Teacher & Head Football Coach (MCHS)

Martin County High School currently has an opening for a Teacher & Head Football Coach.  (Start Date:  January 13, 2025.)  See the job description below for more information.

GRADE:  State Salary Scale Local Coaching Supplement

FLSA:  Exempt

REPORTS TO:  Principal

SUPERVISES:  Teacher Assistant(s) (if applicable); Assistant Coach(es)

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:  10 months 2 months of extended employment

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree from an approved teacher education program in subject area
• North Carolina Professional Educator's License in area of assignment.
• Interested individuals without this license but with a Bachelor's degree in a related area should visit the links below for more information regarding the alternative licensure process:
• Residency Model License Pathways (from dpi.nc.gov)
• List of Approved Educator Preparation Programs (from dpi.nc.gov)

• Substantial knowledge of the technical aspects of football.

• A willingness to examine new theories and procedures.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Previous successful high school football coaching experience
• CPR Certification

NATURE OF WORK:  The teacher’s job is to assure that all students learn the basic and essential skills at each grade level.  The head football coach will instruct student athletes in the fundamental skills, strategy, and physical training necessary for them to realize a degree of individual and team success. At the same time, the student athlete shall receive instruction that will lead to the formulation of moral values, pride of accomplishment, acceptable social behavior, self-discipline, and self-confidence. The head football coach will also develop and promote good community relations among various community and school stakeholders.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Ability to constantly monitor the safety and well-being of students, particularly when student is participating in an inclusive activity.
• Ability to motivate students and to maintain order and discipline in a classroom.
• Ability to maintain a clean and orderly environment.
• Ability to perform general clerical duties, including operating common office machines and maintaining basic files and records.
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as necessitates by work assignments.
• Ability to use a wide variety of technology in the classroom.
• Ability to create and follow rigorous lesson plans that correlate with the Essential Standards.
• Knowledge of physical fitness and sports safety
• Strong communication and supervisory skills.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. This list is meant to be representative, not exhaustive. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  The teacher is required to follow all board policies and procedures and to comply with the instructions and/or directives from his/her supervisor(s).  Along with the duties and responsibilities listed below, the employee performs any other related duties as assigned by his/her supervisor(s).

Teacher

Instructional Process

• Plans and implements a program of instruction that adheres to the system philosophy, goals and objectives as outlined in the adopted course study.
• Makes purposeful and appropriate lesson plans that provide for effective teaching strategies and maximize time on task.
• Plans and implements a program of study designed to meet individual needs of students.
• Creates a classroom environment conducive to learning by employing a variety of appropriate teaching strategies.
• Encourage student enthusiasm for the learning process and the development of good study habits.
• Provides progress and interim reports as required.
• Prepares substitute folder containing appropriate information as required by the principal.
• Plans and prescribes purposeful assignments for paraprofessionals, tutors and volunteers as needed.
• Recognizes learning problems and makes referrals as appropriate.
• Demonstrates a strong grasp of subject matter.
• Uses effective oral and written expression.

Curriculum Development

• Keeps current in subject matter knowledge and learning theory and is willing to share this knowledge for continual improvement of the school's curriculum.
• Assists on the ongoing curriculum revision process, including the revision of written courses of study.
• Becomes acquainted with supplemental services beneficial to students as an extension of regular classroom activities.

Classroom Management

• Develops, in accordance with district school guidelines, reasonable rules of classroom behavior and appropriate techniques that are consistently applied.
• Takes necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials and facilities.
• Shares responsibility during the school day for the supervision of students in all areas of the school.
• Provides for the supervision of assigned students when circumstances require a brief absence from the assignment.

Public Relations

• Upholds and enforces board policy, administrative procedures, and school rules and regulations, and is supportive of them to the public.
• Maintains appropriate work habits, including regular and punctual attendance and appropriate use of conference and planning time.
• Strives to communicate the positive aspects of our school program to the public in word and deed.
• Works cooperatively with parents to strengthen the educational program for their children.
• Establishes and maintains cooperative relationships with other staff members.

Professional Growth

• Continues professional growth through attendance at workshops, seminars, conferences, and/or advanced course work at institutions of higher learning.
• Maintains membership in appropriate professional organizations.
• Cooperates with the administration in planning appropriate in-service training programs at a school or at the system level.
• Attends staff, department, and committee meetings as required.

Student Evaluation

• Evaluates accomplishments of students on a regular basis using multiple assessment methods such as teacher made tests, samples of students' work, mastery skills check lists, criterion-referenced tests and norm-referenced tests.
• Makes appropriate adjustments in the instructional program and as required by the principal.
• Respects the confidentiality of records and information regarding students, parents, and teachers in accordance with accepted professional ethics, and state and federal laws.

Head Varsity Football Coach

1. Coaches individual participants in the skills necessary for excellent achievement in football
2. Plans and schedules a regular program of practice in season
3. Works closely with the athletics director in scheduling interscholastic contests
4. Recommends purchase of equipment, supplies, and uniforms, as appropriate
5. Maintains necessary attendance forms, insurance records and similar paperwork
6. Oversees the safety conditions of the facility or area in which football is conducted at all times that students are present
7. Establishes performance criteria for eligibility in interscholastic competition in football
8. Enforces discipline and sportsmanlike behavior at all times, and establishes and oversees penalties for breach of such standards by individual students

PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE REQUIREMENTS:  The major physical and cognitive requirements listed below are applicable to the Teacher & Head Varsity Football Coach job classification within Martin County Schools.

Work in this classification is considered light physical work requiring the exertion of a up to 50 pounds of force occasionally to lift objects and a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear.
• The employee frequently is required to walk and use fingers, tools, or controls.
• The employee is occasionally required to stand and reach with hands and arms.
• Specific visual abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural or composite characteristics (whether similar or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people or things.
• Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information, including receiving instructions, assignments or directions from superiors.
• Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagrammatic form; and to deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Requires the ability to read a variety of correspondence, reports, forms, articles, proposals, manuals, legislation, graphs, charts, etc.
• Requires the ability to prepare correspondence, reports, forms, charts, graphs, statistical analysis, etc., using prescribed formats and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction and style.
• Requires the ability to speak to people with poise, voice control and confidence.
• Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, to follow oral and written instructions.
• Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently through a variety of technical and professional languages including psychometric, statistical and educational research terminology.

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 the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works indoors and outdoors. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The work is performed in the school and on the school grounds.

Salary : $4,100 - $7,079