Athletic Coach - Junior High Tennis

Core Job Functions

• Plan and conduct practices that develop individual and team athletic skills.
• Teach sport-specific fundamentals, strategies, and rules.
• Promote student-athlete growth, sportsmanship, and positive character.
• Supervise and manage student-athletes during practices, competitions, and team activities.
• Prepare teams for competitions and coach during games with professionalism.
• Prioritize athlete safety and follow all injury prevention and emergency protocols.
• Establish and enforce team expectations aligned with school and district policies.
• Communicate effectively with students, parents, administrators, and athletic staff.
• Assist with program administration, including equipment, records, and required documentation.
• Comply with all school, district, and athletic association rules and professional standards.

Core Values

• Excellence in all we do.
• Equity and fairness in all things.
• Collaboration is an effective decision-making model as well as an effective morale-enhancing model.
• Integrity is simply non-negotiable.
• Efficiency is the essence of being a good steward of public trust.

Professional Qualities

• Respond to all internal and external customers, as it relates to position, in a prompt, efficient, friendly, and patient manner.
• Function effectively as a team member.
• Be responsible, reliable, and punctual.
• Be flexible and adaptable to change.
• Positively accept direction.
• Maintain courteous, cooperative working relationships with students, staff, and parents.
• Aid in constructive criticism toward improving the district.
• Exercise positive problem-solving behavior and conflict resolution skills.
• Adhere to the dress code appropriate to the site and job.
• Share sensitive student and staff information on a need-to-know basis.
• Be a positive role model.
• Work with a large cross-section of people in a professional and non-judgmental manner.

Physical Requirements

• Positions in this classification often require physical activities such as stooping, kneeling, crouching, standing, walking, and sitting.
• The job involves finger or manual dexterity, repetitive finger motion, speaking, hearing, seeing (with correction), and focusing ability.
• Employees may be exposed to travel, odors, dust, poor ventilation, workspace restrictions, and loud noises.
• The work may require lifting or exerting up to 40 pounds of force occasionally and up to 10 pounds of force frequently.