Job Description:
The Cape Girardeau Public School District is seeking a Dance Team Coach for the 2024-25 academic year at Central Middle School.
 
Required Qualifications:

• Completion of 60 or more college credit hours prior to coaching OR serving as a Provisional Assistant for THREE school years.
• A Professional Teacher’s Certificate OR NFHS Fundamentals of Coaching Course (online) passed prior to second year of coaching. This course is not sport-specific. This is a one-time requirement.
• Successful completion of a Sports First Aid/CPR/AED training course prior to second year of coaching and renewed every two years.
• Check including Sex-Offender’s Registry Clearance prior to coaching.
• Board of Education or Board of Governance Approval prior to coaching.
• Successful completion of a Concussion in Sports Course, and review of current concussion information yearly.
• Successful completion of the MSHSAA Sport-Specific Online Rules Review and Test each season.
• Successful completion of a Student Mental Health and Suicide Prevention training prior to second year of coaching and renewed every two years.
• Successful completion of a course in Heat Illness Prevention/Recognition prior to the second year of coaching, which must be renewed every two years.
• Provisional status is available to assistants that do not meet these minimum requirements through MSHSAA regulations. Student teachers can also serve as assistants by meeting other MSHSAA requirements

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Sets up practice times to prepare students for performances.
• Assist students in choreographing the routines for performances.
• Sets up schedule for performances at events.
• Sets up the tryout rules, judges, time, place and routine for the tryout.
• Is responsible for keeping the budget.  This includes deposits, fund raisers, purchases.
• Checks on eligibility of participants throughout the year.
• Inventories uniforms and equipment.
• Provides support and encouragement to the members of the team.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

General Information:
 
This position is not tied to a specific teaching position.
 
Application Deadline: Open until filled
 
To apply for this position visit www.capetigers.com (Careers).