25-26 Debate Coach

Somerville Public Schools•Somerville, MA

4d•$30 - $30

About The Position

Somerville High School is part of the Boston Debate League, which organizese the debate season and provides extensive support to coaches. Each school is assigned a Program Manager who can answer questions, help run practices, co-plan, and help with any other team needs. BDL also provides all of the materials that students need to debate including evidence packets, lesson plans and activities, and topic education materials.

Responsibilities

Help run practices once per week after school
Register students for the program and manage team logistics (snacks, tournament sign-ups, etc.)
Chaperone students BDL tournaments which can be split with the co-coach
Meet a minimum of once a month on with your program manager for planning or other support
Conduct pre-registration and registration for tournaments before deadline
Chaperone students at tournaments and other BDL events
Judge at tournaments as needed
Participate in coach community meetings and start-and end-of-year meetings with BDL and school leadership
Recruit new students for the debate team and build team culture to retain existing students
Build debate knowledge when necessary (with assistance from BDL)
Communicate with Program Manager when questions or concerns arise
Read and respond to emails from BDL and Program Manager
Attend End-of-Year Awards Ceremony
Track team budget, submit receipts, and take practice attendance in Team Tools google doc