Glenbard Township High School District 87
Policy 5:280-R1
Educational Support Personnel
Administrative Procedure – Guidelines for Athletic Department Volunteer Coaches
The purpose of using volunteers is to supplement our current coaching staff. Upon the
recommendation of the Assistant Principal for Athletics and approval of the Building Principal, the volunteers will be approved as per the guidelines below:
1. Volunteer coaches will fill out an application, appropriate District forms, and be interviewed
by the Assistant Principal for Athletics and head coach of the sport that they want to assist.
2. Applicants must meet all IHSA and the District’s employee requirements.
3. Volunteer coaches must be approved by the Building Principal, Assistant Principal for
Athletics and head coach of the sport with which they will be working.
4. Head coaches will be responsible for in-servicing volunteer coaches.
5. Volunteer coaches will be expected to support the philosophical principals of the school and
the athletic department.
6. Volunteer coaches will not be allowed to serve as a head or assistant coach at any level.
Head coaches will determine appropriate responsibilities and assume direct responsibility for
the supervision of volunteer coaches.
7. Should circumstances warrant, volunteer coaches may be dismissed at any time.
8. All volunteer coaches must take and pass the approved American Sport Education Program
(ASEP).
9. Anyone performing athletic training services shall be licensed under the Illinois Athletic
Trainers Practice Act, be an athletic trainer aide performing care activities under the on-site
supervision of a licensed athletic trainer, or otherwise be qualified to perform athletic trainer
activities under State law.
DATED: March 1999
REVIEWED: April 17, 2006
REVISED: May 8, 2006
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