Head Girls Basketball Coach

POSITION TITLE: Head Girls Basketball Coach

FLSA: Exempt

QUALIFICATIONS: Must meet AR licensure requirements; Coach/Health/PE

REPORTS TO: Principal

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: 205 Day employment with benefits as specified in employee contract.

BEGINNING: 07-24-2017

ESSENTIAL COACHING FUNCTIONS:

• Display loyalty to the principal, athletic director and the Athletic Department.
• Supervise athletes and team assigned to him/ her.
• Assist with supervising all athletes in program.
• Help plan and supervise any special needs/events (awards night, parent meeting, community service, etc.).
• Make suggestions and recommendations that will help the program.
• Display sportsmanship towards opponents, officials, parents, and team through appropriate behavior.
• Follow rules and regulations in the Crossett School District Athletic Department, Coaches and AAA Handbooks.
• Plan and conduct daily practices for assigned team.
• Attend pre-season organizational meetings as assigned by the athletic director.
• Assist in organizing and running of invitational and/or AAA tournaments and/or
• Attend professional development activities and remain current to new coaching strategies.
• Attend all interscholastic contests for assigned team (if an emergency or situation arises that would necessitate the absence of a coach, the athletic director must be notified as soon as the situation is known).

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Evaluates each pupil's growth in knowledge, skills, and scientific attitudes in course being taught.
• Teach students about the structure and content of the English language, including proper grammar, spelling, and sentence structure.
• Teach about different literary styles.
• Use information technology to assist with lesson preparation, teaching and reporting set tests, exams, projects, assignments and homework; mark and correct assessments.
• Evaluate and report on the progress of students, and discuss individual performance and problems with students and parents.
• Establish and maintain good working habits and discipline in classrooms and throughout the school.
• Ability to supervise extra classes when other teachers are absent and substitutes are not available.
• Attend staff meetings, professional development activities as assigned.
• Participate in other activities in partnership with parents and the school community, including parent-teacher nights, school council and other committees.
• Actively utilizes education technology.
• Assist in administrative support programs and the work of non-teaching staff in schools.
• Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.
• Enforcing rules and disciplinary action.
• Lecturing and discussing concepts.
• Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects, and communicate those objectives to students.

OTHER JOB FUNCTIONS

• Maintain emotional control under stress.
• Implement a variety of effective instructional strategies consistent with lesson objectives.
• Diagnose and evaluates student abilities and progress in a timely and consistent manner.
• Monitor student progress and adjust instruction accordingly.
• Plan a program of study that meets the individual needs, interests, and abilities of the students.
• Create a classroom environment that is conducive to learning.
• Assess the accomplishments of students on a regular basis and provide progress reports as required.
• Effectively implement district initiatives.
• Take all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities.
• Maintain accurate, complete, and correct records as required by law, district policy and administrative regulation.
• Serve on committees as assigned.
• Remain current on instructional practices in education.
• Must have the ability to lift at least 40 pounds occasionally.
• Ability to endure prolonged standing, walking, sitting, kneeling, occasional reaching above the head or the shoulders, bending, squatting.