Beech Grove High School Robotics Coach

Beech Grove High School Robotics Coach

Reports To:

Building Principal

Introduce the FIRST Lego Tech Challenge for the current season, guide students in teams of eight to twelve, and coach the teams towards a successful attempt at the Regional Qualifier. Lego Robotics teams will focus on designing and building a robot that can accomplish a variety of tasks, robot coding, and team cooperative skills. The Lead Mentor must be able to guide each team through time management, project management, leadership roles, and conflict resolution.

• Oversee and guide students in grades 9-12 in successfully competing in the 2026-27 FIRST Tech Challenge season
• Communicate regularly with the parents, students, and robotics director about team progress, needs, and possible issues.
• Organize parent volunteers to help during team practice
• Organize practice schedules that allow for maximum time working with the team for the maximum number of students on each team.
• Safe, productive, healthy, inclusive team-based approach at all times.
• Supervise the teams' progress while maintaining an environment of student leadership on all teams.
• Assist with team registration and manage team roster
• Assist with event registration

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Outstanding organizational skills
• Ability to patiently work with high school students in a non-classroom setting.
• Experience in coding
• Appreciation for FIRST Robotics
• Willingness to delegate tasks and organize volunteer support
• Maintain confidentiality and respects professional boundaries.