Middle School Cheerleading Coach
Stipend: Refer to Appendix B
Job Summary:
Position is responsible for coaching student athletes in competitive Cheerleader techniques to prepare them for events or competition. Position motivates student athletes to develop an appreciation of the sport.
Essential Duties:
- Works with cheerleaders during practices and meets.
- Holds organizational meetings for team prospects and encourages students to participate.
- Assesses skills and assigns team positions.
- Develops a regular practice schedule and organizes practice time to provide both individual and team development.
- Works with the athletics director in scheduling facilities for practices and competition.
- Coaches and instructs cheerleaders, individually or in groups, regarding the rules, regulations, equipment, and techniques of the sport.
- Observes cheerleaders, during events and practice to determine the needs for individual or team improvement.
- Establishes and maintains standards of pupil behavior and provides proper supervision of students at all times.
- Monitors the academic performance of team members to ensure that eligibility requirements are met.
- Follows established procedures in the event of an injury.
- Conferences with parents/guardians, as necessary, regarding the performance of their student.
- Follows state, regional, and district regulations governing the program.
- Models sports-like behavior and maintains appropriate conduct towards cheerleaders, officials, and spectators.
- Acts as a team representative and promotes the cheerleading by communicating with the news media, booster clubs, service clubs, and other organizations.
- Follows established procedures for supplies and uniforms.
- Works with the athletic director to develop a policy for awards and submits a list of award winners at the end of the season.
- Participates in special activities to include parent’s night, banquets, award nights, and pep assemblies.
- Maintains eligibility forms, emergency data cards, insurance records, equipment inventory, and other related records.
- Models nondiscriminatory practices in all activities.
Other Duties:
- Attends staff development meetings, clinics, and other professional activities to improve coaching performance
- Performs any other related duties as assigned by the Principal & Athletic Director or other appropriate administrators
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.
Physical Requirements:
Must have the ability to:
- 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
- Possess the physical agility to lift up to 25 pounds
- The ability to bend, to stoop, to sit on the floor, to climb stairs, to walk and to reach overhead
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. The noise level in the work environment
is usually moderate to loud.
Hazards: Contact (at times) with disgruntled individuals
The Middle School Cheerleading Coach shall follow all School Board Policies.
