ABOUT THE POSITION: in the role of Site Coordinator, you provide on-site consultation by teaming up with elementary school staff. You work directly with a designated school recess team to model and teach the strategies, games, and systems to develop and sustain a positive 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 and inclusive behavior.
This is a full-time temporary position for approximately 3 months beginning November 1st, 2024 until February 2025. This position requires on-site work in public elementary schools in the Aurora Colorado area during regular school day hours. School sites may be widely dispersed in Aurora therefore daily access to reliable transportation is required.
Specific duties will include:
Program implementation
- Plan and implement a consultative play-based program at four public elementary schools.
- 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 inclusive playground yard and be a significant presence on the yard by organizing and playing large games with 20+ students as well as role modeling positive behavior.
- Student leadership program – with School Personnel organize a “Junior Coach” student leadership program by facilitating trainings as well as coaching recess staff to supervise and manage Junior Coaches during recess.
- Instructional classes - lead instructional classes with elementary grade levels students and their teacher in skills building, cooperative games, and activities to increase awareness of rules, boundaries, skills utilized and cultural expectations at recess.
Coaching
- Model Playworks core values, program implementation, group management, and rapport-building strategies for School Personnel.
- Provide School Personnel with action plans, goals setting, and feedback regarding program implementation.
- Lead monthly meetings with School Personnel to discuss best practices for program implementation and program quality goals.
- Provide Playworks Program Manager with observation notes and program strategy for program quality consultation priorities to the school.
- Facilitate trainings with Program Manager for school staff.
School Partnership
- Consistently represent Playworks’ brand in a professional manner.
Required Skills & Experience
- Extensive knowledge of youth development principles and practices, especially relating to social and emotional learning, play and inclusion
- At least 2 years of experience working directly with small and large groups of children
- Proven Experience working collaboratively with adults, maintaining effective and strong relationships to represent Playworks and facilitating learning and training for adults
- Strong interpersonal, written and oral communication skills
- Experience establishing and maintaining professional relationships with external clients and excellent interpersonal communication skills.
- Experience interacting with diverse communities and ability to integrate into school community.
- Flexibility to readily adapt to a changing environment.
- Knowledge of computer and internet-based programs especially Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and GoogleDrive.
- highly organized, great at multitasking, with a strong attention to detail and ability to manage time and multiple priorities
- motivated self-starter with ability to work independently/minimal supervision to set clear goals and follow through with flexible and creative problem solving.
- Playful
Compensation:
- This is a temporary, hourly, non-exempt position that reports to a regional Program Manager at $22.45/hour
- At Playworks, our starting salary takes into consideration internal pay equity, geographic pay differential, and robust external market data. We highly value transparency and equity within compensation and therefore are committed to adhering to established compensation pay points.
Typical physical and mental demands:
Playworks Site Coordinators spend time in both a school and a home-office environment. Site Coordinators must be able to frequently balance, bend, climb, grasp, kneel, reach, sit, squat, stand, stoop, twist, walk, and write on a daily basis. Site Coordinators must also be able to occasionally lift and carry light to medium loads of 10 – 50 pounds, and be able to occasionally pull and push loads of 10 – 50 pounds. Requires a normal range of hearing and eyesight to communicate with children and adults. Also requires flexibility to readily adapt to changing environments.
To apply, Please submit your resume and a brief cover note to describe your interest and how your experience has prepared you for this role. References will be requested.
At Playworks we believe in the power of play to bring out the best in every kid. We are changing the school climate by leveraging the power of safe, fun, and healthy play at school every day. We create a place for every kid on the playground to feel included, be active, and build valuable social and emotional skills. We partner with schools, districts, and after-school programs to provide a service or mix of services, including on-site coaches, professional training for school staff who support recess, and consultative partnerships.
We are committed to racial equity, and we make a particular effort to recruit people of color, Indigenous people, gender non-binary people, and people with historically more marginalized identities to apply for open positions. Our core values of cultivating play, center equity, continued learning and collaboration within communities are the foundation of our organization and are infused in all aspects of our work.
Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they believe they meet every one of the qualifications as described in a job description. We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job, and that candidate may be one who comes from a less traditional background. If that is you, don’t hesitate to apply and tell us about yourself!
As an equal opportunity program, Playworks encourages applications from all individuals regardless of age, gender, gender identity/expression, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, faith, marital status, physical ability, or any other legally protected basis. Playworks evaluates all candidates for employment, volunteering opportunities or board service on a merit basis.
ABOUT THE POSITION, in the role of Temp 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 foster social thinking and increase physical activity through play based learning. You will work directly with a designated schools 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 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 and inclusive behavior. This is an hourly, temporary position from April 2024 - June 2024.
Program Implementation Duties
- Plan and implement a consultative play-based program at two to four public elementary schools.
