Beech Grove High School Robotics Coach

ReNEW Schools; Beech Grove (IN); On-site; USD 35,000 - 55,000; Part time

Job summary

ReNEW Schools Beech Grove High School seeks a Beech Grove High School Robotics Coach to lead and mentor student teams through the FIRST Tech Challenge season. You will guide teams of 8–12 students, manage schedules and registrations, and coordinate volunteers to support practice and competitions.

You will foster leadership, time management, and teamwork while ensuring a safe and inclusive team environment and ongoing communication with families and the robotics director.

Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Outstanding organizational skills.
• Experience in coding and FIRST Robotics familiarity.
• Ability to manage student teams and volunteers.
• Respect for confidentiality and professional boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and guide students in grades 9-12 in competing in the 2026-27 FIRST Tech Challenge season.
• Communicate progress, needs, and issues with parents, students, and robotics director.
• Organize parent volunteers to assist during practice sessions.
• Schedule practices to maximize student participation and learning.
• Ensure a safe, inclusive, and student-led team environment.
• Supervise team progress and actions while promoting leadership among students.
• Assist with team registration and roster management.
• Assist with event registration.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Coding experience

FIRST Robotics familiarity

Volunteer coordination

Confidentiality

Job description

Beech Grove High School Robotics Coach

Reports To:

Building Principal

Job Summary:

Introduce the FIRST Lego Tech Challenge for the current season, guide students in teams of eight to twelve, and coach the teams towards a successful attempt at the Regional Qualifier. Lego Robotics teams will focus on designing and building a robot that can accomplish a variety of tasks, robot coding, and team cooperative skills. The Lead Mentor must be able to guide each team through time management, project management, leadership roles, and conflict resolution.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Oversee and guide students in grades 9-12 in successfully competing in the 2026-27 FIRST Tech Challenge season
• Communicate regularly with the parents, students, and robotics director about team progress, needs, and possible issues.
• Organize parent volunteers to help during team practice
• Organize practice schedules that allow for maximum time working with the team for the maximum number of students on each team.
• Safe, productive, healthy, inclusive team-based approach at all times.
• Supervise the teams' progress while maintaining an environment of student leadership on all teams.
• Assist with team registration and manage team roster
• Assist with event registration

Competencies/Skills:

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Outstanding organizational skills
• Ability to patiently work with high school students in a non-classroom setting.
• Experience in coding
• Appreciation for FIRST Robotics
• Willingness to delegate tasks and organize volunteer support
• Maintain confidentiality and respects professional boundaries.