Site Coordinator Western New York

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.

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 foster social thinking and increase 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 and or as well as 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.

Here’s where you come in:

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. Including the collecting and maintaining of paperwork, 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 coach recess staff to develop a safe and inclusive recess experience.  Per a schools COVID 19 policy if able to 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 - coordinate and lead instructional classes in person and 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 the 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.
• Participate in opportunities to become a certified trainer in Playworks Pro services.

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 Progra