BP 4127/4227 /4327 — Temporary Athletic Team Coaches

Section: 4000 - Personnel
Status: Active

Adopted: 2018-03-27

Revised: 2024-10-10

Policy text

TEMPORARY ATHLETIC TEAM COACHES

Personnel

The Governing Board acknowledges that well-trained coaches are vital to the success of the experience of students in sports and interscholastic athletic activities, and therefore desires to employ highly qualified coaches for the district’s interscholastic athletic activities in order to enhance the knowledge, skills, motivation, and safety of student athletes.

The Superintendent or designee may hire a certificated or non-certificated employee, other than a substitute employee, to supervise or instruct interscholastic athletic activities as a temporary employee in a limited assignment capacity. Interscholastic athletic activities include any activities in which student teams participate in interscholastic competition. (5 CCR 5590)

When hiring a person to fill a position as a temporary athletic team coach, the position shall first be made available to qualified certificated teachers currently employed by the district.

All coaches shall be subject to Board policies, administrative regulations, and California Interscholastic Federation bylaws and codes of ethical conduct.

Non-certificated coaches shall have no authority to assign grades to students.

Qualifications and Training

The Superintendent or designee shall establish qualification criteria for all athletic coaches in accordance with law and district standards. These criteria shall ensure that coaches possess an appropriate level of competence, knowledge, and skill.

Any non-certificated employee or volunteer who works with students in a district-sponsored interscholastic athletic program shall, prior to beginning their duties, submit to the Superintendent or designee either an Activity Supervisor Clearance Certificate issued by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing or a Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal background clearance.

Following the selection of a temporary athletic team coach, the Superintendent or designee shall certify to the Board, at the next regular Board meeting or within 30 days, whichever is sooner, that the coach meets the qualifications and competencies required by 5 CCR 5593. By April 1 of each year, the Board shall certify to the State Board of Education that the provisions of 5 CCR 5593 have been met.

In addition, the Superintendent or designee shall regularly report to the Board regarding the extent to which the district’s coaches have completed the trainings required by law, including those required pursuant to Education Code 33479.6 and 49032, and by district policy.