# Head Cheerleading Coach - Middle School at Foundation Academies

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## Facts (observed)

- Company: [Foundation Academies](https://alderhq.app/companies/foundation-academies)
- Location text: Foundation Academy; Middle School
- Where it can be done from (inferred): Location unclear (evidence: "Location: Foundation Academy; Middle School")
- Posted: 2026-10-22 (19 days ago)
- First seen by alder: 2026-11-07 · last verified: 2026-11-07
- Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times
- Apply on the employer's site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/foundationacademies/jobs/8908706002

## Pay and sponsorship

- Posted pay: not posted

## Description (the employer's text)

REPORTS TO: Head Varsity Cheerleading Coach and Senior Athletic Director or designee

HOURS: Dependent upon practice, competition, and event schedule as designed by Athletic Director

ASSIGNMENT: SY 26-27

STIPEND: 4,200

EXEMPT STATUS: Non Exempt

CAMPUS: Middle School

### Summary

The Head Middle School Cheerleading Coach leads a safe, organized, development-first program that builds school spirit and prepares scholar-athletes for successful progression into the Foundation Academies varsity cheerleading program. In close partnership with the Head Varsity Cheerleading Coach, the coach teaches shared terminology, foundational cheer skills, healthy training habits, performance confidence, character, and team standards while protecting age-appropriate development. Success is measured by safety, individual growth, readiness, participation, culture, communication, compliance, and high-school alignment - not performance difficulty or competitive results alone.

### Requirements

In order to be considered for the Head Middle School Cheerleading Coach position at Foundation Academies, candidates must:

- Embrace Foundation Academies' college- and career-readiness mission and core values.
- Lead with patience, joy, inclusion, accountability, sportsmanship, body-positive coaching, and a safety-first developmental mindset.
- Teach cheerleading through approved progressions, qualified spotting, purposeful repetition, clear feedback, and age-appropriate expectations.
- Collaborate closely with the Head Varsity Cheerleading Coach and communicate professionally with scholar-athletes, staff, families, event personnel, and the community.
### Certification

- Appointment and approval by the local educational agency and a valid New Jersey teaching certificate or instructional substitute credential; the substitute credential currently requires at least 30 semester-hour college credits.
- Current adult CPR/AED and Basic First Aid certification through an approved provider, including an in-person skills component when required.
- NFHS Fundamentals of Coaching completed before first employment as a coach, unless an applicable exemption applies.
- Annual NFHS Concussion in Sports and Heat Illness Prevention training.
- One-time NFHS Implicit Bias and NJSIAA BeNice training, plus all school-required safety, medication-response, mandated-reporting, and emergency training.
- Complete school-approved cheer-specific safety and risk-management training, including performer readiness and proper tumbling, stunt, and pyramid progressions, before independently supervising those skills.
- Completion of criminal-history and employment-authorization requirements and the ability to maintain credentials throughout the assignment.
### Responsibilities

Pipeline Building & Varsity Alignment

- Meet with the Head Varsity Cheerleading Coach before the season to confirm shared philosophy, terminology, safety standards, skill priorities, behavioral expectations, and the middle-to-high-school transition plan.
- Teach approved varsity program foundations in age-appropriate ways, including motions, jumps, voice, dance, conditioning, performance habits, teamwork, and introductory stunt or tumbling progressions.
- Provide regular progress updates, participate in a midseason alignment review, and complete a postseason transition summary for athletes moving toward the high school program.
- Coordinate assistants and volunteers around the development plan, encourage multisport participation, and share transparent program-access information through approved school channels.
Practice Design, Skills & Performance

- Plan development-first practices that build motions, jumps, voice, rhythm, dance, flexibility, strength, balance, spatial awareness, basic tumbling readiness, safe stunt foundations, and performance confidence.
- Teach only skills appropriate to athlete readiness, staff qualifications, available spotters, approved surfaces and mats, and current governing safety rules.
- Use progressive drills, skill stations, equitable repetitions, video, and multiple performance roles so athletes develop without being labeled too early.

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