Director of K-12 Athletics and Student Activities
Director of K-12 Athletics and Student Activities
Job ID
917237
Location
Athletics/Student Sv
Full/Part Time
Full-Time
Regular/Temporary
Regular
POSTING CLOSE DATE
🏅 Now Hiring: Director of K-12 Athletics and Student Activities, JOB ID# 917237 🏅
Are you a visionary leader passionate about the power of sports and student engagement?
We're looking for a dynamic, strategic, and student-centered leader to elevate our District’s comprehensive athletic programs and student activity initiatives. This is your opportunity to make a lasting impact by shaping experiences that go beyond the classroom—fostering student growth, achievement, and a culture of excellence.
🌟 What You'll Do:
- Lead and inspire a district-wide vision for athletics and activities
- Align vision with the D11 Roadmap to Excellence to promote student development and engagement
- Build a culture of sportsmanship and competitive spirit
- Collaborate with school leaders, families, and community partners in building strong athletic programming.
💡 If you believe in the power of sports and the positive impact it has on students’ lives—and have the skills to turn vision into action—we want to hear from you!
📣 Apply today and help us build the future of student success, one game, goal, and great experience at a time. Go to d11.org/tm and click "Apply Now" to apply today! JOB ID# 917237
This posting will close once filled.
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
A complete application should include the following:
( **Current D11 Staff require Resume, Cover Letter and Principal/Admin License unless already in Principal/Admin role**)
- A Completed D11 Online Application Submission
- Cover Letter
- Professional Resume. Please ensure that your resume includes both months and years for ALL certified work experience over the last 15 years. These dates will only be reviewed once for your salary offer.
- Three Letters of Recommendation (2 supervisory, 1 collegial)
- Official Transcripts (undergraduate and graduate)
- Eligibility for (a copy of) a valid Colorado Licensure (if applicable). Please ensure this is a legible document.
To upload documents into your application, follow link for directions https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1693230217/d11org/dc7hxx3un0l6r2jmh12m/FAQ_Updated2219.pdf.
Any uploaded documents will carry over to future applications in D11.
Our Talent Management Compensation Team uses the transcripts, resume, and applications to determine where the applicant is placed on the salary schedule, so please make sure your application is complete.
Compensation uses these to ensure equity within our salary setting processes and to compare the candidate’s years of experience and education to the requirements of the job description. Compensable factors are inclusive of education and work experience.
Factors for determining pay at the minimum value of the pay range
Job descriptions define the minimum requirements the applicant must meet to be eligible for the job. Applicants that do not meet the minimum requirements should not be considered as potential candidates. Salaries for applicants that meet the minimum requirements of the job will be set at the minimum of the pay range for the job.
NOTE:
- *Lanes for Teachers are determined by the transcripts provided.
- Grades for ESP’s and Exec Pro’s are determined by the Salary Schedule by Job Title
- *Steps for all are determined by their experience listed on the application and resume.
Factors for determining pay above the minimum value of the pay range
Teachers receive a maximum of 14 years’ experience (and experience must be within the last 15 years). Years of experience are reviewed on the application and resume. Please view “How Your Compensation is Determined” resource for further details.
Educational Support Professionals and Exec Pro’s are placed on the appropriate step according to their experience. Please view the “How Your Compensation is Determined” resource.
JOB DESCRIPTION
SUMMARY OF FUNCTION
The position is responsible for the visionary leadership, strategic direction, and oversight of the District's comprehensive athletic programs and Student Activity initiatives. This role includes aligning athletic objectives with the District’s broader educational goals, ensuring that all programs foster student development, engagement, and achievement.
Key responsibilities include:
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Leadership & Strategic Oversight: Provide leadership to school and district administrators, staff, and stakeholders to develop and sustain effective athletic and student activity programs, ensuring they align with district-wide educational outcomes. Champion the creation and maintenance of a motivating environment that fosters a culture of athletic excellence, personal growth, and sportsmanship at all grade levels.
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Program Development & Culture Building: Guide the recruitment, training, and ongoing professional development of athletic staff, while emphasizing performance standards, ethical behavior, and professionalism. Foster a culture that values sportsmanship, collaboration, and excellence in all aspects of athletic participation.
- Collaboration & Community Engagement: Actively collaborate with school leaders, students, and parents to cultivate strong community partnerships and reinforce the value of extracurricular activities as key components of student development.
By strategically guiding these areas, this role contributes significantly to shaping a well-rounded, dynamic educational experience that enhances student achievement, fosters physical and emotional wellness, and supports lifelong habits of healthy living.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
- Consults systematically with communities, administrators, faculty sponsors of student athletics and students in middle and high schools in order to help each school develop and maintain an effective program of student athletics.
- Develops and administers eligibility standards for student participation, including support systems at each school
- Monitors safety and risk management issues in order to provide proactive solutions
- Develops and communicates guidelines and procedures for MS and HS Athletics programs to ensure compliance with District policy and procedure.
