Coaching Council Sample Clauses

Coaching Council. A. The District and the Association shall establish a Coaching Council. The Coaching Council shall be comprised of five (5) members chosen by the Association, the Athletic Director, High School Principal and Superintendent of Schools. The five members of the Association shall represent one fall coach, one winter coach, one spring coach, one boys coach and one girls coach. B. The Coaching Council shall meet at least once during each athletic season, with the ability to call additional meetings as needed. The Coaching Council shall discuss areas of mutual concern regarding the interscholastic athletic program. The District agrees to give members of the Athletic Council full access to information, with the exception of any information that is statutorily protected or in regards to a specific personnel matter. C. Annually, the Coaching Council shall develop a professional development plan for all coaches. The professional development plan may include either district sponsored professional development or coach-designed professional development. D. Annually, the Coaching Council shall conduct an evaluation of itself and make adjustments to the structure and scope of the Coaching Council as needed. E. Coaches who receive longevity payments are eligible to mentor individuals who are new to coaching for the district, specifically those individuals who are in their first or second year of coaching for the district. Coaches shall not be assigned to formally mentor more than one individual during a season where they are coaching and shall not be assigned to formally mentor more than two individuals in any season where they are not coaching. Nothing shall prevent coaches from informally mentoring individuals within their own program. Mentors are expected to attend the new coaches meeting for the season they are mentoring, regularly communicate (ie. conversations, emails, text messages, etc) with those individuals they are mentoring and observe matches and/or practices both formally and informally. At the end of the athletic season, the mentor shall submit a summary of the mentoring experience to the Athletic Director. Coaches who are assigned to mentor and who refuse the assignment shall not receive longevity payments for that school year.