9th Grade Softball Head Coach

Essential Functions:

• Coordinates manages and facilitates school-based youth sports.
• Completes continuing education courses, meetings, and events.
• Promotes positive communication between coaches, parents, students, and outside agencies.
• Integrates goals and standards of the school into the sports programs and events.
• Assists the Athletic Director with evaluating and hiring coaches.
• Serves as a spokesperson for sports when conversing with the media.
• Provides various types of electronic and paper communication to the School Board, parents, students, staff, and administrators regarding sport policies, changes, and updates to the sport program.
• Coordinates the selection, instruction, training, and conditioning of athletes at differing levels in specific sports.
• Motivates and encourages students to maintain appropriate levels of academic achievement.
• Develops, communicates, and implements a clear vision for the program.

Special Requirements:

• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification, First Aid certification, and bloodborne pathogens training within six months of hire.
• Iowa Teaching license or completion of Iowa Coaching Authorization.
• Must maintain appropriate certifications and licensure.
• Experience working in a multicultural setting and with diverse groups of people preferred.
• Alternatives to the qualifications as the Superintendent may find appropriate and acceptable will also be considered.
• Valid driver’s license in the State of Iowa.