Summary:

Assist the head coach in overseeing and supervising the Colville Junior High School Cheerleading Program, teaching basic and advanced skills to the cheerleading team, and creating a positive environment for all students. This position is responsible for providing instructional leadership, conducting routines, and ensuring compliance with WIAA Interscholastic Rules and Regulations. The role is seasonal, extending through the winter sports season, and it is an extra-curricular position that lasts for one year.

Essential Duties: 

• Teaching and coaching basic and advanced skills to cheerleading team participants, with focus on safety guidelines at all times, and incorporating and promoting a positive environment for all students while adhering to the WIAA Interscholastic Rules and Regulations.
• Work as a positive and collaborative member of the Activity/Athletic Program to foster the primary goals of Colville Junior High School and the Activity/Athletic Program.
• Help arrange for tryout system to be used, judges, practice, ballots, tests, etc.
• Supervise assignments for athletic events.
• Help monitor spirit signs and make sure they are appropriate in content. Be responsible for the placement and removal of signs.
• Approve all cheers and ensure they are positive in nature.
• Help plan the budget, keep it balanced, and supervise and organize moneymaking events.
• Seek growth as a coach by attending camps, clinics, and pursuing other opportunities to learn current trends and teaching techniques in cheerleading.
• Run a vigorous and well-organized practice with a specific practice schedule, which includes specific objectives and goals for each day’s practice.
• Have a current first aid card with a copy on file with Athletic Director.
• Utilize Final Forms to ensure athletic eligibility. Carry with you, at all times, medical information/waiver forms and medical first aid kit.
• Enforce the no food or drink in the gym/locker rooms. Supervise cleanliness of all facilities.
• Fill out and turn in an accident report form for all accidents within 24 hours to the Junior High School Office.
• Other duties as assigned.

Physical Demands

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 accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• The employee is required to stand; walk; sit; and occasionally stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Specific vision abilities required for this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Frequently required to walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms.

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 essential functions.

• Noise level is moderate to loud.
• Use of technology, i.e., keyboarding, when applicable.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee will work in outside weather conditions.

Qualifications

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 accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Governor Inslee’s proclamation 21-14.1 requires all employees working for Colville School District to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or obtain a religious or medical exemption.
• Two to four years related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience preferred.
• A favorable reporting of a state and national background check is required.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts as needed.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Teaching certificate and/or appropriate endorsements for the job assignment preferred.
• Valid first aid/CPR card on file with the Activities Director, and attend a HIV/Hepatitis B seminar on a yearly basis and have it recorded on file with the Colville School District office.
• Current documentation on file that is required for the coaches standards and education program.
• A favorable reporting of a state and national background fingerprint check is required.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and Educator who fully and actively supports equal access for all people, regardless of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, disability, and the use of a trained dog guide or service animal, and equal access to the Boy Scouts of America and other designated youth groups. We prohibit retaliation against individuals who bring forth any complaint, orally or in writing, to the employer or the government, or against any individuals who assist or participate in the investigation of any complaint, or otherwise oppose discrimination. The following positions have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination: Civil Rights Coordinator – Exec. Director of Business & Operations, Section 504 Coordinator – Exec. Director of Student Services, Title IX Coordinator – Exec. Director of Student Services. Contact: 217 S. Hofstetter Street, Colville WA 99114 services@colsd.org 509-684-7850. The Colville School District is a drug free/tobacco free workplace. This organization requires a successful applicant to provide eligibility and verification of legal right to work in the United States in compliance with Immigration Reform and Control Act. Notice: The candidate selected will be hired on a temporary basis subject to favorable reporting of a state and national fingerprinting background. An Equal Opportunity Employer.