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SY 25-26 Athletic Coordinator
KIPP Columbus
Columbus (OH)
On-site
USD 45,000 - 65,000
Full time
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Job summary
A leading educational organization in Columbus is looking for an Athletic Coordinator to manage and enhance its K-12 athletic programs. This role involves coordinating schedules, supervising games, and promoting health and wellness initiatives within the school community, ensuring compliance with required regulations. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication and leadership skills, along with a commitment to fostering inclusive extracurricular programming.
Qualifications
- Demonstrated ability to organize and implement programs.
- Minimum of three years of teaching/coaching experience.
- Experience working with underserved communities, families, and/or students.
Responsibilities
- Coordinates the athletic program and supports all coaches.
- Schedules athletic contests, supervises games, and manages logistics.
- Promotes campus-wide health and wellness programs.
Skills
Education
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Company Description
Company Description
KIPP, the Knowledge Is Power Program, is a national network of free, open enrollment, college preparatory public schools dedicated to preparing students in underserved communities for success in college and life. There are 285 KIPP schools across the nation and the District of Columbia, serving more than 175,000 students and alumni with more than 15,000 educators.
Founded in 2008 with 50 students in 5th grade, KIPP Columbus currently educates 2,000 students in grades Kindergarten through twelfth. With a mission to, together with families and the community, create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose -- college, career, and beyond -- KIPP has maintained excellence in its growth, and will improve upon that standard – proving what is possible in public education.
KIPP Columbus continues to rank as one of the top schools for academic growth of any school in the state of Ohio, and is a top performing urban school in the state for academic growth. In our first three graduating classes (in spring 2020, 2021, and 2022) 100% of students were accepted to college and/or military service with nearly $40 million in merit scholarships from colleges and universities awarded.
In addition to academic excellence, KIPP Columbus also partners with nearly 100 community organizations to provide extracurricular activities, programming, health and wellness services, meals, and more to KIPP students, families, and the broader community. KIPP is also a member of the Ohio High School Athletic Association, offering more than 10 varsity sports.
The KIPP Columbus learning campus will continue to advance student learning, expand partnerships, enable superior programming, and serve as a teaching and leadership lab for schools nationwide, reimagining education through a deeper lens of antiracism, excellence, and joy as we expand to educate nearly 4,000 students on our learning campus in the coming years.
Interested in learning more about our school? Please check out our website: https://www.kippcolumbus.org/
The Opportunity
The Athletic Coordinator helps to coordinate all of our athletics and enrichment programming for Grades K–12. The Athletic Coordinator supports, develops, and maintains our overall extracurricular and athletic program for Grades K– 12. The Athletic Coordinator assists in managing all game and schedule logistics, assists in ensuring OHSAA compliance, assists in monitoring student eligibility and coaching licensure for each specific activity.
The Athletic Coordinator will also support campus-wide wellness and enrichment programming during and after school. This includes coordinating health and wellness programming, after school programs, summer camps and extension activities, and community partnerships. The ideal Athletics Coordinator will be a strong communicator, be able to develop relationships with coaches, students, families, and external partners quickly and in difficult situations, and manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
Our campus has a variety of athletic and wellness facilities including:
- KIPP Columbus Athletic and Wellness Complex is a state of the art facility on the KIPP Columbus campus. It can host a variety of sporting and community events.
- It features a lighted artificial turf field capable of hosting interscholastic football and soccer and an eight lane, regulation 400 meter track.
- Includes home and visitor locker rooms, concession stand, restroom facilities, training room, regulation size practice field, and coaches office.
- Two regulation sized gymnasiums seating 250 and 600 respectively for basketball and volleyball.
- An urban, outdoor cross country course featuring a mile loop and connection to the track.
- An outdoor basketball court for recreation, intramurals, and physical education classes.
Duties and Responsibilities
Athletics Program Support
Coordinates the athletic program in collaboration with coaches to ascertain programmatic needs on an annual basis, as well as prior to each season to ensure consistency of program.
Supports all coaches.
Schedules all athletic contests, issues contracts for the contest, and maintains the proper and necessary records for a specific school.
Supervises athletic contests and acts as the host to officials and visiting schools.
Oversees the supervision of contest employees and volunteers who work the athletic contest. Arranges for volunteers to supervise contests as needed.
Supports and develops clubs, camps, clinics, and programming opportunities for students in Kindergarten through 12th grade to engage in healthy lifestyles and gain exposure to extracurricular activities.
Health and Wellness Programming
Coordinates and supports programming and experiences at the Athletics and Wellness complex.
Promotes campus-wide programs and campaigns around healthy living, nutrition, and habits.
Budget Management and Development
Orders equipment as needed and maintains a current inventory of all athletic equipment.
Serves as liaison to athletic booster groups and coordinates, with the coaches, the support group for specific athletic programs.
Compliance
Deeply understands all Board, OHSAA, league policies and federal laws.
Advises and ensures all coaches and support staff conform with Board, OHSAA, league policies and regulations and with state and federal laws.
Verifies all athletic eligibility lists for a specific school.
Ensures all coaches have successfully completed required in-service programs.
General
Serves as a member of KIPP Columbus's staff, including accompanying students on field trips, and doing whatever it takes for our students and teachers to be successful
Participates in staff meetings, professional development, as appropriate
Performs other duties as assigned by the Director of Athletics and Extracurricular Activities or School Leader.
Qualifications
Qualities
- The ideal candidate will possess a strong set of leadership and character strengths, including:
- Integrity—Does not take shortcuts. Earns trust and maintains confidentiality . Speaks plainly and truthfully.
- Follow through—Lives up to verbal and written agreements, regardless of personal cost.
- Listening—Lets others speak and seeks to understand their viewpoints.
- Proactivity—Acts without being told what to do. Brings new ideas to problems.
- Efficiency—Able to produce significant output with minimal wasted effort.
The following are required of all applicants:
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Demonstrated ability to organize and implement programs
- Experience working with underserved communities, families and/or students
- Excellent organizational and communication skills
- Friendly and able to work well with others in a fast-paced environment
- Minimum of three years of teaching/coaching experience
- Prior administrative experience preferred
- Computer literacy, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and Google Suite
- Experience working with Arbiter and ArbiterPay preferred
Compensation and Benefits
KIPP Columbus offers a stipend for this position.
Statement of Non-Disclosure
KIPP Columbus is committed to a policy of equal treatment for all individuals applying to the school for consideration of any position (admission, employment, etc.). KIPP Columbus does not discriminate on the basis of disability, gender, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic that is contained in the definition of hate crimes set forth in Section 4112.02 of the Ohio Revised Code.
- Seniority levelNot Applicable
- Employment typeFull-time
- Job functionEducation
- IndustriesPrimary and Secondary Education
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