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JOB DESCRIPTION

POSITION SUMMARY:

Position is responsible for supervising student-athletes and working with school leadership and coaching staff to organize the sports program at the assigned school. Position conducts practices, motivates individuals and teams, and instructs student-athletes in game strategies and techniques.

RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES: This list is illustrative only and is not intended to be a comprehensive list of tasks performed by this classification. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Essential Duties:

• Instruct student-athletes in the rules, regulations, equipment, and technique of the specific sport
• Supervise players during practice and competition
• Evaluate players skills and maintain fairness to all student-athletes
• Collaborate with coaching staff to determine game strategy
• Build Coach's Binder with all essential forms and carry to all sporting activities
• Ensure distribution, collection and maintenance of current student-athlete records
• Maintain student-athlete roster and submit list as directed
• Follow established procedures and protocols in the event of an athletes injury or other emergency
• Model good sportsmanship and maintain appropriate conduct towards players, parents, officials, spectators and school staff
• Maintain equipment, facilities, and playing field in orderly condition
• Distribute and collect equipment, supplies, and uniforms to student-athletes as directed
• Attend regular school and sports program meetings and collaborate with school staff
• Submit regular reports on team status
• Participate in special events to include parents night, banquets & award nights
• Perform support tasks such as outreach to parents and engagement with partners
• Pursue growth and sustainability efforts such as recruitment and new team development as directed
• Report any issues within team or with specific student-athletes to Athletic Coordinator or Principal
• Administrative duties, responsibilities, and activities may be assigned or changed from time to time

Student-Athlete Interaction:

• Provide leadership and develop team-first attitude with student-athletes
• Stay after games and practices until all students are picked up
• Support communication between school and community for student athletic activities
• Contribute to representation of school sports programs at conferences and events
• Work with Athletic Coordinator and school staff to verify eligibility of student-athletes
• Work with all school staff to ensure safety and welfare of students
• Responsible for knowledge of student-athlete transportation

SUPERVISION RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage student-athletes before, during and after sports events
• Monitor, evaluate, and report on Assistant Coaches performance

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, LICENSES, CERTIFICATIONS, ETC:

• Knowledge of principles and practices of leadership, morale building and proper sportsmanship
• CPR/First Aid Certification
• Coaching Certification
• Good interpersonal communication skills with an ability to work with student-athletes, coaching staff, faculty and general public in a diplomatic, friendly and efficient manner
• Knowledge of rules, equipment, tactics, safety and conditioning aspects of Interscholastic Sports

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent completion of 4 years of college study, preferred
• Demonstrated school leadership experience and knowledge of specific sport being coached
• Proficient in MS Office(Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Knowledge of AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) programs
• TB Test Clearance (Waived for current Learn4Life employees)
• Live Scan and Background Check (Waived for current Learn4Life employees)
• Driving Record Check; Valid Driver License and auto insurance

TRAVEL: Ability to travel up to 40% is required in performance of duties.

WORK SCHEDULE: This position will include assignments at off-campus sites, days, evenings, or weekends.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability to observe general outdoor surroundings and engage in physical activities
• General physical activities that require considerable use of arms, legs and moving whole body
• Wear specialized protective fitness, sports or safety gear as necessary
• Finger Dexterity; using primarily just the fingers to make small movements such as typing, picking up small objects, or pinching fingers together
• Talking; especially where one must convey detailed or important instructions or ideas accurately or quickly. May be necessary to project voice loudly during sporting events or in field settings
• Average Hearing; able to hear average or normal conversations and receive ordinary information
• Average Visual Abilities; ordinary acuity necessary to prepare or inspect documents or operate machinery
• Requires regular climbing, stooping, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting and grasping
• Frequent multi-tasking, changing of task priorities, repetitious exacting work required
• Working in a noisy, distracting environment in office or fields with frequent deadline pressures