- Coordination 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 and inclusive recess experience and coach recess staff to implement. Per a schools’ COVID 19 policy, if able, have a significant presence at recess in person or virtually by organizing and playing games with 20+ students as well as role modeling positive behavior.
- 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 levels students and their teacher in skills building, cooperative games, and activities to increase awareness of rules, boundaries, skills utilized and cultural expectations at recess.
Coaching Duties:
- 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 Playworks Program Manager with observation notes and program strategy for program quality consultation priorities to school.
- Facilitate training(s) with Program Manager for school staff.
School Partnership Duties:
- Consistently represent Playworks’ brand in a professional manner.
- Design 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 future school year.
- Showcase Playworks services in additional prospective schools to assist with an existing school recruitment strategy for growing TeamUp services within the region
Administrative Duties:
- 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.
Regional Support Duties:
- Support in delivering corporate engagements to adults such as School Beautification, Play Days, Corporate Recess in person or virtually.
- Support regional team and national program department with delivery of programmatic learning, pre-service training, management resources and contribute to the development and continued quality improvement of Playworks curriculum.
- Participate in fundraising projects and events i.e. End of the Year Appeal and annual events.
To be sure we're providing a complete picture of the position, here are some details:
- Success in this position will require you to be highly organized, great at multitasking, with a strong attention to detail and ability to manage time and multiple priorities
- The strongest candidate will have proven experience and success in managing dynamic programming, staying up to date on administrative responsibilities, be a motivated self-starter with ability to set clear goals and follow through with flexible and creative problem solving.
Required Skills & Experience
- Proven organizational skills in meeting or exceeding expectations in production of timely planning and deliverables such as program plans, reports and observational notes.
- Extensive knowledge of youth development principles and practices, especially relating to social and emotional learning, play and inclusion.
- At least 2 years of experience working directly with small and large groups of children.
- Experience working collaboratively with adults and facilitating trainings for adults.
- Strong written and oral communication and presentation skills with the ability to facilitate small and large group presentations.
- Experience establishing and maintaining professional relationships with internal leadership and teams and external clients through excellent interpersonal skills and professionalism.
- Experience interacting with diverse communities and ability to integrate into school communities.
- Knowledge of computer and internet based programs especially Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) Google Drive, and virtual meeting platforms such as Google Meets and Zoom.
- This position requires travel to various regional locations. School sites may be widely dispersed in the city/region therefore daily access to reliable transportation is required.
- Requires flexibility to readily adapt to a changing environment.
- Ability to work from home if needed.
Compensation & Benefits:
Playworks offers a fun place to work and an opportunity to grow professionally.
- This is a temporary, hourly, non-exempt position from April 2024 -June 2024 that reports to the Program Manager.
- At Playworks, our compensation takes into consideration internal pay equity, geographic pay differential and robust external market data. We highly value transparency and equity within compensation and therefore are committed to adhering to established compensation pay points. The hourly pay rate for this temporary position is $20.67 per hour.
This is a hands-on, creative, playful and fun-loving place to work, all while contributing to the success of our nation’s youth. So if you're ready to immerse yourself in the education sector, working on a rewarding set of challenges and if you've got the skills, experience, passion, and a team spirit, apply!
Please include:
- Resume.
- References will be requested.
Service Environment: This position operates in both a school and office environment both indoors and outdoors. The position interacts with children on playgrounds and in classrooms on a daily basis. A portion of the interaction with schools may occur virtually.
Typical physical and mental demands:
This position requires sufficient physical ability and mobility to stand for extended periods at times; walk on a school site in various weather conditions; to climb stairs at some sites; to occasionally stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, reach and twist and, dependent on assignment the employee may occasionally lift, push, pull and/or move up to 50 pounds.
ABOUT PLAYWORKS, at Playworks we believe in the power of play to bring out the best in every kid. We are changing the school climate by leveraging the power of safe, fun, and healthy play at school every day. We create a place for every kid on the playground to feel included, be active, and build valuable social and emotional skills by partnering with schools, districts, and after-school programs through services including digital engagement, on-site coaches, professional training for school staff who support play, and consultative partnerships.
We are committed to racial equity, and we make a particular effort to recruit people of color, indigenous people, gender non-binary people, and people with historically more marginalized identities to apply for open positions. Our core values of cultivate play, center equity, continue learning and collaborate within communities are the foundation of our organization and are infused in all aspects of our work.
Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they believe they meet every one of the qualifications as described in a job description. We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job, and that candidate may be one who comes from a less traditional background. If that is you, don’t hesitate to apply and tell us about yourself!
As an equal opportunity program, Playworks encourages applications from all individuals regardless of age, gender, gender identity/expression, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, faith, marital status, physical ability, or any other legally protected basis. Playworks evaluates all candidates for employment, volunteering opportunities or board service on a merit basis.
