This role is with Success Academy Charter Schools. WayUp is partnering with Success Academy Charter Schools to hire top talent.

• Building a classroom culture in which scholars develop a love for chess and enhance critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Teaching a rigorous chess curriculum to scholars that begins with chess basics and progresses to checkmate patterns and tactics
• Coaching and develop a high-performing team of scholars to compete in city, state, and national chess tournaments
• Investing parents by coordinating and leading family chess nights and internal network chess tournaments
• Engaging in training and collaborating with chess teachers and leaders across the network to benefit from targeted feedback and professional development related to instruction and content
• Supporting our high performing competitive teams by coaching at tournaments at least 12 Saturdays per school year
  
  

You:

• Have an advanced understanding of the game of chess (tournament experience a plus)
• Are passionate about chess and learning
• Enjoy collaborating with others (i.e., playing on an athletics team, or in a band or orchestra)
• Have leadership experience (i.e.leadership position on a club or team; experience overseeing/managing people or organizing activities)
• Have chess relevant chess online ratings (Blitz, UCSF, LIChess.com, etc)