Seasonal Coach

About the role

At Founders Classical Academies, we promote a classical liberal arts and sciences tradition, viewing students as dignified human beings with natural rights and gifts to be cultivated.

Responsibilities

• Holds organizational meetings for team prospects and encourages potential athletes to participate in the sport.
• Affirms player's skills and assigns team positions.
• Coaches and instructs players, individually or in groups, regarding the rules, regulations, equipment and techniques of the sport.
• Observes players, during competition and practice, to determine the needs for individual or team improvement.
• Establishes and maintains standards of pupil behavior and provides proper supervision of athletes at all times.
• Fulfills responsibilities in the event of an athlete's injury.
• Conferences with parents/guardians, as necessary, regarding the athletic performance of their student.
• Follows established procedures for the proper care, maintenance, and requisitioning of equipment, supplies, and uniforms.
• Models sports-like behavior and maintains appropriate conduct towards players, officials, and spectators.
• Models nondiscriminatory practices in all activities.

Qualifications

• Education Requirements: Minimum of an Associate’s degree or equivalent from two-year college, Bachelors degree preferred.
• Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and/or Abilities Required): Must possess effective coaching techniques and skills, ability to work with children, love for children and learning, thorough knowledge of the rules, regulations, strategies, and techniques of the sport, ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with school administrators, parents, and students.