Athletic Director - Western Albemarle High School - 2024-25 School Year
Albemarle County School
- Charlottesville, VA
- $83,740-100,500 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Strong instructional support and mentoring from our central office administrators, school principals, instructional coaches, learning technology integrators, diversity resource teachers, and equity specialists.
- A wide range of professional development opportunities and many other learning experiences for new and experienced educators
- Frequent opportunities to meet and collaborate with other school principals to problem-solve and share data on proven best practices;
- Competitive pay and benefits, including health & dental coverage, retirement, flexible spending accounts, paid time off, our wellness program, discounts on gym memberships, and more.
- The ability to work in a close-knit, supportive community where you can continue to grow as a professional.
Essential functions include, but are not limited to the following: * Responsible for the supervision of all interscholastic programs, including cheerleading, which are offered at the high school;
- Create an atmosphere of exemplary sportsmanship and respect;
- Provide for the efficient handling of all athletic funds with such safeguards as annual budgets, audits and proper bookkeeping;
- Obtain bids and purchase all athletic equipment;
- Supervise ticket sales, part-time workers, officials, security personnel, and financial expenses for all home contests;
- Requisite stipends for coaches, sponsor(s) and support personnel;
- Insist on adequate safety provisions in all sport for both participants and spectators and provide a periodic check of all facilities for safety and suitability;
- Provide adequate facilities for visiting teams and officials;
- Responsible for maintenance of the buildings and grounds in athletic areas;
- Develop effective relations with outside groups, such as Booster Associations and others, and be the liaison between those associations and the school;
- Represent the school at athletic meetings (VHSL, District, Regional, State and athletic conferences and workshops);
- Review the Master Eligibility List (MEL's) of all interscholastic programs to compliance with VHSL eligibility;
- Arrange all varsity, junior varsity and 9th grade schedules, district and non-district, for all sports; indicate and publicize dates, site and time of contests and reschedule as needed if cancellations occur;
- Responsible for hosting tournament play through District level competition;
- Coordinate practice facilities and establish reasonable limits for practice time;
- Make necessary arrangements for transporting participants to scheduled athletic events;
- Maintain a systematic inventory and accounting of equipment for all sports;
- Establish school rules and regulations governing athletic contests in cooperation with the principal and coaching staff members;
- Work cooperatively with the principal to insure that the coaches of all interscholastic teams know their described duties and responsibilities;
- Assist the principal in recruiting and staff athletic personnel;
- Insist upon implicit compliance with all rules and regulations of the school, VHSL, District and Region;
- Provide staff meetings on a regular basis to review school policies and procedures;
- Responsible for evaluating coaches;
- Assist the principal with the periodic evaluation of the school's athletic program, facilities and individual coach's performance;
- Insist that the successful program be judged on the merits it offers for participant values: being a member of a team, discipline, cooperation, responsibility and good sportsmanship;
- Monitor distribution of keys to athletic areas;
- Provide opportunities for parents to have a clear understanding of athletic policies and procedures (Seasonal Parent Athletic Information meeting, Athletic Student Athlete Handbooks, Newsletter, etc);
- Insist that all athletes, including cheerleaders, guide other students in exemplifying high standards of good sportsmanship and conduct;
- Provide sanctioned awards to coaches and participants;
- Work with custodial staff to provide for the appropriate coverage for all events scheduled in the school;
- Coordinate and supervise fund-raising activities for athletic teams;
- Establish a positive means of communicating to parents in the event of game/practice cancellations, rescheduled dates, expected return times from road trips and other upcoming events;
- Assure that each head coach provides proper award presentation program for his/her team;
- Supervise and evaluate the Athletic Dept. Secretary;
- Assist the principal with special assignments;
- Performs other duties as needed.