Strength and Conditioning/Health Instructor - Long Term Substitute

Your Role

The Bear Creek School is currently seeking to add a Strength and Conditioning Instructor Long Term Substitute to our team! As a member of The Bear Creek School, you belong to a vibrant preschool - grade 12 community fully committed to the mission of our school.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Support and promote the mission and core values of The Bear Creek School
• Create a safe, fun, and effective environment in which athletes train
• Teach a comprehensive fitness and conditioning program including (but not limited to) strength training, agility, athlete performance, stretching, mindset coaching, and nutrition counseling
• Help to create and deliver measurable objectives as it relates to a functional strength and conditioning program for all student-athletes and programs
• Teach and ensure that student-athletes and all users of the Fitness Center are using proper weightlifting and spotting techniques
• Establish safety procedures for use in the Fitness Center and supervise and monitor the behavior and activities of the athletes and students to assure compliance with all such procedures
• Develop a schedule of use for the Fitness Center to permit all Bear Creek Upper School students to attain the goals of the program that prioritizes the following:
• During their season, help Coaches, student-athletes, and teams achieve maximum performance
• When out of season, assist individual student-athletes using customized performance plans based on their identified goals and objectives
• Assure that all equipment used in this program is properly stored, maintained, cleaned, and inspected to promote and maintain a safe and productive workout environment
• Work directly and collaborate with the Athletics Trainer and coaches as it relates to injury rehabilitation and return to play of athletes
• Solicit feedback from student-athletes and coaches on an annual basis

Additional Responsibilities

• Teach two Health classes to upper school (high school) students on a daily schedule
• Teach two Strength and Conditioning classes to upper school (high school) students on a daily schedule
• Provide supervision in the Fitness Center for two hours after the school day concludes

Critical Performance Competencies

• Positively support the school’s policies and practices and work collaboratively in a professional organization
• Truthful, positive, and purposeful when communicating with others
• Able to use strong written and oral communication skills to transfer thoughts and express ideas
• Flexible and adaptable in dealing with new, different, or changing requirements
• Maintain confidentiality and security of information
• Hold self and others accountable to accomplish results
• Effective in handling multiple concurrent tasks
• Adhere to biblical standards in all areas of conduct

Physical Requirements

• Requires standing for long periods of time
• Requires lifting and moving of items upwards of 50 pounds
• Able to make visual and auditory evaluation of athlete’s performance