Gravette Public Schools
Position Description
Position Title: Assistant Volleyball Coach/Teaching TBD
Department: Assigned buildings
Reports To: Principal & Athletic Director
Evaluated By: Principal & Athletic Director
Job Summary
Position is responsible for coaching student athletes in game strategies and techniques to prepare them for
athletic competition. Position motivates student athletes to develop an appreciation of the sport.
Essential Duties
- Holds organizational meetings for team prospects and encourages potential athletes to participate in the sport.
- Assesses player’s skills and assigns team positions.
- Develops a regular practice schedule and organizes practice time to provide both individual and team development.
- Works with the athletics director in scheduling facilities for practices and competition.
- Assigns duties to an assistant coach as necessary.
- Coaches and instructs players, individually or in groups, regarding the rules, regulations, equipment, and techniques of the sport.
- Observes players, during competition and practice to determine the needs for individual or teamimprovement.
- Determines game strategy based on the team’s capabilities.
- Establishes and maintains standards of pupil behavior and provides proper supervision of athletes at all times.
- Monitors the academic performance of team members to ensure that eligibility requirements are met; and encourages student athletes to maintain a high academic standard.
- Follows established procedures in the event of an athlete’s injury.
- Conferences with parents/guardians, as necessary, regarding the athletic performance of their student.
- Follows state, regional, and district regulations governing the athletic program.
- Models sports-like behavior and maintains appropriate conduct towards players, officials, andspectators.
- Acts as a team representative and promotes the sport by communicating with the news media, booster clubs, service clubs, and other organizations.
- Follows established procedures for the proper care, maintenance, and requisitioning of equipment, supplies, and uniforms.
- Works with the athletic director to develop a policy for awards and submits a list of award winners at the end of the season.
- Participates in special activities to include parent’s night, banquets, award nights, and pep assemblies.
- Maintains eligibility forms, emergency data cards, insurance records, equipment inventory, and other related records.
- Models nondiscriminatory practices in all activities.
Other Duties
1. Attends staff development meetings, clinics, and other professional activities to improve coaching
performance.
2. Performs any other related duties as assigned by the Principal & Athletic Director or other appropriate
administrator.
Job Specifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.
Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities, who are otherwise
qualified, to perform the essential functions.
Minimum Education and/or Experience
Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree in appropriate major or course of study or have the required years of professional experience enabling one to receive the appropriate certification.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
Valid Arkansas teaching license for grade level K-12. Meets requirements for Highly Qualified Teacher designation, if applicable to the teaching assignment.
Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and/or Abilities Required)
Some experience as a volleyball coach or assistant coach at the high school or college level
preferred. Must possess effective coaching techniques and skills. Must possess a thorough knowledge of
the rules, regulations, strategies, and techniques of the sport. Must possess the ability to establish and
maintain effective working relationships with school administrators, parents, and students.
Working Conditions & Physical Requirements
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 accommodation may be made to
enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Must have the ability to stand for extended periods of time; exhibit manual dexterity to dial a telephone,
see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids; hear and understand
speech at normal levels, outdoors and on the telephone; speak in audible tones so that others may
understand clearly; physical agility to lift up to 25 pounds to shoulder height and 50 pounds to waist
height; and to bend, to stoop, to sit on the floor, to climb stairs, to walk and to reach overhead.
Work Environment
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. Duties are normally performed in a school
environment or outdoors. Duties may be performed away from school. The noise level in the work
environment is usually moderate to loud.