What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant HS Girls Tennis position at TeachIowa?
Summary: Under the general direction/supervision of the Activities Director and MS/HS School Principal, assumes responsibility for planning and administering specified sports programs and related activities including coaching an interscholastic athletic team and performing other duties directly related to this position description.
Essential Job Functions:
• Make sure athletes have completed pre-season physical examinations and concussion forms before practicing
• Plan and direct practices and training sessions
• Teach basic skills and knowledge essential to the performance of the sport.
• Provide individual and team counseling and motivation as required
• Plan for and direct the team at scheduled contests and post season playoffs
• Make arrangements for transportation of team to contests and supervise team while traveling to and from contests
• Supervise team members in locker rooms
• Perform athletic trainer duties and emergency first aid as required
• Plan and direct the acquisition, issuance, maintenance, inventory, and repair of uniforms and equipment
• Be aware of pupil eligibility lists and assists in resolving contested eligibility problems
• Maintain and publish individual and team records
• Assist in the preparation/administering of athletic budget
• Assist in the planning/direction of awards ceremonies
• Coordinate scouting of prospective opponents
• Plan and direct the services of assistant coaches if assigned
• Maintain liaison with principal, league officials, activities directors and others to ensure the orderly
conduct of practices and contests
• Meet and confer with parents as required
• Attend clinics and workshops to keep abreast of rule changes and to update coaching skills
• Accept responsibility for knowledge of and enforcement of state, conference, and district rules and regulations
• Establish and maintain a good leadership model, and demonstrates high standards of
sportsmanlike conduct
• Maintain a positive rapport with students, staff, parents and the community
• Cooperate with and work in a courteous manner with co-workers and other personnel
• Demonstrate a positive attitude toward school, students and job and communicate the same to the community
• Accept constructive criticism and suggestions and seek to improve each performance responsibility
• Maintain confidentiality in the school operation
• Adhere to applicable state and federal laws, rules and regulations, board policies and administrative rules
• Perform such other duties as assigned by authorized representatives of the Board of Education
Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.