7-9 Boys Basketball Coach

Position Summary

To instruct students in individual or team sports and sport techniques.

Essential Duties

• Plans programs to promote development of student's physical attributes and social skills.
• Teaches individual and team sports to students, utilizing knowledge of sports techniques and physical capabilities of students.
• Instructs students by lecturing, demonstrating and lecturing on sports topics.
• Explains and enforces safety rules and regulations governing sports and the use of exercise equipment.
• Observes students during practice to detect and correct mistakes.
• Explains score-keeping methods.
• Organizes and conducts competition and tournaments.
• Purchases, displays, maintains and repairs equipment.
• Establishes and enforces rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among the students for whom they are responsible.
• Maintains discipline.
• Recognizes students encountering medical, physical and/or psychological problems and refers them to district specialists for assistance as required.

Marginal Duties

• Participates in faculty and professional meetings, educational conferences, mentor programs and teacher training workshops.
• Attends staff meetings and serves on staff committees as required.
• Contributes to the decisions made by the District and building regarding budget, facilities, curriculum and personnel well-being.
• Performs additional tasks and assumes such other responsibilities as assigned by the Head Coach.

Evaluation and Job Performance

• Coaches Evaluation – conducted by the Head Coach.
• Supervisory Responsibilities – Students.

Qualification Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (B.A.) from an accredited four-year College or University - preferred.
• Missouri State Teaching Certificate - preferred.
• Minimum 60 credit hours and Missouri Substitute Certificate.

Physical Demands

• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee is frequently required to talk or hear.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit.

Mental Demands

• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Communicate clearly both orally and in writing.

Environmental Conditions

• Exposed to loud noise levels.
• Regularly exposed to varying inclement outdoor weather conditions for outside activities.
• This individual may be exposed to potentially hazardous bodily fluids.