Hybrid Junior High Cross Country Coach at Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted Public Schools

ISD #2687 has the following Cross Country coaching position available for the 2025-26 school year:
 
Junior High Cross Country Coach

Applicants should possess a strong cross country background, great communication skills and positive leadership qualities. Please send a letter of application, 3 letters of reference, and resume as part of the application process.  Apply via AppliTrack at: https://www.applitrack.com/hlww/onlineapp/

Application deadline: open until filled

Start date: August 11, 2025

Pay per Master Agreement

Job Goals: 

• To instruct athletes in the fundamental skills, strategy and physical training necessary for them to realize a degree of individual and team success. 

• At the same time, the coach must instruct and demonstrate behaviors that lead to socially acceptable character development, self-discipline, self-confidence, and pride of accomplishment in the student athletes. 

• To upgrade his/her knowledge and skills through coaching clinics, observations, consultation, etc. 

Public Relations:

• Organizes parents, coaches, players and guests for preseason meetings. 

• Promotes cross country within the school and outside of the school through news media, traveling programs, or in any other feasible manner. 

• Responsible for maintaining good public relations with news media, booster club, parents, officials, volunteers and fans. 

Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted Public Schools, Independent School District 2687, serves the communities of Winsted, Waverly, and Howard Lake. We are dedicated to providing a high- quality education for our youth.  With that commitment, we strive for excellence and opportunity for each student in every offering and activity of the school district.

Serving nearly 1300 students, K-12, in two elementary schools (K-4), a middle school (5-8), and a high school (9-12), we offer educational opportunities using a healthy balance between one-to-one technology, hands-on skills, enrichment, and remediation.

We pride ourselves on valuing strong academic achievement, small class sizes, a wide-variety of programs and activities, new and updated facilities, and supportive communities.  Our staff, all the way from the principals, teachers, and paraprofessionals, to our custodians, secretaries, and cooks, make teaching and caring for children, our number one priority.

Our motto is "Every Laker Every Day". To see what that looks like, please visit our website: https://hlww.k12.mn.us/

We are proud to be the Lakers!  We hope you consider applying to be part of our team.