SiteCoordinator

ABOUT THE POSITION: In the role of Site Coordinator, you provide onsite consultation by teaming up with schools and youth partners to offer demonstration-style consultation and professional development to staff that fosters social thinking and increases physical activity through play-based learning. You will work directly with the school’s administration, teachers, and recess staff to provide expertise on Playworks best practices and model and teach the strategies, games, and systems to develop and sustain a positive classroom and recess culture. In partnership with the school, Site Coordinators create opportunities where students and school staff are active, learn leadership skills and conflict resolution tools, and practice respectful behavior. Program Implementation Duties Plan and implement a consultative play-based program at two to four public elementary schools. Coordinate with administrators, educators, and recess teams to schedule programmatic delivery, including the collection and maintenance of paperwork, meeting agendas, notes, and data, and the organization of daily, weekly, and monthly schedules. Maintain communication between Playworks staff, school staff, teachers, and volunteers. Plan and implement the learning units and recess staff trainings for program components. Deliver onsite coaching, consultation, and modeling to school personnel regarding the implementation of the following components. Recess - With school personnel, create and coach recess staff to develop a safe and welcoming recess experience by organizing playground games, playing games with large groups of students (100+), and modeling positive behavior. Youth leadership program – with school personnel, organize a “Junior Coach” student leadership program by facilitating training and coaching staff to supervise and manage the Junior Coaches’ roles in the classroom and at recess. Instructional classes - coordinate and lead play-based instructional classes with elementary grade level stu