Middle School Boys Basketball Coach

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Overview

Job Title - ppms Boys Basketball Coach (Job # 3993) - Location - Plum Point Middle School, Prince Frederick, MD 20678 - Effective Date of Position - School Year 2026-27 - Winter Season - Terms of Employment - Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience. Extra pay for extra duty. Longevity pay schedule. - Job Summary - It is the job of every coach to instill positive and ethical values in student athletes through sports. The head coach is responsible for themselves, their assistant coaches, and their players in the program. The program should facilitate the social and emotional growth of every student athlete while also improving athletic skills. - Reports To - School Principal/Activities Director - Knowledge, Abilities, and Skills - Excellent communication skills. - Demonstrated management, leadership, and human relations skills. - Ability to exercise good judgment in making decisions. - Demonstrated success in accomplishing tasks akin to the duties and responsibilities listed below. - Such alternatives to the above qualifications as Calvert County Public Schools may find appropriate and acceptable. - Essential Job Functions, Responsibilities, and Duties - Develop and implement an athlete-centered coaching philosophy. - Identify, model, and teach positive values and behaviors through sports. - Demonstrate ethical conduct. - Prevent injuries by ensuring the facility and equipment is safe and appropriate. - Monitor environmental conditions and modify participation as needed. - Recognize injuries and provide immediate and appropriate care. - Design and implement a training, conditioning, recovery, and nutritional program for your team. - Facilitate the social and emotional growth of athletes by creating a positive athletic environment. - Provide an opportunity for athletes to learn responsibility and leadership. - Develop and monitor goals for each athlete and the program. - Organize and plan practices to maximize performance, time on task, and resources. - Utilize appropriate instructional and communication strategies to enhance learning. - Demonstrate and utilize appropriate motivational techniques to enhance performance. - Know and understand the skills and strategies associated with the sport. - Use appropriate scouting, planning, preparation, and analysis for games. - Demonstrate effective game management. - Create a positive program, public relationship with your parents, school, and community. - Demonstrate fiscal and organizational record-keeping responsibility for your program. - Facilitate and document an emergency action plan for your program. - Implement an effective evaluation technique for team, coaches, and player performance. - Fulfill all legal responsibilities and risk management procedures associated with coaching. - Physical Demands - Position requires significant periods of standing and walking and is performed in a typical school environment. - Unusual Demands - None - Other Duties - Performs related work as required or assigned by the principal and/or activities director. - Salary - Commensurate with qualifications and experience applied to the current year. Extra pay for extra duty. Longevity pay schedule. - FLSA Status - Exempt - Evaluation - Performance will be evaluated in accordance with the policy on evaluation as established by Calvert County Public Schools. - Application Procedure - Applicants please apply through the Applicant Tracking System located on the Calvert County Public Schools' website: www.calvertnet.k12.md.us. - Conditions of Employment - Fingerprinting and background check required for all new employees hired after October 1, 1986. Employment is conditional upon successful completion of a drug screen. Current employees of Calvert County Public Schools are exempt from these requirements. - House Bill 486 - Child Sexual Abuse and Sexual Misconduct Prevention Statement - All applicants are required to report all former employers in which you may have had direct contact with minors. The applicant must submit the contact information of the current employer, all former school employers, and all former employers not school-related. Applicants should also include contact information for organizations in which you have volunteered, coached, mentored, tutored, or otherwise have direct contact with minors. - Nondiscrimination Statement - Calvert County Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability, in its programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth programs. - Anti-Sexual, Anti-Racial, and Anti-Disability Harassment Statement - Discrimination can manifest itself in behaviors such as bullying, harassment, or intimidation of individuals. Calvert County Public Schools does not tolerate any form of harassment including, but not limited to, sexual, racial, or disability. Any individual (student, employee, or community member) who believes that they have been subjected to any form of harassment is encouraged to report the allegation of harassment.