- Develop and facilitate Athletic Director and Coaches training as needed
- Coordinates Elementary and Middle School Sports Challenge (intramural) programs including the cross country season and Ron Hein Track Meet
- Coordinates all activities with middle school and high school principals, building athletic directors and head coaches
- Assist Athletic Directors and Building Administrators in enforcing Athletic Policies and Procedures at the school level
- Assist Athletic Directors and Building Administrators in filling coaching vacancies.
- Responsible for state certification of all non-staff coaches
- Ensures execution of guidelines and procedures with building athletic directors
- Develops and monitors athletic budgets and sets priorities for spending, including internal athletic allocations and maintenance and repair of athletic facilities/equipment
- Approves equipment purchases and monitors expenditures for tournaments and related events.
- Identifies placement for home-school, out of district and private school athletes.
- Organizes and communicates responsibilities to all on-site support personnel including police, announcers, guards, timers etc.
- Represents the district at league and state athletic meetings
- Coordinates state championship athletic contests sponsored by the District in conjunction with the Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA)
- Represents the districts athletic concerns to the Superintendent and Administration of the district
- Creates and maintains partnerships within the community
- Helps ensure Title IX compliance, specifically with regard to the athletic program
OTHER DUTIES
- Performs related duties as assigned
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITY
- Knowledge of Interscholastic athletics programs, including facilities requirements; rules and regulations governing athletics programs and student eligibility requirements
- Experience in analyzing data, and using this data to for process and program improvements and to inform strategy
- Outstanding facilitation and communication skills, including ability to inspire others
- Strong interpersonal, coaching and leadership skills, including the ability to lead a high-performing team
- Ability to plan and direct an effective athletics and student activities programs for the District
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with individuals at all different levels in the organization
- Self-starter/leader who can anticipate department needs in a proactive (versus, reactive) manner
- Ability to develop, plan, and implement short and long-range goals, establish priorities, and organize resources
- Strategic planning and organizational development knowledge and skills
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s Degree in education or related field required
- Master's degree in education or related field preferred
- Requires Colorado Department of Education Professional Principal or Administrator’s License
- Five + years of experience in athletics and/or athletic program administration that includes experience as a head coach
ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
Reports to the Chief of Operations
WORKING CONDITIONS
The work is performed in a typical office environment and at school athletic facilities
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The work is mostly sedentary with periods of light physical activity. Typical positions require workers to walk or stand for long periods; lift and carry up to 20 pounds; climb stairs; bend; reach, hold, grasp and turn objects; and use fingers to operate computer or typewriter keyboards. The work requires the ability to speak normally and to use normal or aided vision and hearing.
FLSA STATUS
Exempt
WORK YEAR
260 days
SALARY RANGE
From: $102,623 to $122,645/year.
260 days/year
1.0 FTE
D11 Salary Grade E12B
Benefit Eligibility
This position is eligible for benefits. Benefits include the following: Medical, Dental, Vision, District Paid Life Insurance, Voluntary Life Insurance, Voluntary Short Term Disability, Voluntary Long-term Disability, Medical Flexible Spending Account, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, and Employee Assistance Program.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
PDF:
Per approval by the Board of Education: All Executive Professional employees shall be allocated $1500 annually towards a Professional Development Fund (PDF). Amount allocated will be prorated based upon date and length of hire. Rules and restrictions of use provided in the Executive Professional Meet and Confer Handbook - ARTICLE 8. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND.
Mileage:
Per annual approval by the Board of Education: Employees shall be reimbursed at the rate established by the Board when a privately owned automobile is required to be used in the performance of official duty. Rules and restrictions of use provided in the Certified Teachers CSEA Master Agreement – Article 10.6 TEACHING CONDITIONS/ASSIGNMENTS and/or the Educational Support Professional Meet and Confer Handbook - 17.4 MILEAGE ALLOWANCE.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
School District 11 is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination in relation to disability, need for special education services (whether actual or perceived), race, creed, color, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, religion, ancestry, age, genetic information, or protected activity in its programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. Any harassment/discrimination of students and/or staff, based on the aforementioned protected areas, will not be tolerated and must be brought to the immediate attention of the school principal, D11 administrator/supervisor or D11 nondiscrimination compliance/grievance coordinator.
NONDISCRIMINATION COMPLIANCE COORDINATOR, the Office of Equal Opportunity Programs and Ombudservices, has been designated to coordinate compliance with: Equal Pay Act of 1963, Civil Rights Act of 1964, as Amended, Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, Title IX – Education Amendments Act of 1972, Section 504 of Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978, and Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. For additional information, please contact the District 11 Office of Equal Opportunity Programs & Ombudservices at 1115 North El Paso Street, Colorado Springs, CO 80903-2599, Phone: 719-520-2288, FAX: 719-520-2442
The following Board policies address nondiscrimination in District 11: AC, AC-R, GBA, GBAA, JBB, JBB-R