Position: Assistant Varsity Swim CoachLocation: Nashoba Regional High SchoolOrganizational Scope: To assist in instructing student athletes in the fundamental skills, strategy, and training necessary for them to realize a degree of individual and team success, an increased level of self-esteem, and an appreciation for the values of discipline and sportsmanship. Reports to Head Coach, Athletic Director and/or building principal.The work of the Assistant Coach is influenced by NRSD's core values of academic achievement and personal growth;voice, choice and agency; lifelong learning; a safe, caring and inclusive community; collaborative partnerships; innovation; and a sense of belonging for all.Position Responsibilities:
- Swimming coaching experience at the high school level or higher level Swimming experience at the high school/college level.
- Works as directed with the Head Coach and/or Athletic Director in planning and scheduling a regular program of sports practices and interscholastic contests.
- Assists in establishing the fundamental philosophy, skill, and technique training appropriate for student athletes participating in the particular sport.
- Helps to oversee the safety conditions of the facility or area in which the assigned sport is conducted at all times that student-athletes are present.
- Helps to oversee and monitor the appropriate and respectful use of all school facilities, sports equipment, and school property inclusive of general cleanliness and the security of such at all times that student-athletes are present.
- Assists in the issuance, collection, and storage of sport related equipment, supplies, and uniforms.
- Participates as requested in the development of the budget and recommends the purchase of equipment, supplies, and uniforms in this budget process as appropriate to the particular sport.
- Enforces good school citizenship and sportsmanlike behavior at all times and participates, if requested, in due process procedures concerning potential penalties for the breach of such standards by individual student-athletes.
- Coaches individual participants in the skills necessary for excellent achievement in the involved sport.
- Adheres at all times to rules and regulations of the Nashoba Regional School District
- Adheres at all times to rules and regulations set forth in the MIAA Handbook, Nashoba Regional Coaches Procedural Handbook, Nashoba Regional Student-Athlete/Parent Handbook and all Midland-Wachusett League Rules.
- The omission of specific duties here does not exclude them from the position's responsibilities if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.
Job Qualifications:
- Knowledge of existing local, league, and state sports regulations as necessary to assist in overseeing their consistent implementation.
- First aid certification and current cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certification.
- Clear understanding concussion protocols and the ability to implement them.
- Knowledge of the activity being coached.
Physical Demands:Ability to walk, stand and run consistent with coaching responsibilities. Ability to lift equipment specific to the sport being coached.Ability to bend and twist regularly at the waist, knees and neck.Terms Of Employment, Evaluation of Performance and Salary:Part-time extracurricular activity with hours which coincide with the school's athletic game and practice schedules as appropriate. Salary for this stipended position is per the stipendagreement of the Nashoba Regional School District Unit A contract currently in effect.