Overview
Director of Debate Jobs in San Marino at San Marino High School Speech and Debate
San Marino High School in San Marino, California, is looking to hire a Director of Debate. We currently have over 50 students returning to the team from the 25-26 school year, with a significant number of new students joining the team in mid-August. We compete in the NSDA, CHSSA, NPDL and TOC circuits. All the jobs are in person. I have listed descriptions, pay, and skills/experience we are looking for at each position. Feel free to pass this information to others seeking a coaching position. Please email resumes to me at [email protected].
Pay
- Stipend: 4361.15 (over 10 months)
- Tournament pay: 150 a day
- Coaches receive a food stipend for travel tournaments. Travel and boarding are covered as well.
Job Description:
The Director of Debate will be focused on overseeing the debate team at San Marino High School. The team competes in predominantly Lincoln-Douglas, Public Forum, Policy, Parlimentary, World Schools Debate styles. The director should be able to coach at some level each style of debate. The director should help guide students into styles of debate that best fit each student. The director should help facilitate tournament participation and help students meet their educational and competition goals. The director should help facilitate debate partnerships and tournament sign ups. The director will help students use Tabroom. All coaching staff members will be expected to uphold San Marino Unified School District, NSDA and CHSSA community standards. Directors are expected to pass a school district required background check and hiring process. This position is paid as a contractor position by the San Marino Unified School District. Contracts are renewed at the end of each school year.
Experience
- Debate coaching experience at the high school or college levels.
- Proficient knowledge of TOC and NSDA debate styles.
- Knowledge of NSDA, CHSSA and TOC debate regulations
- Policy and or circuit LD experience preferred.
- Experience attending debate tournaments as a coach and judge
- Knowledge of TOC bid tournaments opportunities.
- Experience using Tabroom.com
Work Requirements
- 2 practices a week:
- Practices are 2 hours in length, Monday and Wednesday, 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM at San Marino HS.
- Director is expected to plan and manage debate pratices.
- Attend Welcome Weekend Event
- Saturday August 15th from 12 PM to 4 PM
- The event is to help students prepare for the year.
- Attending tournaments:
- mainly local, with some travel tournaments. Does not need to attend all tournaments. Should attend 2 tournaments monthly on average.
- Tournaments expected to attend: Jack Howe Invitational, SCDL League Debate Tournaments, *CHSSA State Championship and *NSDA National Championship.
- * Students must qualify for the tournament and director attendance is predicated on debate student qualification.
- Judge at tournaments they attend as not the lead chaperone.
- Attend bi weekly director meetings
- meeting to be max of 1 hour, with expectation for most meetings to be 30 minutes
- Meetings will be online
- Help create and run drills at practice
- Judge practice debate rounds
- Be involved in interschool scrimmages
- Help with case creation
- Provide Topic Analysis on some debate topics
- Help with ballot review
- Guide students in events and tournaments that fit their educational and competition needs
- Help with tasks delegated by the Director of Forensics.
Job Type: Contract
Pay: From $4,361.35 per year
Work Location: In person
Title: Director of Debate
Company: San Marino High School Speech and Debate
Location: San Marino
