academy's academic and training day running on schedule so Coaches can stay focused on instruction and training.

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Standing at the edge of the room waiting for something to go wrong.
• Coaching athletes, programming training, or running drills.
• Designing lessons, writing activity plans, or being accountable for academic outcomes.
• Inventing your own approach to student behavior.
• Managing facility tasks, carpool logistics, or after-hours events.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Work in person at Texas Sports Academy, Lake Travis (Austin), TX.
• Available for at least 15 hours each 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: 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).
• Nice-to-have: Comfort working in gyms, on fields, or in training facilities as well as classrooms.
• Nice-to-have: Experience in a mastery-based, competency-based, or structured learning program.
• Nice-to-have: Track record of keeping groups on schedule using positive redirection.