Position Summary
We are seeking excellent candidates for Middle School Baseball Coach. We seek coaches that are high energy, skilled, organized, and good leaders who can create a positive atmosphere in which our student athletes can thrive. We seek a coach who is enthusiastic about building our 5-8th Grade Baseball program.Previous coaching and/or playing experience is required; experience playing at a college level, as well as coaching high school baseball preferred. Coaching is a unique position of leadership which requires sound judgement amidst the emotional extremes of athletic competition. The example that the coach exhibits must educate players and spectators as to the high standards of sportsmanship and character development that is expected at Convent & Stuart Hall. The promotion of learning is the most important outcome of educational athletics. It should be understood that our programs seek excellence and will deliver it by providing our student athletes with confidence and a clear understanding of the values of personal integrity, work ethic, self-responsibility, responsibility to others, overcoming challenges through adversity, teamwork and a progression from simple participation to development to high levels of achievement. Our student athletes expect our coaches to be competent, approachable, confident, fair and consistent. Candidates should be compelling practitioners who use sound judgement at all times. All coaches are expected to contribute to the life of the school community in general. Schools of the Sacred Heart is committed to an in-person teaching model and faculty and staff must be prepared to adhere to and support our Health and Safety Plan.
Responsibilities
- Plan and implement the scheduling of team activities, tryouts, practices, game plans.
- Ability to develop and execute practice and game plans for all playing positions
- Supervise all assistant coaching staff
- Follow CIF rules and regulation
- Foster training in conduct, ethics, and sportsmanship for all participants and coaches.
- Supervision of the team before, during and after practices, games and sporting events.
- Verify that the Athletic Director has cleared each team member before allowing him/her to tryout or practice.
- Responsible for the distribution and collection of all uniforms and equipment and providing an end of the season inventory.
- Work with the Athletic Director, Principal Designee, Principal and other coaches to solve problems at the school level while supporting the ideas of the program/parent concern procedures.
- Continually reviews the on‐going effectiveness of the program at all levels.
- Adhere to all C&SH Athletics, League and State policies
About Convent & Stuart Hall
At Convent & Stuart Hall, we are committed to developing resilient, resourceful and engaged thinkers who are equipped to thrive in an evolving world. Our rigorous K-12 educational model is a dynamic blend of single-sex and co-ed classes, supported by small class sizes and resources reflective of a large school. We deliver an interactive learning experience, curated by faculty highly regarded in their academic fields so that students graduate with confidence in what they know, how they think and who they are. Our community is part of an international network of Sacred Heart schools, where students and adults embrace the catholic charism of our Sacred Heart founders, which is spiritually inclusive and global in nature.The school is organized into four academic divisions, each led by a Division Head, sharing resources and a central administration, all of which is under the direction of the President.
Department of Athletics and Physical Education Philosophy Statement:
Athletic participation and physical education have the ability to impact individuals, not just through competition, but through understanding the underlying values that sports have to offer. As the Convent & Stuart Hall Athletics and Physical Education Department, we have the great opportunity to shape the lives of the students that we work with everyday. The lessons learned through athletic participation and physical education have the ability to teach skills and values that go far beyond just a game. It is the goal of this department to assist students in character development by teaching the values of humility, accountability, teamwork, work ethic, competition and fair play, and commitment. Our goal is to help students develop life-long leadership skills, build respect & awareness for themselves and others, and to overcome adversity. It is our mission to help students identify these values learned through athletic and physical education and to be able to apply them to their lives as a whole.
