Job Description

Position Title:Elementary VEX Robotics CoachSupervisory Position:NoFLSA Status:ExemptTerms of Employment:EPER – 10 monthsBenefits Type:NonBenefited – EPERReports To:Building PrincipalSalary:Commensurate with the Brandywine School District's EPER Salary ScheduleTo Apply:Please visit our District website & click on Employment OpportunitiesQualifications:

1. Certificated and/or professionally licensed non-administrative employee of the Brandywine School District who works in the building where the position exists preferred.
2. Good organizational/leadership skills.
3. Meets established deadlines.
4. Availability to travel with students when required.

Essential Job Functions:

1. Hold regular student meetings/activities after school hours (minimum: 1x per week for team practice and building).
2. Supervise and assist students effectively during weekly meetings, extra build nights, and robotics events.
3. Provide time and supervision for students to design, build, program, and test their robots.
4. Prepare and submit required registrations (i.e. transportation, parental permission, registration, etc.) as needed throughout the school year.
5. Coordinate and oversee Friday Home robotics events, including setup 3-4x a year.
6. Help set up robotics events, including Home Event and Extravaganza.
7. Supervise students during the end of season Extravaganza Event and other competitions.
8. Organize and facilitate extra build nights as needed to prepare for competitions.
9. Manage robotics administration, including emails, phone calls home, and communication with parents, students, and district staff.
10. Ensure all equipment and materials are properly maintained, stored, and inventoried.
11. Promote teamwork, problem-solving, and sportsmanship within the robotics program.

Physical Requirements: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, sit, use hands to the finger(s), handle, or feel objects, tools or controls, use fingers to type and/or write; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear; taste or smell. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close, distance, and color vision, peripheral and depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. The physical demands of this position will also include the ability of the individual to perform all of the essential functions and related responsibilities of the position with or without reasonable accommodationsWork Environment: This position normally performs the majority of work in a school building or work office environment.

Brandywine School District Employee Responsibilities: All employees of the Brandywine School District are expected as a requirement of their specific job function to:

1. Represent one's self and the District in a positive and professional manner consistent with a personal commitment to fulfilling the District's mission statement and core values while displaying service and involvement, creativity and innovation, dignity and respect, personal and professional integrity, and a duty to safeguard sensitive or confidential information from intentional or unintentional disclosure.
2. Interact and work cooperatively with students, parents, staff and the district community in a timely and courteous manner.
3. Maintain current working knowledge of policies and regulations necessary to answer work-related and general information questions.
4. Achieve and maintain professional standards required and/or desirable for professional accreditation in the chosen profession.
5. Participate in school/departmental activities, meetings, and/or committees to advance District initiatives and to foster personal input and professional teamwork and to assist the District in achieving the goals of the strategic plan.
6. Abide by all Federal and State laws, Board policies and District regulations.
7. Perform other duties as may be assigned by the immediate supervisor(s).

Note: The District has the exclusive right to alter this job description at any time. This job description is not an employment agreement or contract.