Highsteppers, Senior (minimum 12 students)

Cleveland Metropolitan School District; Berlin; On-site; EUR 37,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) is seeking an Athletic Director/Coaching staff for a James Ford Rhodes High School program.

The role involves overseeing student-athlete activities, ensuring compliance with CMSD and OHSAA rules, and coordinating practices, games, and related logistics.

Qualifications

• CPR certification required.
• Pupil-activity (coaching) permit from Ohio Department of Education required.
• Previous successful coaching experience highly preferred.
• Knowledge of technical aspects of the sport/activity and willingness to adopt new techniques.

Responsibilities

• Attend OHSAA Rules Interpretation meeting and related meetings.
• Follow CMSD/OHSAA guidelines and ensure athlete eligibility.
• Attend practices and games and supervise on-site activities.
• Submit rosters, schedules, and transportation needs to Athletic Director on time.
• Distribute and maintain uniforms and equipment.
• Participate in required Athletics Department professional development.
• Upload scores and statistics to CMSD reporting site.
• Ensure program compliance with CMSD policies and procedures.
• Supervise students before and after practices and competitions.
• Communicate effectively with parents, staff, and administrators.

Skills

CPR

Coaching

Education

Diploma/ GED/ Transcripts

Job description

Position Type:

Differential Job Families

Date Posted:

2026-06-15

Location: James Ford Rhodes High School

ABOUT CLEVELAND METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT

The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) is Ohio’s third-largest public school system, serving more than 35,000 students.

CMSD strives to ensure that every child receives a high-quality education, regardless of the provider. To that end, CMSD lets families choose which District schools their children attend, with options that include STEM, the arts, single-gender education, International Baccalaureate, Montessori, and early college.

Our schools have autonomy over human and financial resources in exchange for accountability for performance. The principal has primary responsibility and accountability for establishing their school as a high-quality, high-expectation academic center focusing on personalized instruction, professional support for teachers, and school-wide practices that lead to measurable results.

CMSD ensures that students have access to technology and training to prepare them for the future. The District provides a free laptop or tablet for every student and connects every family that needs internet access. Graduating seniors leave commencement with not only a diploma but also a laptop.

In our pursuit of a more fair, just, and good system of education, we strive to ensure that all of our learners, both scholars and educators, to be challenged with academically and intellectually complex tasks that are worthy of their efforts and provide them opportunities to demonstrate their best work.

BUILDING BRIGHTER FUTURES

The Cleveland Board of Education adopted the Building Brighter Futures (BBF) initiative on December 9, 2025. Building Brighter Futures is a strategic and data-driven plan shaped by more than a year of community engagement, information analysis, and thoughtful deliberation. The goal of this plan is to strengthen enrollment and ensure scholars attend a newer school building that offers more educational opportunities, including algebra in the eighth grade, more sports and extracurricular activities, and college credits and college and career pathways in high school. BBF is ensuring academic excellence so every CMSD scholar can thrive.

THE OPPORTUNITY:

NTRODUCTION: CONTEXT AND MISSION
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District has developed standards of excellence that the district applies to all parts of the organization inclusive of schools, principals, school leadership teams, networks, and central office. Alignment between Standards of Excellence (SoE) and the district’s Theory of Action helps ensure that principals are able to focus on scholar achievement and that central office supports are timely and effective.

Our Vision for Learning in a Post-Pandemic World:
Inour pursuit of a more fair, just, and good system of education, we want each of our learners, both each of our scholars and each of their educators, to be individually and collectively presented with academically / intellectually complex tasks that are worthy of their productive struggle and allow them authentic opportunities to demonstrate their work and their learning of academic content and transferable skills in a joyful and adventurous environment.

THE OPPORTUNITY:

Provides guidance, support,and direction for students participating in Cleveland Metropolitan School District sports programs or other approved student activities.

Responsibilities

Attend OHSAA Rules Interpretation meeting, Pre-/Post Meeting

Understands and follows CMSD/OHSAA guidelines and rules

Attends and arrives promptly to practices and games

Will track, communicate, and complywith student eligibility status

Submit roster, schedule, and transportation needs and other required paperwork to the Athletic Director in a timely manner

Distributes, collects, and cares for uniforms and equipment

Participates in the scheduledprofessional developmentby the Athletics Department

Uploadscores and statistics to the approved CMSD reporting site

Monitors the ongoing program to ensurecompliance with all pertinent Cleveland Metropolitan School District policies and procedures

Attends all required organizational meetings conducted by the Athletics Department

Supervisesstudents before and after practiceand competitions

Communicates effectively with parents, staff, and administrators

Communicates with Central Office of forfeitedgames or seasons for review of payments due to not fulfilling the entire season’sjob duties

Properly supervises students before and after practice and competitions

Uses appropriate language and behavior with parents, coaches, students, and referees

Exhibits self-control and acts as a role model

Maintains clean and organizedteam spaces

Plans and implements an appropriate number of practices and games

Attends and arrives promptly to practices

Coaching Performance

Organizes practices with purposefuldrills and specific objectives

Communicates expectations to athletes in each instructional phase of practice

Demonstratesand teaches sport-specificskills, strategies, and rules

Consistently correctsbehaviors and performance

Motivates and holds athletes accountable in a constructive manner

Implements a trainingand conditioning program in the off-season

Qualifications

• Valid Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certificate is required

This position requires a Pupil-activity (coaching) permit from the Ohio Department of Education. For all individuals who will direct, supervise,or coach a student activity programthat involves athletics, routine or regular physical activity or activities with health and safety considerations.

All athletic directors and the Licensing Department have been provided with proof of securing these certifications. Applicants may contact the Office of Interscholastic Athletics to obtain additional information.

Previous successful coaching experience is highly preferred

Knowledge of the technical aspects of the sport/activity and a willingness to seek out new techniques, aspects,or procedures for the sport/activity

Education:

Diploma, Transcripts, GED

EEOStatement

Webelieve that equity and inclusion at CMSD is an essential call to action, a catalyst to ensure value and appreciation among all our employees, so we may be fair and welcoming now and in the future. CMSD provides equal opportunities for employment, retention and advancement of all personnel by administering all terms and conditions of employment regardless of race, color,ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, sex, disability orgeneticinformation, age, citizenship status, military status, sexual orientation or expression, socio-economic status, title, other dimensions of identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The District’s Policy Prohibiting Discrimination, Discriminatory Harassment, and Sexual Harassment and the District’sTitleIXgrievance procedures, including information on how to report or file a complaint of discrimination, how to report or file a formal complaint of sexual harassment, and how the District will respond, may be accessed on the District’s Civil Rights Notices webpage, available at ClevelandMetroSchools.org/domain/105.The District’sTitleIXCoordinator / Director of Equal Employment Opportunity may be reached at:

1111 Superior Avenue East, Suite 1800

Cleveland, Ohio 44114

(216)-838-0070

[e-mail]

Education

EEO Statement

We believe that equity and inclusion at CMSD is an essential call to action, a catalyst to ensure value and appreciation among all our employees, so we may be fair and welcoming now and in the future. CMSD provides equal opportunities for employment, retention and advancement of all personnel by administering all terms and conditions of employment regardless of race, color,ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, sex, disability orgeneticinformation, age, citizenship status, military status, sexual orientation or expression, socio-economic status, title, other dimensions of identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The District’s Policy Prohibiting Discrimination, Discriminatory Harassment, and Sexual Harassment and the District’sTitleIXgrievance procedures, including information on how to report or file a complaint of discrimination, how to report or file a formal complaint of sexual harassment, and how the District will respond, may be accessed on the District’s Civil Rights Notices webpage, available at ClevelandMetroSchools.org/domain/105. The District’sTitleIXCoordinator / Director of Equal Employment Opportunity may be reached at:

1111 Superior Avenue East, Suite 1800

Cleveland, Ohio 44114

(216)-838-0070

[e-mail]