Assistant Junior High Track Coach

Vermilion County Application Consortium; Georgetown (IL); On-site; USD 30,000 - 50,000; Part time

Job summary

A community school district is hiring an Athletic Coach to assist in planning and implementing interscholastic sports programs. The role involves supervising students, instructing athletic skills, and ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree, appropriate credentials, and successful experience in coaching. The position offers a chance to engage with students in an active learning environment, requiring physical fitness and collaboration with various stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Possession of all appropriate credentials in accordance with school code.
• Successful experience as an interscholastic coach preferred.
• Passage of a physical is required.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with head coach to coordinate sports programs.
• Supervises students during practices and events.
• Instructs in athletic skill development.

Skills

Athletic skill development

Collaboration and coordination

Health and safety regulations

Confidentiality

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Completion of the twelfth grade required

Job description

Position Type: Athletics/Activities/Coaching

Date Posted: 10/3/2024

Location: Mary Miller Junior High

Date Available: 03/01/2025

Closing Date: Until Filled

District: Georgetown-Ridge Farm Community Unit School District 4

Definition

Under general direction of the head coach, principal, or designee, assist in the planning, development, and implementation of the policies, regulations, guidelines, and procedures pertaining to an interscholastic sports program; to serve as a resource concerning physical education and physical activity instruction; to instruct and train sports activities groups in attaining proficiency in sport related functions; and to do other related functions as directed.

Reports To

Head Coach, Athletic Director, and/or Building Administrator as appropriate

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaborates with head coach to plan, organize, and coordinate the school site interscholastic sports program.
• Supervises students during practice, games, tournaments, and team travel.
• Collaborates with head coach to plan, organize, and coordinate sports activities and training workouts, and coaches individuals concerning specific physical performance activities and procedures.
• Provides teaching and instruction in athletic skill development.
• Observes sport participants during practice and workout sessions to detect and correct errors in activity procedures and methods.
• Instructs, explains, and enforces health and safety rules and regulations.
• Assesses the athletic team skills and opponents’ capabilities and determines game strategies.
• Provides a variety of interscholastic sport activities, which requires the coordination of travel and equipment transporting of out-the- area games and activities.
• May participate or coordinate opponent scouting activities.Communicates with school and community stakeholders including media and press.
• Complies strictly with IESA/IHSA/NFHS rules and guidelines including but not limited to rules regarding sportsmanship, recruiting, and the safety of students at all times.
• Maintains confidentiality.
• Other duties in the scope of this position.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Passage of a physical is required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Credential - Possession of all appropriate credentials in accordance with school code and relevant sports associations, professional educator license and valid Illinois driver’s license. Preferred.
• Education - Equivalent to completion of the twelfth grade required, Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Experience - Any combination of experiences and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and skill for the position. Successful experience as an interscholastic coach preferred.

Physical Demands

• The physical demands 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.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, talk or hear, and taste or smell. This is a non-sedentary position classification that performs light to medium work that involves walking, running and standing for extended periods. This position requires accurate perception of sound, handling and working with educational sport learning aids, materials and objects, and providing oral information and direction.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 45 pounds and frequently lift and/or move more than 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may work in outside weather conditions, offices, locker rooms, classrooms, and/or gymnasiums.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.