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High School Assistant Swimming/Diving Coach

@ Albany County School District #1
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Laramie, Wyoming, United States
$7k/yrOnsitePart Time, Full Time
Responsibilities:coach swimming, supervise activities, enforce discipline
Requirements Summary:Mandatory: Wyoming PTSA endorsement as Head/Assistant Coach or equivalent. Preferred: 1+ year experience; Wyoming teaching certification; bachelor’s degree.
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ALBANY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT ONE


Laramie, Wyoming


JOB DESCRIPTION: High School Assistant Swimming/Diving Coach 


POSITION SUMMARY:



  • The High School Assistant Swimming/Diving Coach is responsible for providing instruction and coaching to students as a means of developing swimming/diving skills and contributing to all student athlete success in the classroom and in the pool. The Assistant Swimming/Diving Coach is further responsible for ensuring and encouraging sportsmanlike conduct amongst all students and staff.

  • This position is posted for the 2026/2027 school year and is specific to a diving coach. The successful applicant will be hired for both Girls’ Diving and Boys’ Diving and will be eligible for a salary for both seasons that will be paid at the end of each season.


CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:


The High School Assistant Swimming/Diving Coach:



  1. Uses a variety of instructional techniques and methods along with media to meet the needs of student athletes and the swimming/diving program as a means of improving the abilities of student athletes in the assigned sport.

  2. Assists with the supervision all high school swimming/diving activities, contests, and practice sessions to promote individual growth in athletic skills, teamwork, discipline, respect, and good sportsmanship.

  3. Works with other members of school staff to plan and put in place instructional goals and objectives to ensure overall educational development of student athletes.

  4. Follows performance criteria for competition and evaluates student athletic abilities on an initial and regular basis.

  5. Helps to ensures all necessary precautions and safeguards are in place to protect student athletes, equipment, materials, and facilities.

  6. Helps to monitors and enforces student eligibility criteria for extracurricular participation.

  7. Assists in the development and coordination of a continuing system of evaluations of all coaches within the swimming/diving program and makes changes based on findings and the ongoing needs of the swimming/diving program.

  8. Accompanies and supervises student athletes during athletic competitions in assigned sports when traveling to compete.

  9. Instructs and advises student athletes on NCAA regulations specific to academic requirements for scholarships and recruiting purposes.

  10. Helps maintains a regular system of files containing all material relevant to the swimming/diving program including eligibility forms, transfer forms, grade reports, and ensures that all ACSD#1 District policies are followed.

  11. Applies and enforces student discipline during athletic contests, practice sessions, and while on trips of school property in accordance with ACSD#1 policies and the student handbook.

  12. Encourages sportsmanlike conduct in all phases of athletic participation.

  13. Assists in the maintenance and inventory of all fixed assets of the swimming/diving program.

  14. Assists in the process of cleaning, repairing, and storing all program athletic equipment.

  15. Annually establishes and meets performance goals.

  16. Other duties as assigned.


(The tasks listed under the heading of Characteristic Duties and Responsibilities are examples of the variety and general nature of duties performed by employees in positions allocated to the classification. This specification should not be interpreted to describe all of the duties which may be assigned to an employee at this level, nor should persons assigned be expected to necessarily perform all the duties described.)


 


SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:



  • Ability to use effective communication skills; robust knowledge of the sport of swimming/diving including strategy, rules, and coaching; ability to use time effectively; good organizational skills; ability to maintain a positive relationship with other staff by collaborating and working cooperatively with them (including supervisors); knowledge of physiological, psychological, emotional and educational behavioral development of children and/or adolescents; and ability to help coaches achieve consensus.  


ENTRY QUALIFICATIONS:


Mandatory:                 Candidate must hold, or be eligible to hold, a Wyoming Professional Teaching Standards Board (PTSB) endorsement as a Head Coach- Swimming/Diving, Assistant Coach – Swimming/Diving, or a Head Coach endorsement in another sport.


 


Preferred:                   1+ years of experience as a high school swimming/diving coach.


                                    Valid Wyoming teaching certification


                                    Bachelor’s degree in a related field


PHYSICAL ABILITIES AND WORKING CONDITIONS:


-       The Physical Abilities and Working Conditions listed in this section are representative of but are not intended to provide an exhaustive list of Physical Abilities and Working Conditions which may be required for this position.  Albany County School District #1 encourages persons with disabilities who are interested in employment for this position and need reasonable accommodation of those disabilities to contact the Chief Human Resources Officer for further information.


-                Vision: (which may be corrected) to read small print; view a computer screen for prolonged periods.


-                Hearing: (which may be corrected) to answer telephones and tolerate exposure to noisy conditions.


-                Speech: to be understood in face-to-face communications; to speak with a level of proficiency and volume to be understood over a telephone.


-                Upper Body Mobility: use hands and fingers to feel, grasp, and manipulate small objects; manipulate fingers, twist and bend at the wrist and elbow; extend arms to reach outward and upward; use hands and arms to lift objects; turn, raise, and lower the head.


-                Strength: to lift, push, pull and/or carry objects which weigh as much as 50 or more pounds on a frequent basis.


-                Environmental Requirements: encounter constant work interruptions; work cooperatively with others; work independently; work outdoors and indoors.


-                Mental Requirements: read, write, understand, interpret and apply information at a moderately complex level essential for successful job performance; math skills at a high school proficiency level; judgement and the ability to process information quickly; learn quickly and follow verbal procedures and standards; give verbal instruction; rank tasks in order of importance; copy, compare, compile, and coordinate information and records.


-                Additional Work Conditions and Physical Abilities: Requires travel to multiple sites.


EVALUATION


-       Evaluation of this position shall be by the High School Athletic Director/Head Coach.