Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Designing and implementing sporting strategies.
- Scheduling and running team practice sessions.
- Maintaining sports equipment.
- Working to improve team unity and sportsmanship.
- Emphasizing skills development including safety, fair play, and sportsmanship.
- Setting realistic and age-appropriate expectations for team members.
- Ensuring proper sideline behavior from team members and parents.
- Ensuring the safety of the team during practice sessions and games.
- Supporting the HUSD Vision, Mission, and Goals.
- Supervising and instructing sports activities to promote a positive and engaging environment.
- Assisting in program promotion to increase awareness and participation.
- Communicating effectively with staff, students, and parents.
- Teaching sports-related rules and procedures.
- Supporting in coaching, reefing, set up/take down and day of event planning.
- Safeguarding sports players from avoidable injuries by instilling appropriate techniques.
- Supervising the use of sporting equipment.
- Encouraging thoroughness, adherence to sporting guidelines, and sportsmanship.
- Collaborate with the Sports Specialist on additional assignments.
Youth Sports Support Staff Requirements:
- Enrolled in High School
- Three letters of recommendation.
- Valid IVP Fingerprint Clearance Card.
- Ability to pass background check and reference checking as stipulated by District standards.
- First Aid and CPR certified preferred.
- Proven work experience as a youth sports.
- Youth teaching experience is preferred.
- Passion for youth development.
- In-depth knowledge of sporting strategies.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to remain calm in stressful situations.
- Strong leadership, organizational, and communication skills. Ability to work collaboratively with a diverse team and engage effectively with students.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Regularly required to talk and hear.
- Frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms.
- Frequently required to stand, walk, bend, and sit. Occasionally required to climb, balance, stoop, or kneel.
Work Environment:
Our mission is to advance educational opportunities through sports and competitive experiences. These six-week to ten-week sessions will help your student athlete grow in sportsmanship, health, and essential life skills.
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.