Position Type: Athletics/ Extracurricular/AthleticsDate Posted: 10/30/2024Location: Dover High SchoolDate Available: Fall 2025Closing Date: 11/20/2024District: Capital School District
Description: Head Coach - Varsity Field Hockey Terms of Employment: Fall 2025 - After School Program Work Reports to: Athletic Director at Dover High School Salary: EPER Salary Schedule Minimum Qualifications:
- Understand the characteristics and needs of the athletes you coach
- Understand the components of a training session and the competitions relevant to the athletes being coached
- Appropriate communication, management and coaching skills for the athletes being coached
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Work with the Principal, Athletic Director, players and parents to conduct the season.
- Maintain accurate records, and results of the season
- Serve as an advocate and role model for the academic, ethical, and moral development of students.
- Coordinate with feeder programs to include community youth teams.
- Managing resources and equipment
- Demonstrate cooperation with other sports team coaches and support all sports programs
- Planning and managing training sessions
- Building a positive, supportive and inclusive team environment that provides for athletic enjoyment, success and challenge
- Ensuring the health and safety of the athletes you are coaching
- Following all aspects of the DIAA rules (Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association)
- Work cooperatively with the principal and coaching staff
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hand and /or fingers to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk and sit. The employee must occasionally lift an/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Standard Requirements:
- Favorable Criminal Background Check and Child Abuse Registry Check for the candidate who is offered employment
- Tuberculin test and physical
- Mandatory Direct Deposit of paycheck
Application Procedures: Interested candidates who meet the minimum qualifications may apply by completing an employment application no later than 11:59 pm on the closing date indicated above. A cover letter, resume and three letters of reference, dated within the last year, are required. Please note that incomplete application packages will not be considered. Applicants needing special accommodations in the application process of the vacancy announcement may contact the Human Resources office at 302-###-####. The Capital School District is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), national origin, citizenship or ancestry, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, or gender identity, against victims of domestic violence, sexual offenses, or stalking, or upon any other categories protected by federal, state, or local law. Inquiries regarding nondiscrimination policies should be directed to the Title IX, District 504 and ADA Coordinators: Capital School District, 198 Commerce Way, Dover DE 19904. Phone (302) ###-####