Middle School Girls' Wrestling Coach

Characteristic Duties and Responsibilities

• Uses a variety of instructional techniques and methods along with media to meet the needs of student athletes and the wrestling program.
• Affords assistance with the supervision of all middle school wrestling activities, contests, and practice sessions.
• Collaborates with other members of school staff to plan and implement instructional goals and objectives.
• Evaluates student athletic abilities on an initial and regular basis.
• Maintains a regular system of files containing all material relevant to the wrestling program, including eligibility forms, transfer forms, grade reports, and ensures compliance with ACSD#1 District policies.
• Encourages sportsmanlike conduct in all phases of athletic participation.
• Assists in the maintenance and inventory of all fixed assets of the wrestling program.
• Assists in the process of cleaning, repairing, and storing all program athletic equipment.

Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities Required

• Effective communication skills.
• Robust knowledge of the sport of wrestling including strategy, rules, and coaching.
• Ability to use time effectively.
• Good organizational skills.
• Ability to maintain a positive relationship with other staff by collaborating and working cooperatively with them (including supervisors).
• Knowledge of physiological, psychological, emotional and educational behavioral development of children and/or adolescents.
• Ability to help coaches achieve consensus.

Entry Qualifications

• Mandatory: Candidate must hold, or be eligible to hold, a Wyoming Professional Teaching Standards Board (PTSB) endorsement as a Head Coach-Wrestling, Assistant Coach-Wrestling, or a Head Coach endorsement in another sport.
• PREFERRED: 1+ years of experience as a middle school wrestling coach.
• Valid Wyoming teaching certification.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field.

Physical Abilities and Working Conditions

• Vision: (which may be corrected) to read small print; view a computer screen for prolonged periods.
• Hearing: (which may be corrected) to answer telephones and tolerate exposure to noisy conditions.
• Speech: to be understood in face-to-face communications; to speak with a level of proficiency and volume to be understood over a telephone.
• Upper Body Mobility: use hands and fingers to feel, grasp, and manipulate small objects; manipulate fingers, twist and bend at the wrist and elbow; extend arms to reach outward and upward; use hands and arms to lift objects; turn, raise, and lower the head.
• Strength: to lift, push, pull and/or carry objects which weigh as much as 50 or more pounds on a frequent basis.
• Environmental Requirements: encounter constant work interruptions; work cooperatively with others; work independently; work outdoors and indoors.
• Mental Requirements: read, write, understand, interpret and apply information at a moderately complex level essential for successful job performance; math skills at a high school proficiency level; judgement and the ability to process information quickly; learn quickly and follow verbal procedures and standards; give verbal instruction; rank tasks in order of importance; copy, compare, compile, and coordinate information and records.
• Additional Work Conditions and Physical Abilities: Requires travel to multiple sites.