Baseball - 9th Grade Coach

An athletic coach/activities advisor coaches, supervises, manages, coordinates, and plans all practices pre-season, in-season, and post-season. The role is also responsible for coaching/advising, supervising, and managing all athletic and activity competitions, as well as the total operation of extracurricular programs, athletics, activities, transportation, and related athletic facility operations for grades 6-12. Work is performed under the general supervision of the Activities Director.

Responsibilities

• Learns and adheres to the coaching/advising philosophy and program of the school district as led by the Activities Director.
• Assists in explaining and distributing literature to all athletes concerning the athletic commitment and the protection of student eligibility.
• Teaches athletes the fundamental skills, theory, and strategy of the sport/activity.
• Teaches the athletes the value of good conduct, sportsmanship, and good citizenship.
• Provides supervision of athletes at all times and applies discipline when needed.
• Teaches and emphasizes safe procedures to the athletes.
• Leads or assists other coaches and advisors with out-of-season training as needed depending on the level of coaching/advising assignment.
• Attends and/or conducts awards programs.
• Assists in the responsibility of the care of equipment and facilities being used.
• Assists in the issuance, return, and maintenance of equipment.
• Assists in ensuring that all equipment is cleaned, repaired, and stored properly at the end of the season.
• Makes recommendations to the Activities Director regarding needed equipment and repairs to facilities.
• Performs other duties as assigned and appropriate.

Requirements

• Thorough knowledge of Minnesota State High School League website, handbooks, and calendars and scheduling system.
• General knowledge of Minnesota Department of Education website, Infinite Campus software, and Impact Test Online.
• Thorough knowledge of District Website and Infinite Campus Reports.
• Thorough knowledge of standard office equipment.
• Ability to make arithmetic computations using whole numbers, fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, students, parents, and elected officials.
• High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• Current district staff member preferred but not required.
• Teaching and coaching license preferred but not required.
• Equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Valid driver's license.
• Current Head Coaching license through MDE or willing to obtain for position.

Physical Requirements

• Occasional exertion of up to 50 pounds of force.
• Regularly requires sitting, speaking or hearing, and using hands to finger, handle, or feel.
• Occasionally requires standing and walking.
• Requires close vision, distance vision, ability to adjust focus, depth perception, color perception, and peripheral vision.
• Vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word.
• Hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels.
• Requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data.
• No exposure to environmental conditions.
• Work is generally in a moderately noisy location (e.g., business office, light traffic).

Pay

$3,177 - $3,745 per season dependent on experience.