Anticipated Coach - RHS

Anticipated Step Coach - RHS  School Year)

Rochester High – Harrisonburg, Virginia

Job : 5555545

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Posted: Feb 25, 2026 5:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

Job Title: Assistant Step Coach

Supervisor: Head STEP Coach

Step Team (Coed): “STEPPAS”

Students will aim to engage and create unique dances. Stepping is a form of percussive dance in which the participant's entire body is used as an instrument to produce complex rhythms and sounds through a mixture of footsteps, spoken works, and hand claps. Students in high school try out at the beginning of the year. Step team members are chosen during tryouts.

The team practices and performs throughout the year.

Job Summary: This position is responsible for coaching and providing direction to student‑athletes/performers so that they might achieve a high level of skill and an appreciation for discipline, sportsmanship, and teamwork in stepping. The position assists with conducting practices, motivating students, and instructing student‑athletes/performers in meeting strategies and techniques.

• Attend practice and step performance events regularly and be punctual.
• Plan and set up activities, practices, and dance choreography.
• Develop appropriate training techniques for practice schedules.
• Assess students’ skills, monitor them during competition and practice, and keep the head coach informed of students' athletic performance.
• Assist the head coach with instructing students in the rules, regulations, equipment, and techniques of the dance.
• Maintain necessary records and complete required paperwork in a specified time and manner.
• Interact thoughtfully and courteously with students, staff, parents, fellow coaches, and officials and resolve conflict professionally.
• Represent the school and the District professionally in interactions with students, parents, community, staff, and the media.
• Chaperone/supervise athletes.
• Participate in special activities including parent meetings and banquets.
• Assist the head coach with administrative duties and follow any other instructions assigned by the Supervisor, Principal, or appropriate administrator.

Other duties may be assigned as necessary.

Position Type: Temporary

• Harrisonburg City Public Schools HR Department
• One Court Square
• Harrisonburg, Virginia 22801
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• Email: human resources.va.us