Elementary Basketball Coach; Benjamin Banneker

KANSAS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Job Title: Elementary Coach

Job Title Code: 02316

Salary Grade: $1000/season

Department: Athletics

Reports To: Board of Education

FLSA Status: non-exempt

Purpose of Job: Provide instruction, leadership and supervision to elementary school students participating in the sports program.

• Assist with practices by placing emphasis on the importance of teamwork, skill development, learning rules and strategies, and student‑athlete improvement.
• Assist with engaging in academic monitoring with teachers, counselors, and other academic support staff.
• Help supervise student‑athletes before, during, and after practices and contests, including in locker rooms, on buses, and at all other times. The assistant coach will be at all practices and games on time and not leave until all student‑athletes have left.
• Help assume responsibility for constant care of equipment and inventory being used.
• Follow through on all required paperwork including rosters, physicals, insurance forms, and parent consent forms.
• Help provide information for transportation, facilities, officials and game management.
• Conduct team and self in an ethical manner during practices and contests, always exemplifying the highest standards of sportsmanship.
• Assist in the coordination of the program.
• Promote student athlete’s accomplishments academically and athletically.
• Continue professional growth through clinics and professional publications.

Supervisory Responsibilities: Student‑athletes

• Must have a Teachers Certificate or valid Substitute Certificate or Temporary (provisional) Teacher’s Certificate.

• Be a full or part‑time employee in the District.
• Employed in the school as a teacher or administrator in which the candidate applies for a position.

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. This job requires that the employee be able to: sit, stand, walk, speak, hear, use hands, fingers, and reach with hands and fingers;

bend, stoop, and lift objects of at least 25 pounds.

Length of work year: seasonal

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