Temporary Athletic Coach Elementary Girls Basketball 5th6th grade

Elementary Girls Basketball 5th/6th grade

Pay Grade: Stipend and Temporary Salary Schedule

Accountable To: Principal

FLSA Status: Exempt

Creation/Revision Date:November 25 2024

Summary: Under general direction incumbent(s) coaches sports activities to students including creating game plans observing practice drills and explaining safety rules and history of the sport. Incumbent(s) schedules activities and tournaments prepares area of use and sets up appropriate staff needed to carry out practices and games.

Essential Functions:

• Creates game plans. Creates practice drills to implement game plan during competition. Observes students during practice to detect and correct mistakes. Oversees students during competition and tournaments.
• Schedules buses staff referees custodial and cafeteria that are needed to carry out practices and games. Ensures students are picked up by appropriate person(s). Prepares area of use (i.e. gym field etc..
• Communicates expectations status schedules and rules of the athletic program to the school administration staff parents and students. Holds parentathlete meetings.
• Explains and enforces safety rules and regulations. Lectures on history and purposes of sport. Explains method of keeping score. Explains and demonstrates use of apparatus and equipment.
• Utilizes health service protocols to ensure safety for students. Explains and demonstrates principles techniques and methods of regulating movement of body to achieve proficiency in activity.
• Ensures athletes meet grade and school behavior requirements. Demonstrates good sportsmanship.
• Announces and posts tryout information. Passes out and collects permission slips. Selects and posts members of the team.
• Attends meetings with other coaches in the District. Organizes competition and tournaments.
• Purchases maintains and repairs equipment and uniforms. Keeps inventory and records on all equipment and uniform purchases.
• Holds sports recognition events. Distributes awards and recognition.
• Performs other job related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications:

To be eligible for this position an applicant must meet the following required qualifications. Verification of these required qualifications is necessary.

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

Preferred Qualifications:

It is preferred that applicant possesses the following preferred qualifications; however the following qualifications are not required to be eligible for this position.

• Bachelors degree in Education;
• One year of teaching experience;
• Valid Arizona Department of Education Teacher Certificate.

Knowledge and Skills Required:

To perform the job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The qualifications for this job description are representative of the knowledge skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Skills required but not limited to for this position include:

• Understanding early middle and adolescent childhood;
• Supervising children including safety and health issues;
• Developing ageappropriate lessons for children;
• Instructing children;
• Identifying safety hazards to children;
• Understanding rules of the sport;
• Engaging and encouraging communication skills while interacting with supervisors staff students etc. to exchange information.

Physical Requirements:

The physical requirements 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.

Climbing balancing stooping kneeling crouching crawling reaching standing walking pushing pulling lifting fingering grasping feeling talking hearing seeing.

Light Work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently and /or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for Sedentary Work and the worker sits most of the time the job is rated for Light Work.

Working Conditions:

The working 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.

The Washington Elementary School District is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer in compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Civil Rights Act Title VII of 1972 Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990. Washington Elementary School District does not discriminate on the basis of race color religion national origin sex sexual orientation gender identify or expression disability or age in employment or in any of its educational programs or in the provisions of benefits and services to students. For information regarding discrimination grievance or complaint procedures contact the Executive Director for Human Resources at 602.347.2801