Head Coach Cheerleading SY27

HEAD COACH EXPECTATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES JOB DESCRIPTION: The job of the coach is to design and implement the athletic program for the assigned sport following the applicable rules. Rules and regulations: Providing supervision of students during all aspects of the program. Serving as a positive role model to the student-athletes and representing the School in a well-respected manner. Upgrading his/her knowledge and skills through coaching clinics, observations consultations. QUALIFICATIONS: Previous coaching experience in assigned sports is desired. Has knowledge and background in the assigned sport. The coach must serve as an appropriate role model for student-athletes through his/her instructions and actions. REPORTS TO: The athletic director. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Has thorough knowledge of all the athletic policies. Understands the proper administrative chain of command and refers all student/parent requests or grievances through the proper channels. Maintains discipline and works to increase morale and cooperation within the school sports program. EXPECTATIONS Every school sports coach will view himself/herself as a teacher first and will value the concept that interscholastic athletics are an extension of the educational process of Academia Antonia Alonso Charter School. Life lessons are learned in the relationship between coaches and athletes. When coaches emphasize the values of wellness, citizenship, sportsmanship, integrity, and ethics, students in interscholastic athletics are most affected. Time spent with coaches should be enjoyable, educational, positive, and worthwhile. In most instances, during the season of the activity or sport, a student spends more time under the supervision and guidance of his/her coach than any other adult. Coaches understand the enormous impact and influence that they can have on students. Coaches are professionals who are aware of and committed to upholding the responsibilities they have to follow the rules and regulations of governing bodies, and that students should expect to be disciplined for breaches of rules, yet treated as fairly as possible in all circumstances. All participants in interscholastic athletics should expect to be treated as individuals and as integral parts of a team. Since the percentage of students who end their participation in organized sports is well over 90%, coaches focus their attention on developing students who can become contributing members of society by focusing on each student being expected to do his/her best and not focusing totally on whether the school, the activity, or the team ultimately finishes with the most points in the contest. RESPONSIBILITIES Students and their families can expect that the coaches of the Academia Antonia Alonso Charter School Coaching Staff will perform in the following manner:

1. Coaches will communicate practice times, contest schedules, and other time commitments in writing to all members of their sport.
2. The coaches will present pertinent information to all student- athletes and their parents/guardians at a pre-season meeting.
3. Team's rules and regulations, in addition to any mentioned in this Handbook, will be well-defined, distributed in writing, discussed, and enforced with all members of the team.
4. The coaches will make every effort to ensure that all students involved in their sport will have adequate instruction and will receive the necessary motivation and practice experiences to enable all participants to enjoy success.
5. Those coaches will assist all individuals in their sport to grow socially and emotionally through the use of positive feedback and timely and sensitive communication with each student-athlete in the activity.
6. Coaches will attempt to promote school spirit, team spirit, and cohesiveness.
7. The coaches will expect the participants in their activities to actively promote and support all other activities of Academia Antonia Alonso Charter School.
8. The individual performances of the participants in each sport will be assessed, and the quality of those performances will be shared with the athletes in a timely and sensitive fashion.
9. Each participant in a sport will be encouraged to work to the participant's full potential, and no individual participant will be singled out in the media or blamed for team failures. 10.All participants in interscholastic athletics will be taught the skills and rules of the sport and will emerge from the sport with greater technical and tactical proficiency. 11.The coach will be available to the participants who wish to seek counsel from the coach. If an individual participant wishes to speak privately about a personal matter to a coach, an appropriate time and place within acceptable professional boundaries for such discussion will be made available. 12.The ultimate goal of the program is to prepare each student to succeed, to do his/her best, and to work to his/her maximum potential. Ensuring that team members are in good physical condition, staying healthy, and avoiding injuries. Maintaining positive relationships with players' parents, teachers, and other school staff members. Scheduling practices and games, ensuring that all players are on time and prepared for practice or competition. Communicating with parents about their child's progress on the team and answering any questions they may have about their child's performance or behavior on the team. Providing instruction on techniques and strategies for playing particular positions within the team's scheme of play. Motivating players to perform their best and work hard during practices and games. Evaluating players' performance during practices and games and providing feedback on areas for improvement. Determining which players should be selected for each game based on individual performance during practices and previous game results. Maintaining discipline within the team by setting rules, enforcing consequences for breaking rules, and addressing inappropriate conduct by players. Taking attendance and ensuring players leave with their parents/guardians. PRACTICE, TRYOUT, AND GAMES: Coaches must inform of practice, tryout, or game cancellations 24 hours before the activity. The tryout will be three days. After the last tryout, coaches will post the list. Coaches must practice Monday through Friday in pre-season. Coaches must practice 3 times per week in the regular season if they have a game that week. If there are no games in a week in the regular season, coaches must practice Monday through Friday. No parent, guardian, relative, family member, or community member may address the players unless authorized by the athletic director. Before practice, game, or tryout cancellation, the coach must inform the AD. Only the AD can officially cancel the activity. Parents, guardians, relatives, family members, or community members must be seated in the assigned area. Only coaches, players, AD, or school administrators can be in the bench/player area.