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Saint Louis Public Schools

Athletic Director, 2024-2025

Saint Louis Public Schools, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63146


Position Title:

Athletics Director

Payroll/Personnel Type:

10 Month

Reports to:

School Principal

Shift Length:

8 Hours a Day

Union Eligibility:

Not Eligible

Position Summary:

Under the direction of the School Principal, the Athletic Director provides educational leadership to effectively oversee all aspects of all athletics activities for the purpose of providing the best possible athletic experience for students.

Essential Functions:

Organizes and administers the overall program of 9-12 extracurricular athletics

Prepare and submit the equipment budget for Athletic Program

Supervise and evaluate all coaches during the athletic season

Participate in the recruitment, selection, orientation, and mentoring of coaches

Assure all coaches meet District and MSHSAA requirements

Develop Activity Program policies and practices

Maintain an Activity Program Handbook

Mediate concerns between parents, coaches, and/or staff

Enforce MSHSAA, District, and PHL academic and citizenship eligibility compliance standards

Prepares and verifies all athletic event schedules

Cancel and reschedule events as warranted

Provide local media with game results and pertinent information related to the athletics program

Serve as liaison between the school and community

Coordinate the preparation of activities for contests

Contract officials for non-league competition

Check game fields for readiness

Complete end-of-season reports

Assist as school representative to the Public High League

Maintain an inventory of athletic equipment and supplies

Work with the facility maintenance staff to develop an athletic facilities maintenance plan

Coordinate and supervise training and conditioning programs for athletics

Provide supervision, as assigned by the school administration, at athletic contests

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Apply principles of rational systems to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exist

Interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral diagrammatic, or schedule form

Compute discount, interest, profit, and loss; commission, markup, and selling price; ratio and proportion, and percentage

Perform reading, writing, and speaking at an intermediate level

Ability and personality necessary to work effectively with school administrators, colleagues, parents, other individuals, community and school groups and organizations; must demonstrate positive, effective “people skills”

Experience:

2-3 years of supervisory experience

Experience as a high school athletic director or coach

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree (required)

Master’s Degree (preferred)

Certified Athletic Administrator (CAA) (preferred)

First aid and CPR certification or eligibility for certification (required)

Valid Missouri Teaching Certification (required)

Physical Requirements:

Must be physically able to operate a motor vehicle

Must be able to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to lift, carry, push, and pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body

Light work usually requires walking or standing to a significant degree

Working Conditions and Environment:

Work is routinely performed in a typical interior/office environment

Very limited or no exposure to physical risk

Disclaimer:

The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. Additional duties are performed by the individuals currently holding this position and additional duties may be assigned.

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