Details
Posted: 07-Jan-22
Location: Atherton, California
Type: Part Time
Required Education: High School
Categories:
Athletics/PE
Preferred Education:
High School
Our Athletics program complements Menlo School’s rigorous college preparatory program with an extensive offering of highly competitive team sports, providing girl and boy students the opportunity to develop mind, body and character for themselves, their teams and their school.
Baseball • Basketball • Cross Country • Football • Golf • Lacrosse
• Soccer • Swimming • Tennis • Track and Field
Volleyball • Water Polo
In our Upper School
Nearly 80 percent of our Upper School students participate in at least one sport. We look for coaches who encourage our student athletes to practice graciousness, respect and honesty for their teammates, competitors, coaches and officials. Our coaches help students learn the importance of “sound body, sound mind,” with physical conditioning and nutrition.
Daily practice times after 3:15 p.m.
In our Middle School
Our Middle School provides all students with the opportunity to participate, build their skills, learn sportsmanship and learn to be productive team members. We look for coaches who will teach student athletes the importance of team/individual sports and build a foundation of skills and knowledge for participating in that particular sport
Daily practice times from 1:00 to 3:15 p.m.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a positive role model to the student athletes and parents
- Teach skills through effectively planned practices at a level appropriate for each member of the team
- Condition athletes appropriately for activities requiring endurance, strength and agility
- Responsible for all aspects of directing the team’s practice and play in matches
- Teach sportsmanship, cooperation, work ethic and responsibility to one’s team
- Monitor players’ attendance and conduct during practice and matches
- Maintain an open line of communication with students, parents, peers and Athletics management.
- Ensure schedules are communicated, rosters are kept up-to-date, and students are accounted for (e.g. coordinate with team parents and parent drivers, students ready for bus departure, remain with students until picked up)
- Prioritize an environment of safety for our student athletes
- Manage equipment
- Monitor study halls on rainy days, days there is no practice, and before games.
- Performs other duties as required
Menlo School is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Minimum Qualifications
- A high school diploma or equivalent
- Ability to work well with children of various ages
- Knowledge of one or more of the sports provided at Menlo
- Coaching and/or playing experience in one or more of the sports provided at Menlo