Assistant Fast Pitch Coach - High School

Columbia School District is seeking one High School Assistant Fast Pitch Coach for the 2026 season.

The successful Candidate shall:

• Engage student athletes to persist when experiencing difficulties and feel a sense of accomplishment when they succeed.
• Represent themselves, our school, and our community in a positive fashion, by consistently demonstrating class and sportsmanship before, during, and after competitions.
• Develop integrity expressed in sportsmanship and fair play. Student athletes and coaches are held to the highest standard of conduct as ambassadors for our school district and our community
• Teach student athletes responsibility, discipline, teamwork, effort-reward relationships, commitment, pride, and fun.  Participants will be held accountable to individual team expectations and the school district athletic code.  These aspects will be held as paramount, even above “winning and losing.”
• First and foremost relay the idea to student athletes to excel both academically and athletically.
• Contain the ability to build ownership, trust, and respect in the student athlete, communicate effectively with the student and parents, and enforce standards equitably when problems arise.
• Have the knowledge, experience, and ability to communicate their expertise, in their sport, to the student athlete.

*This position is open until filled

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here represent 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.

Mobility: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and walk for prolonged periods of time, push or pull 18-26 lbs., sit, kneel and crouch, twist and bend, use hands to type, finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arm.

Sense: The employee is required to talk/hear conversations and other sounds. The employee must be able to communicate effectively in person and over the telephone. The employee is required to taste and smell. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, far vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Lifting: The employee must be able to lift or move up to 10 lbs. regularly and occasionally up to 26 lbs; must also be able to lift overhead. The employee may be required to physically move quickly in an emergency or while performing student supervision duties.

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.

Physical Hazards: While performing the duties of this job, the employee must be able to work outdoors in a wide variety of temperatures; from -10 degrees F to 100 degrees F . The employee may be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions. The noise level in this work environment is moderate.

**COMPLETION OF SAFE SCHOOLS WEB BASED TRAINING IS REQUIRED AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT**

Columbia School District #400 does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, ethnicity, creed, religion, color, national origin, immigration or citizenship status, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, homelessness, disability, neurodivergence, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following employees have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination: Title IX Officer, Tavis Crittenden, 787Maple Street, Burbank, WA  99323, 509-545-8573, tavis.crittenden@csd400.org , ADA/Section 504 Coordinator, Mike Taylor, 835 Maple Street, Burbank, WA  99323, 509-545-8571, mike.taylor@csd400.org and Civil Rights Compliance Coordinator, Jillian Robillard, 977 Maple Street, Burbank, WA  99323, 509-547-9393, jillian.robillard@csd400.org.

Salary : $4,037 - $5,664