Junior High Head Track Coach

Stipend Position

Rantoul City Schools District 137

Job Description

Job Summary:

Position is responsible for coaching student athletes in game strategies and techniques to prepare them for athletic competition. Position motivates student athletes to develop an appreciation of the sport.

General Qualifications:

• Attends staff development meetings, clinics, and other professional activities to improve coaching performance.
• Performs any other related duties as assigned by the Principal and/or Athletic Director or other appropriate administrator.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES:

• Holds organizational meetings for team prospects and encourages potential athletes to participate in the sport.
• Assesses student’s skills and assigns team positions.
• Develops a regular practice schedule and organizes practice time to provide both individual and team development.
• Works with the athletic director in scheduling facilities for practices and competition.
• Schedules all track meets and competitions in conjunction with the Athletic Director.
• Assigns duties to an assistant coach as necessary.
• Coaches and instructs students, individually or in groups, regarding the rules, regulations, equipment, and techniques of the sport.
• Observe students during competition and practice to determine the needs for individual or team improvement.
• Determines game strategy based on the team’s capabilities.
• Establishes and maintains standards of pupil behavior.
• Monitors the academic performance of team members to ensure that eligibility requirements are met; and encourages student athletes to maintain a high academic standard.
• Follows established procedures in the event of an athlete’s injury.
• Conferences with parents/guardians, as necessary, regarding the athletic performance of their student.
• Follows state, regional, and district regulations governing the athletic program.
• Models sports-like behavior and maintains appropriate conduct towards students, officials, and spectators.
• Acts as a team representative and promotes the sport by communicating with the news media, booster clubs, service clubs, and other organizations, as needed.
• Follows established procedures for the proper care, maintenance, and requisitioning of equipment, supplies, and uniforms.
• Accompanies and supervises the team to and from all contests.

• Maintains eligibility forms, (which should be in the hands of the coach or athletic director prior to an athlete beginning practice), emergency information cards, emergency information cards, insurance records, equipment inventory, and other related records.
• Models nondiscriminatory practices in all activities.
• Assumes responsibility for a group until all athletes are dressed and have left the building.
• Consults with the Athletic Director about any and all orders for team supplies and record keeping.
• Obtains, transports, checks and refills the medical kit to take to all events.
• Orders and supplies the medical kit through the district nurses.

Job Specifications:

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. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities, who are otherwise qualified, to perform the essential functions.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and/or Abilities Required):

Some experience as a competitive track coach at the junior high or high school level preferred. Must possess effective coaching techniques and skills. Must possess a thorough knowledge of the Illinois rules, regulations, strategies, and techniques of the sport. Must possess the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with school administrators, parents, and students.

Mental Requirements:

• Ability to communicate (verbal and written) and effectively communicate with co-workers, students, and parents/community members.
• Ability to work without direct supervision.
• Concentrated, exacting mental and visual effort to plan and perform assigned work.
• Regular attendance is a necessary and essential function.
• Frequent mental alertness and attention to detail, effectively organizing and prioritizing, meeting crucial deadlines and following up on assignments/tasks.
• Must possess effective written/oral communication and interpersonal skills with ability to deal with all levels of personnel and the general public in a professional and effective manner. Must be able to use initiative and independent judgment within established guidelines
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality.
• Remains calm, uses good judgment, and thinks quickly and rationally in difficult and stressful situations.
• Must concentrate on multiple tasks simultaneously.

Ability to make decisions on behalf of the students, staff, and community. Diffuses stressful situations with others. Makes considerable contribution towards establishing positive relationships in all interactions.

• Positively develops cooperation of others. Consistently exceed expectations in response to requests.
• Encourages teamwork and places the success of the team above the individual gain.

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. Duties are normally performed in a school environment or outdoors. Duties may be performed away from school. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.

Physical Requirements:

• Must have the ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time.
• Exhibit manual dexterity to dial a telephone, see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids.
• Hear and understand speech at normal levels, outdoors and on the telephone.
• Speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly
• Physical agility to lift up to 25 pounds to shoulder height and 50 pounds to waist height.
• To be able to bend, to stoop, to sit on the floor, to climb stairs, to walk and to reach overhead.