Cannon County Middle School-Athletic Director - Preferred Current Staff - Part-time Stipend Position

JOB SUMMARY:
Oversee and help implement policies as regulated by the Tennessee Middle School Athletic
Association County Athletic Handbook and School Administration. The athletic director will
need to communicate with coaches to ensure school county and state policies are being
followed. Will be required to be at all home games or have a school administrator there in your
place. Must coordinate scheduling with coaches opponents and the school calendar to ensure
dates do not overlap as much as possible. Will need to make sure all athletes are meeting
qualifications (grades conduct and cooperation with faculty) in order to play each sport as
well as meet with and redirect students efforts for those who are not passing classes. The
athletic director will need to ensure that teams have the resources they need for fundraising
equipment and student and team requirements as stated in the Cannon County Athletic
Handbook and the TMSAA Handbook.
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Shall hold a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education Sports Management or related field.
2. A minimum of three 3 years of coaching experience or evidence of experience with school
athletics.
3. Teaching experience preferred.
4. Organizational skills.
5. Communication skills.
6. Proficient in the use of technology.

REPORTS TO: Middle School Principal and Director of Schools

FLSA STATUS: EXEMPT
Exempt: Employees primarily performing work that is not subject to overtime provisions of the
Fair Labor Standards Act. Overtime pay is not required by FLSA for exempt employees;

SEE: Middle School Coaches Assistant Coaches and Student Athletes
JOB GOAL: The Athletic Director plans coordinates implements supervises and evaluates
all aspects of the Cannon County Middle School athletic program.
SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITY:
On game days it is important that the athletic director make sure the functions are
running smoothly so that the coaches may coach and that the players/parents can enjoy
the event.
During the school day the athletic director will need to communicate with
teachers/administration based on the need for help handle athlete issues with grades and
behavior and administer punishments based on school policy and the Cannon County
Athletic Handbook.
Must work with Cannon County High School Athletic Director in order to make sure
shared spaces are well managed and taken care of also ensuring that fields/arenas are
available.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
In conjunction with the school principal the school athletic director will be responsible for:
1. Help with hiring and oversight of all coaches.
2. Insuring coaches are properly registered and compliant with required certifications and
training.
3. Oversee the NonFaculty Staff application process.
4. Ensure player eligibility.
5. Ensure that all student participants have completed and submitted the required forms for
participation.
6. Ensure that all students meet eligibility requirements and schedule tutoring and/or
Instructional Focus time.
7. Oversee the process that allows Home School student participation.
8. Assist coaches in scheduling and managing facilities.
9. Assign extracurricular supplements.
10. Ensuring that each activity has an Emergency Action Plan in place for practice and
games.
11. Oversee all game management.
12. Assisting coaches in acquiring and maintaining necessary equipment.
13. Serve as liaison between school and booster clubs.
14. Monitor facilities for safety compliance.
15. Regularly inform coaches of rules and regulations set forth by the TSSAA/TMSAA
CCS and state law.

16. Assist coaches in securing game officials.
17. In conjunction with the school bookkeeper oversee coaches in matters concerning
funding including fundraising building maintenance facilities usage fees individual
sport player fees
18. Be familiar with the CCHS Athletic Handbook and TSSAA Athletic Guidelines and
guide coaches to compliance with all included in those documents.

TEMPERAMENT (Personal Traits):
1. Adaptability to performing a variety of duties often changing from one task to another of a
different nature without loss of efficiency or composure.
2. Adaptability to accepting responsibility for the direction control or planning of an activity.
3. Adaptability to dealing with people.
4. Adaptability to making generalizations evaluations or decisions based on sensory or
judgmental criteria.
CAPACITY AND ABILITY REQUIREMENTS:
Specific capacities and abilities may be required of an individual in order to learn or perform
adequately a task or job duty.
Intelligence: The ability to understand instructions and underlying principles; the ability
to reason and make judgments.
Verbal: The ability to understand the meanings of words and the ideas associated with
them.
Numerical: The ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately.
Data Perception: The ability to understand and interpret information presented in the
forms of graphs charts or tables.
Spatial: The ability to comprehend forms in space and understand relationships of plane
and solid objects.
Manual Dexterity: The ability to move the hands easily and manipulate small objects
with the fingers rapidly and accurately.
Color Discrimination: The ability to perceive or recognize similarities or differences in
colors or shades or other values of the same color.
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: 200 Days
SALARY: Athletic Directors Supplement Annual; General Purpose School Budget line:
.
EVALUATION: Cannon County Middle School Principal
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
This job may require lifting or carrying objects that exceed fifty 50 pounds with frequent
lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to twentyfive 25 pounds. Other physical

demands that may be required are as follows: pushing and/or pulling stooping and/or kneeling
reaching and/or handling talking hearing seeing and climbing.
WORK CONDITIONS: Normal working environment.
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS: The above statements are intended to describe the general
nature and level of work being performed by the person assigned to this position. They are not
intended to be a complete list of responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so
assigned. The Cannon County Middle School Athletic Director is in daily contact with coaches
assistant coaches teachers students administration the general public and other workrelated
personnel. The ability to handle complaints express a serviceoriented attitude communicate
effectively with others and work with limited supervision is vital.

NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY
The Cannon County Board of Education does not discriminate because of age race color
gender national origin disability religion genetics creed or veteran status in the provision of
services programs or activities or in employment opportunities or benefits. The Cannon
County School System is an Equal Opportunity Employer and member of TN DrugFree
Workplace. Employees or applicants who need reasonable accommodations should contact
Human Resources for assistance.
PRIMARY LOCATION: Cannon County Middle School and Other Athletic venues
throughout Middle Tennessee.
SHIFT TYPE: FullTime

Required Experience:

Director