Site Coordinator

ABOUT THE POSITION

In the role of Site Coordinator
, you provide on‑site and virtual consultation by teaming up with schools and youth partners to provide consultation and professional development to staff that fosters physical activity through play‑based learning. You will work directly with a designated school's administration, teachers, and recess teams to provide expertise on Playworks best practices, model and teach the strategies, games, and systems to develop and sustain a positive classroom and recess experience.

• Plan and implement a consultative play‑based program at two to four public elementary schools.
• Co‑ordination with administration, educators, and recess teams for scheduling programmatic delivery in person or virtually.
• Collect and maintain paperwork, including organizing and keeping current on daily, weekly, monthly schedules, meeting agendas, notes, and data.
• 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 and/or virtual coaching, consultation, and modeling to School Personnel regarding implementation of the following components.
  • Recess – With School Personnel, create and develop a safe recess experience and coach recess staff to implement.
  • Student leadership program – with School Personnel, organize an in‑person or virtual “Junior Coach” student leadership program by facilitating training as well as coaching staff to supervise and manage Junior Coaches roles in the classroom and recess.
  • Instructional classes (Class Game Time) – coordinate and lead instructional classes in person or virtually with elementary grade‑level students and their teacher in skills building, cooperative games, and recess activities.

• Model Playworks core values, program implementation, group management, and rapport‑building strategies for School Personnel.
• Provide school personnel with action plans and feedback regarding program implementation.
• Lead monthly meetings with school personnel to discuss best practices for program implementation and program quality goals.
• Provide the Playworks Program Manager with observation notes and program strategy for program quality consultation priorities to the school.
• Facilitate training(s) with the Program Manager for school staff.

• Consistently represent Playworks’ brand in a professional manner.
• Design a program schedule with input and support from school administration.
• Communicate with school administration regarding program implementation logistics and management support needs.
• Facilitate school’s transition to other Playworks training, programs, and products in preparation for the future school year.
• Showcase Playworks services in additional prospective schools to assist with an existing school recruitment strategy for growing Team Up services within the region.

• Provide timely client communication, proactive internal Playworks communication and timely reporting.
• Collect and maintain paperwork including organizing daily, weekly, and monthly schedules, timesheets, and mileage reports.
• Support school recruitment administration that may include school contact research, analyzing outreach data, attending local conferences and resource fairs.
• Provide Playworks Program Manager with weekly observational updates on program quality and partner in consultation priorities to schools.

• Support in delivering corporate engagements to adults, such as School Beautification, Play Days, and Corporate Recess, in person or virtually.
• Support the regional team and the national program department with the delivery of programmatic learning, pre‑service training, and management resources, and contribute to the development and continued quality improvement of the Playworks curriculum.
• Participate in fundraising projects and events, i.e., End of the Year Appeal and annual events.

• Success in this position will require you to be highly organized, great at multitasking, with a strong attention to detail, and the ability to manage time and multiple…