Athletic Director ​/ Teacher

What You’ll Do

The Athletic Director/Teacher will be responsible for teaching a subject aligned with their background and experience, along with managing and coordinating the school’s athletic activities and sports programs to promote physical fitness. Some of the responsibilities of this position include:

• Serving as the school’s athletic liaison to the North Carolina High School Athletics Association and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction’s Middle School Athletics department;
• the conferences of which our teams are a part;
• our families, providing them with updates and announcements about our athletic programs and offerings.
• Working as an internal recruiter to get the best coaches and boost participation, as well as training and mentoring our coaches.
• Building up student participation.
• Analyzing and evaluating existing athletic programs and equipment to ensure they serve the best interests of students and school, meet applicable laws and North Carolina Athletics Association regulations, and ensure safety of participants.
• Supervising the school’s athletic facilities, overseeing the scheduling and coordinating of practices and athletic events, and disseminating information as needed regarding the times and locations of athletic events.
• Supervising and coordinating the budget and finances for all athletics-related programming and events.
• Supervising all athletic documentation to remain in compliance.
• The position will work alongside the Assistant Athletic Director for logistical support.
• Teaching classes at the middle or high school level.

• A go-getter that will move mountains to do what is best for our students and team.
• An encourager who knows that with learning comes joy, love and laughter.
• A reflective educator who recognizes the power and potential within all students and strives to provide culturally competent/responsive instruction.
• A life-long learner that continuously strives to better themselves through learning, improvement and hunger for feedback.
• A gritty problem-solver who approaches challenges with smart solutions in mind.
• A finisher who plans backward to meet timelines and manage complex projects, keeping in mind both the big picture and the necessary details.
• A data-driven analyst who reflects and takes swift action based on results.
• A proactive communicator who reaches out to students, families, and teammates.

• All candidates must have a Bachelor’s degree.
• All candidates must have prior experience working with middle school or high school sports as an Athletic Director.
• Digital fluency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Google Suite (Mail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, etc.) and a fundamental knowledge of online systems and platforms.
• Middle or high school athletic coaching experience.

Preferred: Prior experience teaching and working in a low-income community.

Salary is competitive and commensurate based on experience both as an educator and within athletics, with an anticipated range of $61,000-$89,000. Additionally, the school offers a full benefits package. Teachers receive a laptop computer and are provided with classroom technology and software.

The school day for staff is from 7:20 am to 4:15 pm, with one day a week staff being expected to stay until 5:00 pm for professional development. For this role in particular, many events will take place after school hours that the Athletic Director will be required to attend, including regularly attending games and practices that go beyond our school day hours.