Job/FLSA Status: Part-Time, Seasonal, Exempt
Reports to: Principal and/or designee
Position Summary: To help students achieve maximum benefits from the extracurricular and athletic opportunities offered to them in the schools.
Role qualifications: - Must meet IHSA qualifications to coach per IHSA Constitution and By-Laws
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Commitment to education and district values
- Experience as a coach in the activity sponsored preferred
- Experience working in a high school setting preferred
- Bilingual (English-Spanish) preferred
Job Duties: - Is responsible for his/her total program and the understanding of NFHS, IHSA, and SSC rules and regulations.
- Understands the proper administrative line of command and refers all requests or grievances through proper channels.
- Establishes the fundamental philosophy, skills, and techniques to be taught by staff. Designs conferences and staff meetings to insure staff awareness of overall program.
- Encourages professional growth by encouraging clinic attendance according to district policy.
- Delegates specific duties and supervises implementation of same.
- Assigns, regulates, and supervises all scouting activities.
- Attends required IHSA, SSC, departmental or other meetings.
- Provides input to the Athletic Director with regard to scheduling, transportation and requirements for tournament and special sport events.
- Assists in the necessary preparation to hold scheduled sport events or practices and adheres to scheduled facility times. Coordinates program with maintenance staff.
- Provides documentation to fulfill state and system requirements concerning physical examinations, parents' consent, insurance and eligibility in a timely manner.
- Submits other necessary documents (rosters, game reports, injury reports, etc.) to the Athletic Director expediently. Completes paperwork on all disabling athletic injuries on proper forms and submits to athletic office within 24 hours if necessary.
- Advises the Athletic Director and recommends policy, method or procedural changes.
- Participates in the budgeting function with the Athletic Director by establishing requirements for the next season. Recommends equipment guidelines as to type, style, color or technical specifications. Is responsible for operating within budget appropriations.
- Is accountable for all equipment and collects the cost of any equipment lost or not returned. Arranges for the issuing, collection and storage of equipment and submits annual inventory with the end-of-season report. Arranges with the Athletic Director any reconditioning or repair of equipment.
- Provides for proper supervision of athletes at all practices, games and while traveling. Travels with team on district-provided transportation.
- Provides team rules, training rules and any other unique regulations of the sport to each athlete.
- Determines discipline and delineates procedures concerning due process when the enforcement of discipline is necessary and makes the Athletic Director aware of the matter.
- Provides constant attention to a student athlete's grades and conduct.
- Assists athletes in their college or advanced educational selection.
- Organizes coaches, players and guests for pre-season meetings.
- Promotes the sport within the school through recruiting athletes that are not in another sport program and promotes the sport outside the school through news media or in any other IHSA-approved manner.
- Responsible for maintaining good public relations with news media, booster club, parents, officials, volunteers and fans.
- Presents information to news media through the Athletic Office concerning schedules, tournaments and results in a timely manner.
- Sets a positive example in appearance, behavior and language, exercising professional, good conduct and self-control.
- Completes online concussion awareness training, first aid training, CPR training, and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) training by the end of the first week of the season. Completes bi-annual training on anaphylactic reactions and asthma management. (Board Policy 5:100, 5:280)
Physical demands and work environment: The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. - Physical demands: While performing duties of job, employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
- Work environment: The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Terms of Employment: Season of the athletic event; Salary as provided by the negotiated Agreement.
Evaluation: At the end of each athletic season based upon criteria as defined in the Negotiated Agreement and the District 215 Athletics/Activities Handbook.
Application Procedure: Apply online.
