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

About the role

Academics here take two hours. Not two hours of lecture — two hours of focused, self-paced work, and then the rest of the day belongs to athletic training. That compression is the whole point, and it only works if nobody wastes a minute of it. That's the job. 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. If "recreation leader" means standing back and stepping in only when something breaks, this isn't that job. 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.

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

This role requires active presence and real-time decision-making throughout the school day. You will not be 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; or managing facility tasks, carpool logistics, or after-hours events.

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

Requirements

• Willing to work in person at our Lake Travis (Austin), TX campus.
• Available for at least 15 hours each week during school hours (Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–4:00 PM), with a full-time option available.
• Professional or volunteer experience coaching children, such as athletics, debate, chess, or camp counseling.
• Experience working with children ages 5–14 in a structured setting, such as a school, camp, childcare program, tutoring program, or 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.
• Authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future visa sponsorship.

Qualifications

• 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