Plan and facilitate engaging esports sessions for K-12 students, focusing on teamwork, strategy, and digital citizenship. Maintain a safe learning environment and communicate progress and needs to school staff and Concorde Education.
Requirements summary
Preferred candidates should have at least 60 college credits and experience coaching or competing in organized esports. Proficiency in popular titles like Rocket League or Valorant and experience working with school-age children are highly desired.
Potential independent contractor instructional assignments program
Esports
Instructor
Opportunities
Location: On-site at partner schools; varies by assignment
Teaching
Mode:
In
Person
Grade
Levels: Elementary, Middle, and High School; varies by assignment
Schedule: Typically 1–4 instructional service hours per week after school
Program
Length:
Commonly approximately 10 weeks per assignment
Start
Dates:
Opportunities become available throughout the school year
Compensation: Typical compensation of $50+ per completed instructional service hour, depending on assignment scope, experience, location, schedule, and agreed compensation ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY Concorde Education is seeking independent instructional contractors to provide esports enrichment services for K–12 students. This is a potential independent contractor assignment, not an employee position. Contractors may choose whether to apply for, accept, decline, or ignore available opportunities. Assignments vary by school, grade level, schedule, available games, technology, equipment, competitive goals, and program objectives. Concorde may provide curriculum guidance, lesson-plan suggestions, instructional resources, league information, or program objectives. Contractors may use their professional judgment to adapt instruction within the assignment scope and applicable site requirements.
Assignment
SCOPE
Depending on the accepted assignment, contractors may:
Plan and facilitate engaging, age-appropriate esports sessions;
Introduce students to teamwork, communication, strategy, digital citizenship, and healthy competitive gaming through structured instruction and gameplay;
Adapt instruction based on student experience levels, site requirements, available technology, approved games, and program objectives;
Support students in developing game knowledge, teamwork, communication, leadership, decision-making, and competitive skills through practices, scrimmages, reviews, and tournaments, where applicable;
Maintain a safe, respectful, inclusive, and age-appropriate learning environment;
Communicate assignment-related needs or significant concerns with Concorde and school staff, as appropriate;
Complete a brief session completion form after each scheduled session; and
Follow applicable site safety, visitor, technology, emergency, student-protection, and acceptable-use procedures.
EXAMPLE
PROGRAM
TOPICS
Assignments may include topics such as:
Team communication, collaboration, and leadership;
Game strategy, positioning, mechanics, and decision-making;
Sportsmanship, digital citizenship, and responsible online behavior;
Practice planning, match preparation, and tournament fundamentals;
Reviewing gameplay, identifying strengths and opportunities for improvement, and constructive feedback;
Healthy gaming habits, wellness, time management, and balance;
Introductory broadcasting, shoutcasting, streaming, or video review, where applicable; and
Competitive play using school-approved titles such as Rocket League, Super Smash Bros., Valorant, League of Legends, Overwatch, Apex Legends, or other age-appropriate games approved by the assignment. Specific games, leagues, technology platforms, instructional activities, and competition expectations vary by assignment.
Qualifications
Preferred qualifications include:
At least 60 college credits, where required by the applicable assignment or site;
Experience coaching, competing in, or leading organized esports programs or competitive gaming communities;
Demonstrated proficiency in one or more popular esports titles appropriate for the assigned program;
Experience teaching, tutoring, coaching, mentoring, or leading activities with school-age students;
Strong communication, organization, and classroom or team facilitation skills;
Availability to provide services for the accepted assignment schedule and communicate schedule issues as soon as reasonably practicable; and
Familiarity with gameplay analysis, team development, tournament organization, streaming platforms, replay review, or related esports technologies is preferred. Preferred backgrounds may include esports coaches, educators, collegiate esports players, competitive gamers, youth program leaders, technology instructors, content creators, streamers, game analysts, and others with relevant instructional or competitive gaming experience. MATERIALS AND RESOURCES Assignments may utilize school-provided computers, gaming consoles, peripherals, approved game licenses, curriculum resources, lesson plans, replay software, streaming tools, and other instructional materials, where available. Contractors may use their own instructional methods and materials when appropriate, safe, age-appropriate, lawful, and consistent with the assignment scope and site requirements. Purchases requiring reimbursement must be approved in writing by Concorde before they are incurred. COMPENSATION Compensation varies by assignment and agreed contractor terms. Many opportunities pay $50+ per completed instructional service hour with students. Contractors may propose their desired compensation rate when applying. When proposing a rate, contractors should consider the overall assignment scope, including anticipated preparation, planning, commute, materials, schedule, and other business considerations. Concorde may accept the proposed rate, decline the application, or provide a counteroffer based on the budget for the specific assignment. Unless otherwise approved in writing, compensation is based on completed instructional service hours with students. Payment for completed services is generally made by direct deposit on the fifteenth day of the month following the month in which services were completed, unless otherwise stated in the accepted assignment terms or required by applicable law. APPLICATION AND ONBOARDING Applicants selected to move forward may be invited to create a contractor profile and complete any required onboarding steps. Applying, interviewing, receiving an invitation to create a profile, creating a profile, or completing onboarding does not guarantee selection, placement, or future assignment opportunities. Potential assignments are subject to assignment fit, agreed compensation, completion of required onboarding, applicable background-check review, Fair Chance or pre-adverse action procedures where required, site-specific clearance requirements, and final written confirmation from Concorde Education. Some assignments may require background-check authorization, fingerprinting, agency clearance, site-specific documentation, identification badges, technology training, or other compliance steps before services may begin. Applicants should not provide criminal-history information unless and until requested through the appropriate legally compliant process. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY Concorde Education considers contractor applicants without regard to any status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law and is committed to respectful, inclusive, and student-centered programming.
Salary
50 - 100 USD Per hour
Market context
California esports coaching roles are competitive
In California, esports coaching opportunities tend to appear where schools and youth programs are building organized teams, so candidates with coaching or competitive experience and comfort working with school-age students are often in demand. These roles are competitive because employers usually want game knowledge, clear communication, and the ability to support student development in a school setting. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits on this platform to save time, and tailor your application to show specific titles you know and examples of mentoring students.
