Head High School Girls Soccer Coach 24-25

GRANVILLE EXEMPTED VILLAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT
JOB DESCRIPTION
Title: HEAD COACH File 404
Reports to: Activities Director
Job Objective: Uses technical expertise to coach the assigned athletic activity.
Minimum
Qualifications:

• Meets all mandated health requirements.
• A record free of criminal violations that would prohibit public school employment.
• Complies with drug-free workplace rules and board policies.
• Relevant coaching experience. Knowledgeable about interscholastic athletic program regulations.
• Completion of state activity supervisory permit requirements (e.g., first aid/CPR, etc.).

NOTE: Supplemental contracts are offered to qualified certificated staff with appropriate
training, knowledge, and experience. Unfilled positions may be offered to other suitable applicants meeting department of education permit requirements.
Essential
Functions:
The following are typical work responsibilities. A reasonable accommodation may be made to enable a qualified individual with a disability to perform essential functions.

• Displays enthusiasm and exhibits interest in coaching.
• Keeps winning in perspective.
• Responsible for team performance which is consistent with ability level of participants.
• Teaches individual performance consistent with fundamental skills at every level of play. Works with athletes to improve personal and teamwork skills.
• Treats participants fairly and consistently
• Respects personal privacy. Maintains the confidentiality of privileged information
• Displays acts of sportsmanship, ethics, and integrity towards visiting coaches, athletes, spectators, and officials.
• Maintains a professional appearance at all times, and demonstrates self -control and poise in all areas relating to coaching.
• Develops respect from players by example in appearance, manners, behavior, language, and conduct at all times.
• Is fair, understanding, tolerant, sympathetic and patient with other coaches and team members.
• Monitors innovations, evaluates activities, and recommends program improvements effectively.
• Demonstrates exceptional knowledge of sport and successfully implements appropriate strategies. (Ability to motivate, discipline, etc.)
• Communicates with Activities Director and makes him/her aware of unusual events.
• Promotes effective communication and utilizes problem solving techniques to tactfully address questions and concerns.
• Uses a variety of teaching methods to make sure participants understand skills including but not limited to video-taping, varied equipment, guest presenters.
• Displays cooperation in working with other teams, school groups, service clubs, etc.
• Participates in all Activity Advisory Committee meetings, sport specific conferences and other required School, District, and League activities.
• Establishes a list of appropriate team rules for the Activities Director's approval.
• Participates in athletic recognition programs. Verifies that all participants have fulfilled all requirements for lettering, awards, and/or certificates.
• Organizes team tryouts and follows established squad selection procedures.
• Selects the most qualified coaches that strengthen and develop the entire program
• Has good rapport with entire athletic coaching staff as well as developing integrity within individual program.
• Provides training and mentoring of coaches below the varsity level.
• Works well with MS coaches and administration in developing practices schedules, philosophies, strategies, etc.
• Assists Activities Department in securing personnel for contests when requested.
• Maintains positive relationships with participants and parents.
• Demonstrates ability to motivate players and coaches and encourages involvement in program activities.
• Is responsible for providing either a summer camp or a calendar of off-season opportunities to develop players.
• Provides adequate supervision at each practice session and at all contests of the sport, which includes supervision of the locker, shower, and weight room areas. Discipline and rules are consistent with the procedures adopted by the GEVSD. Takes precautions to ensure safety.
• Provides guidance, communicates expectations, and shows an active interest in student progress.
• Maintains contact with students during the off-season in regards to training, goals, behavior, and grades.
• Upholds the student conduct code (C.H.O.I.C.E.S.). Implements all elements of the C.H.O.I.C.E.S. program and uses effective pupil management procedures. Ensures that participant communications do not demean or ridicule mistakes and/or performance.
• Conducts and logs required C.H.O.I.C.E.S. meetings throughout season.
• Teaches precautions and procedures to help students prevent injuries and ensures that equipment is appropriate for participants' physical development and skill level.
• Recruits, trains, and supervises student managers, trainers, and scouts.
• Shows organizational skills with Activities Dept. and turns in required paperwork in timely fashion (physical forms, emergency medical forms, reports, participant and parent end-of-season evaluations, etc).
• Has follow-up skills which include checking his/her mailbox, emails, voicemail, and responding in a timely fashion.
• Works well with newspaper, radio, and television and provides results and statistics in a timely fashion.
• Effectively oversees Athletic budget for grades 7-12 and operates within that budget.
• Follows proper procedures for purchase order requisitions and Booster Club funding requests. Participates in fundraising projects and events.
• Complies with department transportation request deadlines and monitors participant bus behavior.
• Distributes, collects, organizes and keeps inventory of all uniforms and athletic equipment. Is concerned about the care of equipment.
• Supervises collection, verification, and recording of program information. Maintains accurate team and individual records.
• Participates in clinics or in-service programs related to his/her sport in order to become a more effective coach.
• Performs other specific job-related duties as directed.

Abilities
Required:
The following personal characteristics and skills are important for the successful performance of assigned duties.

• Demonstrates professionalism and contributes to a positive work environment.
• Acknowledges personal responsibility for decisions and conduct.
• Organizes tasks and manages time effectively. Meets deadlines despite time constraints.
• Skillfully manages individual, group, and organizational interactions.
• Effectively uses listening, observation, reading, verbal, nonverbal, and writing skills.
• Averts problem situations and intervenes to resolve conflicts.
• Exhibits consistency, resourcefulness, and resilience.
• Uses diplomacy and exercises self-control when dealing with other individuals.
• Maintains an acceptable attendance record and is punctual.

Working
Conditions:
To promote sand district policies/procedures when involved in the following situations/conditions.afety, employees are expected to exercise caution and comply with safety regulations

• Balancing, bending, crouching, kneeling, reaching, and standing.
• Exposure to adverse weather conditions and temperature extremes.
• Exposure to blood-borne pathogens and communicable diseases.
• Interactions with aggressive, disruptive, and/or unruly individuals.
• Operating and/or riding in a vehicle.
• Lifting, carrying, and moving work-related supplies/equipment.
• Traveling to meetings and work assignments.

Performance
Evaluation:
Job performance is evaluated according to policy provisions and contractual agreements adopted by the Granville Exempted Village School District Board of Education.
The Granville Exempted Village School District Board of Education is an equal opportunity employer. This job description identifies general responsibilities and is not intended to be a complete list of all duties performed. This document is subject to change in response to student demographics, staffing factors, funding variables, modified operating procedures, and other unforeseen events.