COACHES
As a TEAMS coach, you will show students why math and science matter, as students collaborate on real-world challenges using their classroom knowledge in practical and creative ways. With readily available competition resources and materials, coaches can introduce students to new academic content and create a fun learning opportunity.
Coach Resources 
Coach Requirements Why serve as a coach?
- Build student success. Strengthen student confidence to contribute to a team solution, participate in engineering activities, and solve complex problems.
- It's rewarding. Take advantage of flexible participation options and preparation materials to fit student and coach schedules.
- It's easy. Build a workforce competent in math and science; contribute to global competitiveness.
- Networking opportunities. Collaboration with other educators, administrators, parents, and community leaders.
Coach Benefits:
You will have a direct impact in helping students to learn how they can apply math and science concepts in ways that make a tangible difference in the world, increase their STEM literacy, practice this knowledge in a fun co-curricular program, and understand how engineering makes everyday life possible by solving pressing problems.
Coach Requirements:
The primary coach entered on the TEAMS coach account must now be a faculty member at the participating school, and the team participants must be enrolled at the school. The secondary coach may be a non-faculty member (such as a parent) and may act as the lead coach with approval from the school.
Coach Resources
TSA makes it easy to experience TEAMS and provides all coaches with the following resources:
- coach online account access
- coaching guide
- sample questions from previous competitions
- competition scenario overviews
- sample practice questions
- registration confirmation with instructions for hosting the competition at your team's school
- TEAMS flyer
- TEAMS poster
Practice Resources
Once registration is complete and TSA has received either payment or a school purchase order for your team(s), you may access the resources on your TEAMS coach online account to make the most of your competition preparation and access your Coach Guide; competition scenarios; previous competition questions and sample essay questions and solutions; and supplemental resources and tips for group decision making and problem-solving strategies.
- Competition Scenario Overviews: The multiple choice exam portion of the competition is based on a theme each year through scenarios. Overviews of each scenario topic, which provide background information and website resources, are posted in the coach online account.
- Sample Practice Questions: Practice questions relating to the current competition scenario topics as well as previous topics are located in the coach online account.