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Girls Volleyball Coach – JW Eater Junior HIgh Jobs in Elgin, USA at Regional Office Of Education #9 Champaign – Ford Counties
Girls Volleyball Coach – JW Eater Junior High ()
For the 2026 season beginning, a Junior High Girls Head Volleyball Coach is needed. For more information please contact Jane Jordahl, Athletic Director, jjordahl.
Essential
Job Duties
- Attends staff development meetings, clinics, and other professional activities to improve coaching performance.
- Performs any related duties as assigned by the Athletic Director and/or Principal or other appropriate administrator.
- Organizes and directs individual and small group practice activities/exercises as directed by the head coach.
- Assesses students’ skills, monitors students during competition and practice, and keeps the head coach informed of athletic performance.
- Assists with determining game strategy.
- Assists the head coach with supervising athletes during practices and competition.
- Follows established procedures in the event of an injury.
- Models sports‑like behavior and maintains appropriate conduct towards students, officials, and spectators.
- Maintains the equipment room in orderly condition and assumes responsibility for its security.
- Distributes equipment, supplies, and uniforms to students as directed by the head coach.
- Accompanies and supervises the team to and from all contests.
- Performs support tasks such as distributing and maintaining eligibility forms, emergency information cards, and other related records.
- Models nondiscriminatory practices in all activities.
- Assumes responsibility for a group until all athletes are dressed and have left the building.
- Consults with the Head Coach about any and all orders for team supplies and record keeping.
- Obtains, transports, checks and refills the medical kit to take to all events.
- Orders and supplies the medical kit through the district nurses.
Minimum Qualifications
- Some experience as an Assistant Volleyball Coach at the junior high or high school level preferred.
- Must possess effective coaching techniques and skills.
- Must possess thorough knowledge of Illinois 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.
Mental Requirements
- Ability to communicate verbally and in writing with co‑workers, students, and parents/community members.
- Ability to work without direct supervision.
- Concentrated, exacting mental and visual effort to plan and perform assigned work.
- Regular attendance is a necessary and essential function.
- Frequent mental alertness and attention to detail, effectively organizing and prioritizing, meeting crucial deadlines and following up on assignments/tasks.
- Effective written and oral communication and interpersonal skills to deal with all levels of personnel and the general public in a professional manner.
- Use of initiative and independent judgment within established guidelines.
- Maintain strict confidentiality.
- Remain calm, use good judgment, and think quickly and rationally in difficult and stressful situations.
- Concentrate on multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Make decisions on behalf of the students, staff, and community.
- Diffuse stressful situations with others and contribute to establishing positive relationships in all interactions.
- Positive development of cooperation of others, consistently exceeding expectations in response to requests.
- Encourage teamwork and place the success of the team above individual gain.
Work Environment
The work environment is typically a school environment or outdoors with moderate to loud noise levels. Duties may be performed away from school. Reasonable accommodations may be made for employees with disabilities.
Physical Requirements
- Ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time.
- 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.
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Title: Girls Volleyball Coach – JW Eater Junior HIgh
Company: Regional Office Of Education #9 Champaign – Ford Counties
Location: Elgin, USA
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