Position Summary:

The ideal candidate will be a certified strength and conditioning coach, have experience coaching at the high school and/or collegiate level, a desire to join and belong to a community of coaches and educators, outstanding communication skills, and the discipline to align their work with GFA’s mission and core values.

Essential Functions:

• Develop age-appropriate training practices designed to enhance agile movement, balance, performance, and coordination.
• Work in partnership with varsity and sub-varsity coaches to develop and implement athletic development programs that prepare all GFA student-athletes (ranging from novice to high-performing) for present and future performance
• Lead and innovate in creation of programming promoting fitness and wellness after-school that appeals to a broad range of abilities and interests Instruct GFA Middle (5th through 8th grades) & Upper School (9th through 12 grades) student-athletes in the proper conditioning techniques for optimizing performance, development, and health
• Partner with Lower School Physical Education (PreK through 4th grades) faculty to integrate best practices into curriculum and to potentially serve as a member of Lower School P.E. faculty
• Oversee the development and operation of all training spaces
• Provide leadership to Wellness & Performance staff responsible for training student-athletes
• Ensure that GFA athletic programming remains current with the knowledge and advances in age-appropriate athlete development
• Assume other duties as assigned by the Director of Athletics and Physical Education

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or advanced degree from an accredited college or university
• Related experience developing and implementing strength and conditioning programming at co-educational independent day schools and at the college level
• Certified by a nationally recognized accredited strength and conditioning certification program: National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) and/or the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCSa) strength and conditioning coach certified (SCCC)
• Master’s degree in Exercise Science or related field strongly preferred

About Greens Farms Academy

At Greens Farms Academy (GFA), students are empowered to do the hard, thrilling, essential work of shaping their own world, of building their own future. More than 700 PreK -12 students come from 23 towns in Fairfield and Westchester counties and form a joyful community that aspires to live by the school's motto, "Each for All." Founded in 1925, GFA is situated on a former Vanderbilt estate in a scenic 44-acre campus located in Westport, CT. The school’s highly regarded academic program is built around small class sizes (average 15), mentoring partnership with faculty (8:1 student to teacher ratio), and innovative programs designed to support students’ pursuit of questions that matter to them. The faculty is characterized by its growth mindset, embracing innovation, exploring a range of student-centered approaches, and constantly seeking to better serve its students. A stunning waterfront campus in Westport, CT, comprises three ecosystems - a salt marsh, Audubon woodlands, and the Long Island Sound - and architecture ranging from a modernized Vanderbilt estate to a state-of-the-art center for arts and global studies. GFA has graduated thousands of compassionate, enterprising, b...road-minded women and men - people with the courage and vision to build a better world. The GFA mission plays an essential role in school life: GFA engages students as partners in an innovative, inclusive, and globally-minded community to prepare them for lives of purpose. Faculty and staff have committed that language to memory, along with our core values -- passion, integrity, empathy, curiosity, excellence -- so as to better live out the spirit of those words. GFA is a suburban school close to major transportation and a five-minute walk from the Greens Farms Metro-North train station. The campus sits on the Long Island Sound, a half-hour south of New Haven and an hour north of New York City by car or commuter train.

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