Recreation Leader $30 USD/hour
Description
- On-site location: Texas Sports Academy, Lake Travis (Austin), TX
- $30 per hour | 15–30 hours weekly | Full-time track available: $60,000 annually with benefits
- Schedule flexibility: Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM (select your hours within school operating times)
Academic work here takes exactly two hours. Not two hours of classroom instruction — two hours of concentrated, individually paced effort — and the remainder of the day is dedicated to athletic development. This time compression defines the model, and it only succeeds when every minute is protected.
Your role is this: you control the operational rhythm of a student-athlete's day. The academic session launches on time and maintains focus, materials and gear are staged before arrival, and a student losing traction at the forty-minute mark is re-engaged before the session suffers. You then reset the space and repeat the process for afternoon training blocks and athlete-development sessions.
If you expect "assistant" to mean observing from the sidelines and intervening only when something fails, this role is not that. From day one, you are operationally embedded — scanning the room, applying TSA's approved motivational methods (positive reinforcement, structured cueing, live redirection), and staging each session so the Coach enters and begins without delay.
You'll collaborate with Coaches and partner trainers in classrooms, gyms, and training environments. The deeper your command of TSA's system, the more autonomy you gain — and for candidates with the right fit, the pathway to Coach is clear and direct. Apply today.
What you will be doing
- Overseeing student-athlete movement between academic blocks, training sessions, and workshops (approximately 30% of time): tracking time, cueing students to transition, and using positive reinforcement to maintain orderly, punctual flow
- Staging session materials ahead of each block by collecting academic resources, workshop supplies, and training gear, arranging them according to the session plan, and verifying setup aligns with Coach directives before start time
- Supporting student-athlete participation during the two-hour academic period and afternoon training (approximately 40% of time) by observing engagement levels, catching disengagement as it emerges, and redirecting students with TSA-approved techniques while preserving instructional continuity
What you will NOT be doing
- Watching from the perimeter while waiting for issues to surface — this position demands active presence and real-time judgment throughout the school day
- Coaching athletes, designing training programs, or leading drills; training design and delivery remain the responsibility of Coaches and partner trainers
- Creating lesson plans, drafting activity outlines, or owning academic results (those are Coach-level responsibilities)
- Developing your own methods for student behavior management; TSA's motivational framework is prescribed and must be applied uniformly
- Handling facility upkeep, transportation coordination, or after-hours programming; your focus is session operations during the school day
Key responsibilities
Maintain the operational tempo of Texas Sports Academy's academic and training schedule so Coaches can concentrate on instruction and athletic development.
Candidate requirements
- Available to work in person at our Lake Travis (Austin), TX campus.
- Commit to a minimum of 15 hours weekly, with full flexibility to set your schedule during school hours (Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–4:00 PM). Full-time role available.
- Background in coaching or mentoring children (sports, debate, chess, camp leadership, or similar contexts), either professional or volunteer.
- Experience engaging children ages 5–14 in structured environments (schools, camps, childcare centers, tutoring, or coaching programs).
- Demonstrated ability to organize people, materials, and activities efficiently and responsively.
- Comfortable interacting with children and redirecting behavior through positive encouragement.
- Authorized to work in the U.S. without requiring visa sponsorship.
Nice to have
- Direct experience managing groups of children in active settings (youth sports coach, assistant coach, team manager, camp counselor, classroom assistant, or after-school coordinator)
- Ease working across varied environments — gyms, athletic fields, training facilities, and classrooms
- Exposure to mastery-based, competency-driven, or tightly structured learning environments
- Proven ability to maintain group schedule adherence through positive redirection instead of escalating to adult authority
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