What are the responsibilities and job description for the Softball Varsity Assistant Coach - Vintage High position at Napa Valley Unified School District?
Join our collaborative, inclusive environment that allows you the opportunity to do meaningful, rewarding work. Become part of our family-oriented, welcoming community that strives to prepare each student for a successful future by delivering rigorous and relevant learning experiences that develop their literacy and career-ready skills, cultivate their interests, and build resilience, compassion and confidence.
Candidates who receive an offer of employment will be hired contingent upon the satisfactory completion of the following: Fingerprinting/background checks, Verification of freedom from Tuberculosis, and Verification of I-9 Employment Eligibility.
The Softball Assistant Coach is currently being offered at Vintage High School. Candidates should be experienced in the sport, have coaching experience and a resume of working with student-athletes at the high school level. Applicants will be required to obtain First Aid/CPR, NFHS Fundamentals of Coaching, NFHS Sudden Cardiac Arrest, NFHS Concussion in Sports and Heat and Illness prevention, as well as all other Napa Valley Unified School District requirements The season begins in February and ends in May. The Assistant Coach receives a Booster Stipend.
Duties include developing non-league schedule, conducting daily practice, managing equipment, traveling with team to away games, developing positive relationships with parents and players, attending league meetings, and planning end-of-season awards & recognition event. Must have basic knowledge of the following:
1) Character-building aspects of sports, including techniques and methods of
teaching and reinforcing the core values comprising sportsmanship and good
character;
2) Knowledge of physical capacities and limitations of the age group coached;
3) Coaching principles related to educational philosophy, adolescent; psychology, nutrition, risk management and the rules and strategies of the sport;