Athletic Director

About This Role

This leadership position manages and coordinates athletic activities and sports programs for a school district, promoting physical fitness and ensuring equal participation opportunities for all students. The role involves long-range planning, policy development, and fiscal management for the district's athletic programs.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate extra-curricular athletic programs and engage in long-range planning
• Assess department needs through consultation with students, staff, and parents
• Develop policy recommendations for the Board's consideration and action
• Maintain files and records required by policy, regulation, law, and good practice
• Attend all mandatory meetings including GWOC, school coaches, and pre-season parent meetings
• Implement board policies and advise the administration on legal matters related to athletics
• Develop and update brochures, handbooks, and policy manuals
• Conduct research related to athletic programs
• Keep the school community informed about extracurricular athletic programs
• Present a positive image of Springfield City School District through professional and ethical conduct
• Engage in fiscal planning, both short and long-range
• Assist in preparing and implementing the school system budget and coordinate department purchasing
• Recommend capital improvements and negotiated contracts and agreements
• Formulate specifications to be incorporated into contracts and bids
• Serve as a consultant in the selection of supplies and materials
• Supervise all ticket sales and fundraising events connected with the athletic programs and assume responsibility for proper handling and accounting of monies involved
• Administer the receipt and disbursement of student activity cash funds
• Conduct salary and wage surveys
• Supervise and guide the fiscal planning/execution of all parent volunteer organizations supporting high school and middle school athletic programs
• Prepare schedules for use of facilities
• Issue timely announcements of upcoming events and deadlines
• Organize, schedule, and administer the overall program of extracurricular athletics in conjunction with GWOC commissioner and coaches
• Hire officials, team physicians, supervisors, and police for supervision of home contests
• Arrange transportation for athletic contest participants
• Verify each athlete's eligibility for participation in each sport
• Arrange all details of visiting teams' needs, as appropriate
• Provide for emergency health care and first aid treatment
• Arrange field, gymnasium, and aquatics center practice schedules, including arrangements for summer recreation programs and non-school use of playing fields and facilities