Recreation Leader - Part-Time, Sports Academy - $30,000/year USD

About the Role

You own the operational layer of a student-athlete's day: the academic block starts on time and stays tight, materials and equipment are ready before anyone walks in, and a student drifting at minute forty is back on task before it costs them the session. Then you turn the room over and do it again for afternoon training and athlete-development workshops.

From your first week, you're in the middle of it — monitoring the room, applying TSA-approved motivational techniques (positive reinforcement, structured prompts, real-time redirection), and prepping each session so the Coach walks in and starts immediately. You'll work alongside Coaches and partner trainers across classrooms, gyms, and training spaces. The more fluent you become in TSA's model, the more you own — and for the right person, the path to becoming a Coach is direct.

What You Will Be Doing

• 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) by monitoring participation, identifying disengagement early, and redirecting students using TSA-approved techniques without interrupting instruction

What You Won't Be Doing

• Waiting passively at the edge of the room for something to go wrong — this role requires active presence and real-time decision-making throughout the school day
• Coaching athletes, programming training, or running drills; the training plan belongs to the Coaches and partner trainers
• Designing lessons, writing activity plans, or being accountable for academic outcomes (the Coach's responsibility)
• Inventing your own approach to student behavior; TSA's motivational techniques are defined and you'll apply them consistently
• Managing facility tasks, carpool logistics, or after-hours events; your scope is session operations during the school day

Recreation Leader Key Responsibilities

Keep Texas Sports Academy's academic and training day running on schedule so Coaches can stay focused on instruction and training.

Basic Requirements

• Willing to work in person at our Lake Travis (Austin), TX campus
• Work a minimum of 15 hours per week, with total flexibility to choose your schedule during school hours (Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM). Option for full-time position
• Professional or volunteer experience coaching kids (athletics, debate, chess, camp counseling, or similar)
• Experience working with children ages 5–14 in a structured setting (school, camp, childcare, tutoring, or coaching)
• Ability to coordinate people, materials, and activities quickly and effectively
• Kid-friendly and comfortable redirecting children using encouragement
• Legal right to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship

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 Sports Academy

Texas Sports Academy is Where Future Champions Excel in Academics and Athletics. Traditional schools force student-athletes to choose between excelling in academics or committing to their sport. Texas Sports Academy eliminates that tradeoff. Their innovative K-8 model, based 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 - so students excel in both their studies and their sport. By integrating advanced educational technology with structured sports training, they provide a unique learning experience that builds discipline, leadership, and resilience. It's academics and athletics in perfect sync.

Working with us

This is a part-time (20 hours per week), long-term position. The position is immediately available and requires entering into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover as a Contractor of Record. The compensation level for this role is $30 USD/hour, which equates to $30,000 USD/year assuming 20 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly.