Temporary Athletic Coach: Jr. High (7-8)

About the Role

Under general direction, the coach leads sports activities for students, including creating game plans, observing practice drills, and explaining safety, rules, and the history of the sport. The coach schedules activities and tournaments, prepares facilities, and coordinates necessary staff for practices and games.

Responsibilities

• Creates game plans and practice drills to implement during competition.
• Observes students during practice to detect and correct mistakes.
• Oversees students during competition and tournaments.
• Schedules buses, staff, referees, custodial, and cafeteria support for practices and games.
• Ensures students are picked up by appropriate individuals.
• Prepares areas of use (e.g., gym, field).
• Communicates expectations, status, schedules, and rules of the athletic program to school administration, staff, parents, and students.
• Holds parent-athlete meetings.
• Explains and enforces safety rules and regulations.
• Lectures on the history and purposes of the sport; explains scoring methods and demonstrates use of equipment.
• Utilizes health service protocols to ensure student safety.
• Demonstrates principles, techniques, and methods of regulating movement to achieve proficiency in the sport.
• Ensures athletes meet grade and school behavior requirements; demonstrates good sportsmanship.
• Announces and posts tryout information; collects permission slips and selects team members.
• Attends meetings with other district coaches; organizes competitions and tournaments.
• Purchases, maintains, and repairs equipment and uniforms; keeps inventory and records.
• Holds sports recognition events and distributes awards.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High School diploma or equivalent (G.E.D.) prior to being hired.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Education.
• One year of teaching experience.
• Valid Arizona Department of Education Teacher Certificate.

Skills

• Understanding of early, middle, and adolescent childhood development.
• Supervising children, including safety and health issues.
• Developing age-appropriate lessons for children.
• Instructing children effectively.
• Identifying safety hazards to children.
• Understanding rules of the sport.
• Engaging and encouraging communication with supervisors, staff, students, and parents.

Physical Requirements

• Climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, fingering, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, and seeing.
• Light Work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently.

Pay

$1,297 stipend.

Schedule

Full and part-time; temporary position.