Varsity High School Cross Country Coach (SY24)

Veritas Prep is hiring coaches for the 2022-2023 seasons in the following sports:

• (Co-ed) Cross Country, Head Coach (Fall)

About Veritas Prep

Veritas Prep Charter School (VPCS) was founded in Springfield in 2012 with the mission to prepare students in grades 5-8 to compete, achieve, and succeed in high school, college, and beyond. VPCS now serves more than 370 Springfield students and is one of Massachusetts’ top-performing middle schools.

Launching in August of 2022, Veritas Prep High School will open its doors to 100 Springfield students in Grade 9, adding roughly 100 students and one grade level per year. We are committed to fostering graduates who are College, Career and Future Ready; Woke Citizens; Innovators; Learners for Life and the Leaders of Tomorrow. To prepare them most efficiently and effectively for their futures, VPHS will offer a Wall-to-Wall (serving all students) Early College and career readiness program that puts all students on a pathway to high-impact careers through strategic college credits, work-place credentials and when possible, an associate’s degree.

What You’ll Do

As a coach at Veritas Prep you’ll help build a strong sports program as we enter our founding year! You’ll develop student athletes in the areas of knowledge, physical skill, teamwork, leadership, and social and emotional growth, and provide opportunities for young men and women to develop their prospective capabilities to the fullest extent.

You’ll also:

• Help student athletes develop positive attitudes while promoting and teaching fair play and good sportsmanship, leadership, and teamwork.
• Develop a thorough knowledge of all the athletic policies approved by Veritas Prep High School, including state and league regulations.
• Attend public/staff/departmental meetings when required.
• Maintain discipline and work to increase morale and cooperation within the school sports program.
• Assist in the necessary preparation to hold scheduled sport events or practices and adhere to scheduled facility times.
• Coordinate with maintenance and school employees and provide proper safeguards for maintenance and protection of assigned equipment and sites.
• Monitor student athletes' grades and conduct.
• Be present at all practices and games, and while traveling, provide assistance and guidance to and safeguards for each participant.
• Complete and submit paperwork on all disabling athletic injuries on proper forms
• Direct student managers and statisticians on respective teams.
• Determine discipline and delineate procedures concerning due process when the enforcement of discipline is necessary.
• Monitor use and return of equipment, submitting an annual inventory
• Submit team records to Athletic Director, including awards lists, all signature forms, and all scores of each competition, including post-season play.
• Arrive early enough before practice, contests and meetings to adequately prepare and remain long enough afterward to help players with problems or to become involved in staff discussions.
• Plan and implement in-season and out-of-season conditioning and weight programs.
• Perform such other duties that are consistent with the nature of the position and that may be requested by the Principal/Athletic Director.

Requirements

What You’ll Need

• Previous coaching experience in assigned (preferred)
• Knowledge and background in the assigned sport.

• An unwavering belief that all students can achieve amazing things.
• A dedication to fighting racism in our educational institutions and in daily life and knowledge of the history of race and racism, as well as the systems of oppression our students face.
• Current authorization to work in the United States – a candidate must have such authorization by his or her first day of employment

FALL SEASON: Begins Monday, August 22, 2022, and ends on or before December 3, 2022.

WINTER SEASON: Begins Monday, November 28, 2022 and the season ends on or before March 17, 2023.

SPRING SEASON: Begins Monday, March 20, 2023 and the season ends on or before June 2023.

Benefits

COMPENSATION: Coaching stipends will be determined based on previous coaching experience, length of season, practice schedule, etc.