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:
Any adult interested in helping middle and high school students apply STEM learning to real-world engineering problems can become a TEAMS coach. Teachers, TSA chapter advisors, parents, school administrators/coordinators, and club/youth leaders all have served successfully as TEAMS coaches.
An engineering background is not required. All that is needed is a willingness to try something new that will expand students' learning and help them discover their potential for engineering.
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.