ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, MIDDLE SCHOOL NON-EXEMPT

Responsible for coordinating an interscholastic middle school athletics program at a school in alignment with larger district athletics program and leadership. Provides information and serves as a resource to others. Acts as a representative of the school and community and plans, evaluates, develops, and implements services in compliance with the established school, district and state guidelines. Follows legal duties of athletic personnel.

This is a part-time position (approximately 240 hours over the course of a school year). Role is only open to a current employee at a designated middle school who is not an Assistant Principal or Principal or whose primary role is not already related to the coordination of athletic programming.

**The Director must demonstrate a willingness to sign a confidentiality agreement. This role requires maintaining the highest level of confidentiality regarding all District matters, especially those involving the Superintendent, Chief of Staff, and the Board of Education. Ensuring trust and discretion is paramount to the success and integrity of this position.

• Actively promotes middle school programming to students, with the goal of creating a robust program at the school; plans and supervises recognition programs for student participants and participates and promotes engagement in Prep League events
• Ensures proper coordination with district athletics office and participates in all required meetings and trainings
• Utilizing a variety of platforms, effectively communicates all matters related to the athletics program with the school leader, district athletics leadership, students, parents and other stakeholders; establishes and maintains communication with school and community agencies such as district safety and security and local health, fire, police, and park departments related to health and safety of interscholastic athletics
• Reviews and distributes athletic handbooks for coaches, student athletes and parents, ensuring that parties understand rules and regulations and expectations of participation; administers policies and regulations pertaining to middle school interscholastic athletics and stays informed of legal standards in all areas under the athletic administrator purview such as Title IX, sex discrimination and negligence cases
• Ensures all coaches have applied and been hired through the District prior to beginning any assignment and have completed necessary state and local requirements, including certifications and trainings
• Coordinates and guides the work of coaching staff at the school, modeling nd enforcing professional standards of conduct among staff members; facilitates required training and mentoring for coaches and provides support for evaluation coaches at the school annually
• Ensures eligibility of student athletes in accordance with District guidelines and that student athletes are registered prior to their season of participation with proper documentation on file, including current physical exams, emergency contact information, and parent/guardian consent
• Coordinates with the district office on field preparation for each season; ensures field, court or gym is ready for each home game prior to the start of the game, which may include lining fields, sweeping floors, setting up game table and clock, setting up team benches, setting up nets and/or cones, etc.
• Ensures administrative supervision of events at all home games at all times of the event, as required by Denver Public Schools; oversees game workers for home events as needed; welcomes contest officials upon their arrival at games and assumes responsibility for finding game time replacements if officials are a no-show
• Works with district athletics operation managers to help decide when to postpone or cancel athletic events and determines when to do so for practices
• Following district guidelines, oversees accuracy of the school’s athletics inventory and budget; works with the school leader to discuss the needs for the middle school athletics programming and creates a plan for funding these needs
• Ensures that all students complete the registration and pay to play requirements and informs students and parents of grant money or scholarships that may be available
• Reinforces the importance of respect and sportsmanship and develops necessary strategies to support respect and sportsmanship

About UsDenver Public Schools is committed to meeting the educational needs of every student with great schools in every neighborhood. Our goal is to provide every child in Denver with rigorous, enriching educational opportunities from preschool through high school graduation.  DPS is comprised of nearly 200 schools including traditional, magnet, charter and alternative pathways schools, with an enrollment of more than 90,000 students.  
DPS has become the fastest-growing school district in the country in terms of enrollment and the fastest-growing large school district in the state in terms of student academic growth.  Learn more at dpsk12.org.