Speech & Debate Judge & Chaperone

Description: 

The mission of our schools is to educate responsible citizen-scholars for success in the college of their choice and a life of active citizenship. Core to achieving this mission is providing access to high-quality training in public speaking, the art of persuasion, and developing capacities for scholars to navigate and respect opposing views on a variety of complex topics related to personal and artistic development and active citizenship. Reporting to the Arts Education Director and working closely with the Varsity Speech & Debate Head Coach & Assistant Speech & Debate Coach, Speech & Debate Judges/Chaperones will ensure that Speech & Debate programming provides this access to high school scholars in our New York region by judging rounds at tournaments and serving as chaperones on trips.

Who You Are

• An educator with an unwavering commitment to the Democracy Prep mission of college success and authentic civic engagement for our scholars. 
• A self-reflective and self-aware teammate who is dedicated to aligning their work to Democracy Prep's commitment to antiracism and who is eager to use these skills to contribute to a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• A  highly motivated collaborator who identifies problems, understands root causes, and proposes potential for change.
• An organized, data-driven project manager that utilizes your content-matter expertise to partner with teams, schools, and other leaders to develop strong systems and solutions.
• A strong communicator (written and oral) who adapts to fit the needs of the audience in order to build a sense of shared purpose and progress forward.
• A performing artist who has an eye for the criteria that contributes to strong public speaking.

What You’ll Do

Serve as a representative of Democracy Prep and Judge at Speech & Debate Tournaments

• Attend training on Speech & Debate team roles and responsibilities a minimum of two times per year, in September and January.
• Attend Speech & Debate local and/or overnight tournaments outlined in the annual tournament schedule, serving as a judge during tournament rounds and a chaperone when not in rounds.
• Work closely with Speech & Debate Coaches to ensure adequate supervision of scholars at all times. 
• Work overnight supervision shifts as needed and on a rotating basis with other judges/chaperones.

Other

• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications 

• Experience in assessing and providing feedback to student artistic performances.
• Experience teaching/directing in performance arts.

Compensation

Stipend range is $500 - $4000 based on the assigned tournament schedule.

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Democracy Prep is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, familial status, domestic violence victim status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Our mission is to educate responsible citizen-scholars who will change the world. We strongly believe that by building a DREAM team that represents numerous perspectives, backgrounds, and areas of expertise, we can achieve this goal together. This is a value we highly support and strongly encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply.