Head Baseball Coach
CoachCorner
Chicago Public Schools
Chicago, IL
Full job description
Full Job Description
The mission of Corliss Early College Stem High School is to create a learning community that promotes critical thinking, encourages creativity, fosters communication, and develops positive collaborative opportunities to solve world problems. High standards and expectations for our students, our basketball staff is expected to exceed those standards set for the student-athletes they instruct and mentor. Corliss coaches are expected to instruct and work with athletes to prepare them for competition. Coaches help athletes to play their best individually within a team in sport such as football, baseball, basketball, lacrosse, track and field, soccer, tennis and golf. Our coaches are expected to be experts on the rules, strategies, and techniques of their sports. Coaches must also know about sports equipment, physical fitness and safety. Coaches shall also mentor and impress upon their student-athletes the importance of academic excellence and outstanding civil behavior.
Corliss Baseball coaches are expected to be E.L.I.T.E. (Educated/empowered, lifelong learners, innovative/independent, technologically talented and employable/entrepreneurial).
The Corliss Baseball Coach will be held accountable for the following responsibilities:
● Mentoring
● Preseason workouts
● Try-outs
● By observing the students skills with trial and practices, decides who makes the tryout cuts. With an organized team, the high school coach then begins to train the students throughout the preseason process.
● Player skill and human development
● Assigned level practices and some other level practices
● Assigns everyone specific positions and comes up with drills and organized game strategies.
● After the season starts, arrives at every game and guides their team throughout the match-ups. If any necessary changes have to be made during the game, they will be in charge of authorizing and implementing them.
● Coaching collaboration
● Continue this process throughout the year with different sports they are assigned to coach.
In order to be successful and achieve the above responsibilities, the Corliss Coach must possess the following qualifications:
IHSA QUALIFICATIONS OF A COACH
To serve a member school as a Head or Assistant Coach, athletic coaches in member schools must:
● Be regularly certified by the ISBE as a teacher, administrator, or school service personnel (i.e. counselor, social worker, speech therapist, etc., including substitute teachers), or
● Be a retired teacher/coach from an IHSA member school, or
● Be a college student coaching as part of an official student teaching assignment, or
● Be at least 19 years of age, and
● Be officially employed by the local school board of the member school.
● Previous organized coaching experience
In addition to the IHSA qualifications, the High School Athletic Coach must also possess the following qualifications:
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Certifications. Completion of a certified HKCE, NFHS or other IHSA Board approved coaches certification program. Coaches must complete concussion awareness training and a Concussion
Management Program Examination in accordance with IHSA requirements.
Skills and Abilities:
● Must be a willing and unconditional mentor
● Possess elite work ethic
● Must possess leadership skills, and be able to set an example for the players.
● Excellent communication skills in order to inspire players and work with them on improvement.
● Must be available to work nights, holidays, evenings and weekends, and be prepared to work in bad weather and be willing to travel with the team to different locations for games.
Compensation:
● CPS Stipend
Job Type: Seasonal
Pay: Up to $6,136.00 per year
Schedule:
- Holidays
- Monday to Friday
- Weekends as needed
Education:
- High school or equivalent (Preferred)
Experience:
- Sports coaching: 5 years (Preferred)
- Coaching: 3 years (Required)
License/Certification:
- Coaching or teaching license (Required)
Willingness to travel:
- 50% (Preferred)
Work Location: In person