Qualified applicant must hold a valid/registered Illinois teaching license.

Performance Responsibilities:

• Confirm and complete all paperwork for practice locations
• Send registration to all athletes
• Observe/follow all area and state imposed deadlines
• Familiarize/follow all Special Olympics rules for practices, participation, and volunteer usage
• Attend training sessions to become a registered coach
• Attend SIO certification workshops
• Complete all registration for area meets
• Complete and submit individual assessment forms for each athlete
• Meet with assistant coaches; check to see if they have submitted the required paperwork to the coordinator/state
• Obtain an appropriate number of registered volunteers for all practices and events
• Inform athletes/parents of practice schedule/location
• Practice
  • Set up the physical area with equipment
  • Develop the record sheets needed to obtain competition data
  • Assign and explain responsibilities to all assistant coaches and volunteers prior to each practice
  • Run each practice in a timely and sage manner
  • Collect, clean up, and store equipment at the end of each practice
  • Wait until all athletes have left
  • Adjust the scheduling of practice due to weather, facility requirements/closures, or personal conflicts
• Complete State forms with data obtained from practice, observing all rules and regulations imposed by Special Olympics
• Communicate the transportation, food, and scheduling needs to the Special Olympics Coordinator
• Inform parents/athletes of transportation and event schedules
• Obtain uniforms (all needed parts of the uniform), determine sizes, package, and pass out to all athletes, coaches, and volunteers
• After receiving event schedules: determine athlete groupings, make coach and volunteer assignments, assign responsibilities, schedule meals (where to get food from and obtain money), and inform parents of individual event schedules
• Verify transportation arrangements prior to event, assign coaches to pick up/drop off sites
• Responsible for assuring that all athletes are appropriately scheduled, supervised and where they are supposed to be and at the correct time
• Understand the rules and able to protest a result during competition
• Collect data from competition and report it appropriately
• Determine regional/state qualifies and notify their parents
• Complete the process again to ready athletes who qualified for the next meet