Speech & Debate Coach (High School) – Assistant

Littleton Public Schools; Littleton (CO); On-site; USD 21,000 - 34,000; Part time

Job summary

Littleton High School, part of Littleton Public Schools, is seeking a Speech and Debate Assistant Sponsor to support our debate program. The role includes staying current on forensic rules, standards, and judging practices, and helping set expectations for tournament entry.

You will meet with students about twice weekly and supervise/judge weekend and evening tournaments, roughly 11 events per year, mostly on Saturdays with some Friday evenings.

Qualifications

• Staying informed on rules, procedures and judging standards for forensic events.
• Setting practice and behavior standards required for students to enter tournaments.
• Meeting with students on a regular basis (~2x / week).
• Supervise and judge at weekend and evening tournaments (11 tournaments, 2x per month).
• Teaching theories and skills underlying competition events and facilitating acquisition of literacy material.

Responsibilities

• Conducting practices and drills to reinforce and assess skill development.
• Continuously assessing strengths and weaknesses of the program to improve it year over year.
• Meet with other speech and debate coaches as needed to support team goals and development.

Skills

Public speaking

Coaching

Judging

Communication

Job description

Littleton High School, part of Littleton Public Schools, is seeking a Speech and Debate Assistant Sponsor to support our debate program. The role includes staying current on forensic rules, standards, and judging practices, and helping set expectations for tournament entry.

You will meet with students about twice weekly and supervise/judge weekend and evening tournaments, roughly 11 events per year, mostly on Saturdays with some Friday evenings.