About This Role
Providing leadership to all athletic personnel and student athletes, the Athletic Director assists coaches in developing, organizing, and implementing the entire athletic program. This role requires adherence to all Jefferson Parish Public School System (JPPSS) rules and regulations related to the athletic program.
Responsibilities
- Provide overall supervision of the athletic program within JPPSS guidelines, policies, rules, and regulations
- Review purchase orders prior to principals' approval as required
- Supervise expenditures of athletic funds as required
- Maintain all records specified by JPPSS
- Confirm practices, games, and participation as requested by the principal
- Coordinate interviews for coaching positions as requested by the principal
- Communicate and share all parish information with coaches
- Monitor booster club reports and functions as required by the principal
- Build sportsmanship and provide good public relations in the school and community
- Ensure all student athletes have a current physical exam
- Ensure all student athletes have adequate insurance coverage as specified by JPPSS
- Keep the principal and faculty informed of departure times for trips
- Ensure all participants have transportation home when returning from road trips
- Conduct athletic department meetings at the beginning of the school year, at mid-term, and at the end of the school year
- Evaluate all eligibility documents for each sport and upload per LHSAA compliance requirements, including:
- Birth certificate
- Current physical
- Athletic participation form signed by parent or legal guardian
- Valid student insurance
- Student/athletes last year report card and first semester report card
- Student/athletes current class schedule
- Current records of CECP (Coaches Education Certification Program) coaches
- Accurate records of coaches' CDL certifications
- Compile a school directory with coaches' contact information and an emergency contact
- Promote middle school athletes to attend the high schools
- Work with the Parish Athletic Director to schedule annual physicals
- Submit copies of all eligibility rosters to the Parish Athletic Director
- Ensure all documents are in a secure location
- Participate in professional development through workshops, literature, clinics, and seminars
- Adhere to Parish requirements for promptly reporting rosters, schedules, scores, eligibility, or documentation of incidents or injuries
- Cooperate, communicate, and work with the parish athletic director and administrator in charge of athletics
