Assistant Debate Coach
Assistant Debate Coach
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St. Paul Academy and Summit School seeks candidates for the position of Assistant Debate Coach.
About St. Paul Academy and Summit School:
St. Paul Academy and Summit School (SPA) is a coeducational nonsectarian college preparatory day school serving more than 920 students in kindergarten through grade 12. Our two campuses are located approximately a mile apart in St. Paul Minnesota serving Grades K5 on our Goodrich Campus and Grades 612 on our Randolph Campus. The school draws students from St. Paul Minneapolis and throughout the eastern and western suburbs.
For additional information about the schools curriculum community and culture please visit our website at .
About the Upper School:
The Upper School is home to students in Grades 912 and is characterized by advanced inquiry lively discussion deep engagement with topics a strong sense of community and a commitment to diversity equity and inclusion. Students develop the habits and relationships that will carry them through high school and into the world of college and beyond. The Upper Schools rigorous academic curriculum and seminarbased learning model is complemented by a network of support that includes teachers advisors college counselors and resources for both academic and social/emotional wellbeing.
For more information about the Upper School please visit the Upper School section of our website.
Position Begins: September 2025
Status: Parttime nonexempt (stipend)
Department: Upper school Instructional faculty
Salary: Stipend of $4250
Description:
The Assistant Debate Coach will:
Work with the Director of Debate to help students improve their debate skills. This includes researching each topic to provide analysis and to help guide students to craft their own unique contentions with wellresearched cards.
Assess student work to improve writing analysis critical thinking research and public speaking. Must have the ability to provide constructive feedback immediately following a speech/round.
Assist with weekly inperson practices for 1.5 hours per week. Provide 12 hours per week of case/contention feedback.
Manage team operations and supervise and support students at each assigned tournament.
Regularly interact with students between rounds and make sure new debaters are able to navigate the tournament successfully.
Provide feedback and encouragement throughout the tournament to all students.
Observe rounds where appropriate.
Assist with program communications with students parents and school leadership.
Coaches must be able to attend multiple weekend tournaments throughout the year (September through June). This generally requires availability FridaySunday for national circuit and state tournaments and all day on Saturday for local tournaments. The regular season runs through January with travel and national tournament potential in the spring/early summer. Coaches must be available to travel with the team to tournaments locally. Coaches must be available to travel to at least one of the national travel tournaments when teams qualify for TOC or NSDA Nationals. Coaches are not required to attend every tournament and will divide duties between the coaching staff at the beginning of the year to balance workload and travel.
Requirements:
A successful candidate will possess prior experience judging coaching or participating in debate preferably Public Forum.
How to Apply:
Interested candidates should submit a letter of interest resume statement of teaching philosophy and a list of references. To apply please visit our website at is committed to recruiting and supporting a diverse faculty and staff and maintaining a workplace culture in which all are treated equitably.
Employment Type
Full Time
