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  • Head Cheer Coach Position
    Job Type: Coach
    Start Date: 03/01/2025

Description

The Episcopal School of Baton Rouge seeks an enthusiastic and experienced Head Cheer Coach to lead the 9th-12th grade cheerleading squads in the 2025-2026 academic year. The Head Cheer Coach teaches our cheerleading squad to promote school spirit and pride and encourage athletic teams. The cheerleading squad's involvement and enthusiasm in the community help other students feel a part of the community. Promoting strong teamwork and positive interactions amongst teammates (and all levels of the program), modeling sportsmanship, and encouraging fan involvement at games and pep rallies are essential roles of a cheerleader and are modeled by the Head Cheer Coach. The Head Cheer Coach is a part-time position with an annual renewal. The position begins on March 1st. The Head Cheer Coach reports directly to the Athletic Director.

Description of School
Episcopal School of Baton Rouge, a college preparatory educational community of approximately 950 students and approximately 170 professionals, includes grades PreK-3 through 12 that embraces the whole-child educational philosophy. As an Episcopal school, Episcopal School of Baton Rouge was created to be a diverse institution of educational and human development for all persons, regardless of origin, background, ability, or religion. We are created to “strive for justice and peace among all people and [to] respect the dignity of every human being.” Episcopal is known for its academic performance, for its attention to the spiritual lives of its students, and for offering a wide range of opportunities for student education and development. Opportunities to excel in academics, arts, athletics, service, and community leadership characterize the school’s program.

 

Requirements

General Duties
● Maintain a physically safe practice environment, plan effective practices, maintain daily attendance for cheerleaders, and coordinate team-building/ bonding activities.
● Communicate and coordinate frequently with the Athletic Director and other Spirit Group sponsors (Dance & Drum Corps).
● Develop and communicate a calendar, including in-season and off-season strength and conditioning, summer camps and practices, uniform fittings, informational meetings, tryouts, in-season practices, pep rallies, games, and athletic awards banquets.
● Communicate with students and parents about schedules, placement on the squad, and practice gear and uniform requirements.
● Maintain contact with parent volunteer groups regarding upcoming events.
● Oversee tryouts, including scheduling tryout clinics, developing criteria, and making placement decisions.
● Maintain uniform and practice gear inventory, coordinate the purchase of new gear and uniforms with the Athletic Director, and oversee the cheerleading budget.
● Communicate and enforce squad rules.
● Attend cheer camp, all practices, designated JV and Varsity football games (home and away), selected volleyball games, and designated men’s and women’s JV and Varsity basketball games to supervise cheerleaders.
● Work with cheerleaders to prepare and lead pep rallies.
● Work with Episcopal’s Director of Strength and Conditioning to implement in-season and off-season training.

Personal and Professional Characteristics and Experiences
● Experience with cheerleading, coaching, and choreography.
● An ability to communicate clearly and with appropriate empathy to students, parents, and colleagues.
● Collaborative spirit when working with colleagues.
● Strong organizational and time management skills. Able to meet deadlines.
● Strong technology skills and familiarity with word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software, and email programs.
● An appreciation for and understanding of school-aged children.
● Embraces the whole-child educational philosophy and seeks to help students develop in all aspects.

Our School Mission
As a ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana, Episcopal School of Baton Rouge nurtures and develops the whole child -- spiritually, intellectually, morally, physically and artistically -- through challenging academic and co-curricular programs which prepare our graduates for college and for purposeful lives.

Our Episcopal Identity
Episcopal schools are Christian communities whose missions integrate spiritual formation into all aspects of the educational experience in a graceful and inclusive way. Even the most diverse of Episcopal schools are created to be communities that honor, celebrate and worship God as the center of life. We are created to be models of God’s love and grace. We are created to serve God in Christ in all persons, regardless of origin, background, ability, or religion. We are created to “strive for justice and peace among all people and [to] respect the dignity of every human being.” 
 
Episcopal schools have been established, however, not solely as communities for Christians, like a parish church, but as diverse institutions of educational and human development for people of all faiths and backgrounds. Episcopal schools are populated by a rich variety of human beings, from increasingly diverse religious, cultural, and economic backgrounds. By weaving the principles of meaningful school worship, rich community life, foundational religious education, and striving for social justice into the very fabric of the school’s overall life, Episcopal schools ensure that we challenge all who attend our schools to build lives of genuine meaning, purpose and service in the world they will inherit.

Submission Information
Episcopal will offer competitive pay for this position. Digital applications are preferred and welcomed at https://www.episcopalbr.org/discover-episcopal/careers or can be emailed to [email protected]. Please include an employment application, cover letter, and resume. Application materials can also be sent to Attn: Employment, Episcopal School of Baton Rouge, 3200 Woodland Ridge Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA 70816.

Episcopal School of Baton Rouge is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to a policy of nondiscrimination in employment upon any basis, including race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, status as a parent, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, political affiliation or military service.