Job Title
Student Activities Director - AD (2024-2025 SY)
Location
Henrico, VA, US
Organization Name
HCPS - Tucker High School
About Us
Henrico County Public Schools is the sixth-largest public school division in Virginia. The division serves more than 50,000 students in its 72 schools and program centers. Our nearly 7,000 full-time employees include 3,800 teachers. Students and parents speak more than 85 languages and represent more than 100 countries. Academic excellence, innovation, and opportunity are hallmarks of Henrico County Public Schools. The division led the Richmond region in schools earning the 2017 Virginia Index of Performance awards for advanced learning and achievement. HCPS also leads central Virginia in teachers certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, the profession's highest mark of accomplishment.
Henrico County, Virginia, is a diverse community of more than 320,000 which wraps west, north, and east of the independent city and state capital of Richmond. We are 104 miles from the Atlantic Ocean; 94 miles east of the scenic Skyline Drive and 106 miles south of Washington, D.C. The Richmond area is 75 miles north of the North Carolina border.
Our Mission: Henrico County Public Schools, an innovative leader in educational excellence, will actively engage our students in diverse educational, social, and civic learning experiences that inspire and empower them to become contributing citizens.
General Statement of Duties
The primary function of this assignment is to coordinate, supervise and support the 30-plus athletic programs and extracurricular student activities at the high school level. This includes the management of the school’s athletic budget, the hiring and supervising of coaches and sponsors, and the maintenance of the school’s athletic fields and sports equipment.
Additional responsibilities include the management of the school’s athletic and extra-curricular programs in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Virginia High School League (VHSL) and HCPS employee and student policies and regulations.
Essential Duties
- Directs and oversees the planning, development, and implementation of student athletic and academic programs at the school-site.
- Assists coaches and sponsors in the planning and scheduling of sports and academic programs and events.
- Oversees the development and printing of student handbooks, programs, and schedules relative to student activities.
- Cooperates with the principal to organize and administer the school’s overall sports and academic programs.
- Maintains a calendar of all student activities and building use.
- Maintains, manages, and oversees fund-raising activities; compiles fund-raising activities into an approved format to be forwarded to the building principal for approval.
- Supervises and participates in preparation for events, including preparation of facilities, securing of necessary temporary personnel (ex. concession workers, police, ticket sellers, light crews), preparation for crowd control, and arrangement for cleanup after events.
- Arranges for transportation for all student activities, including athletics; coordinates arrangements for lodging and meals as needed.
- Responsible for the review and approval of sports uniforms and athletic equipment in accordance with the district’s financial policies and guidelines.
- Maintains and supports the up keep of the school’s sports facilities, to include the fields, grounds, locker rooms, and equipment.
- Represents the school at regional and state VHSL meeting and conference.
- Supports and coordinates the school and community booster clubs.
- Maintains the academic eligibility list for student athletes and club/activity members
- Interviews and recommends candidates to the principal for coaching and club sponsor vacancies.
- Works with primary feeder middle schools to disseminate information and to coordinate the transition of students participating in extra-curricular activities from middle school to high school.
- Serves as a member of the School Safety Committee and makes recommendations related to safety issues.
- Performs other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications
Post-graduate teaching license not required but preferred; experience as a secondary teacher preferred, some of which included coaching or directing non-athletic activities. Leadership qualities and personal characteristics necessary to work effectively with athletes, coaches, students, school administrators, staff, parents, and are community required.
Additional Information
This is a 239-day or 11-month assignment. * The salary amounts presented below are based on the 2023- 2024 financial plan. Compensation rates for the coming school year are under review and will be released once the 2024-2025 school year financial plan is approved and adopted by the HCPS School Board.
- Minimum annual starting salary: $77,107.12*
(Applicants selected for interviews will be contacted by the school.)
How To Apply
To be considered for this vacancy, you should upload three (3) written references, your college transcripts (unofficial copies will suffice at this point), and a copy of your teaching license onto our online application platform located at henricoschools.us/careers/.
Henrico County Public Schools
Department of Human Resources
P. O. Box 23120
3820 Nine Mile Road
Henrico, VA 23223
Fax: (804) 652-3763
The School Board of Henrico County is committed to nondiscrimination with regard to sex (including pregnancy), gender, race, color, national origin, disability, religion, ancestry, age, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law (except where such is a bona fide occupational qualification), in employment or in its programs and activities.
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Currency
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Main Organization
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Employment Status
Permanent Fulltime
Permanent Full-time
Amount of Travel
Work At Home