Site Coordinator - Indiana

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In the role of Site Coordinator, you provide onsite consultation by teaming up with schools and youth partners to offer demonstration-style consultation and professional development to staff that fosters social thinking and increases physical activity through play-based learning. You will work directly with the school's administration, teachers, and recess staff to provide expertise on Playworks best practices and 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 behavior. Program Implementation Duties Plan and implement a consultative play-based program at two to four public elementary schools. Coordinate with administrators, educators, and recess teams to schedule programmatic delivery, including the collection and maintenance of paperwork, meeting agendas, notes, and data, and the organization of daily, weekly, and monthly schedules. 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 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 welcoming recess experience by organizing playground games, playing games with large groups of students (100+), and modeling positive behavior. Youth leadership program - with school personnel, organize a "Junior Coach" student leadership program by facilitating training and coaching staff to supervise and manage the Junior Coaches' roles in the classroom and at recess. Instructional classes - coordinate and lead play-based instructional classes with elementary grade level students and their teacher in cooperative, skill-building games and activities to increase awareness of rules, boundaries, skills used, and 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 training with school personnel on best practices for program implementation and program quality goals. Provide the Playworks Program Manager with observation notes and strategies for program quality consultation priorities for each school. 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 the school's transition to other Playworks training, programs, and products in preparation for future school years. 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, which may include conducting school contact research, analyzing outreach data, and attending local conferences and resource fairs. Provide the Playworks Program Manager and the school leadership with weekly observational updates on each school's program quality and consultation priorities. Regional Support Duties: Support delivering corporate engagements to adults, such as School Beautification, Play Days, Corporate Recess, etc. 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 Playworks curriculum. Participate in fundraising projects and events. (i.e., End of the Year Appeal and annual events) If you're a good fit for this position, you already know most of what this job entails. However, to be sure we're providing a complete picture, here are some details: Success in this position requires strong communication and interpersonal skills, problem-solving and critical thinking, leadership and team building, organization , independence, and the ability to work with different groups of people. The strongest candidate will have proven experience in the following areas: Active and Outdoors-Oriented: You enjoy being active, working outdoors, and bringing energy to physically engaging environments. Energetic and Passionate: You bring enthusiasm to every interaction, ar

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