New Heights Charter School is Massachusetts only public school that involves all grades (6-12) in the Early College approach. Nearly all our 11th and 12th graders are full-time students on a college campus with younger students earning college credits at the school. You will join a committed, creative team of educators who provide academic and social-emotional support to young people coming from high-need backgrounds ensuring they are college and career ready. We support our staff with a wide array of professional development opportunities and coaching.

As a member of the Academic Leadership Team, will take a lead role in the development and fine tuning of our curriculum, instructional protocols and procedures, observations and evaluations, school policies, and enrichment activities. At New Heights, we respect and honor all community members, their diverse backgrounds, knowledge, and experiences.

Under direct supervision of the Principal, the Athletic Director is responsible for coordinating, organizing, staffing, and scheduling all interscholastic athletic events and related activities for the school. Under the direction of the Principal (and the designated District Athletic Coordinator), he/she plans, coordinates, implements, and evaluates the athletic program at the middle and school level in conformance with the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association [MIAA].

**Early College Focus**
- Demonstrates alignment and commitment to NHCSBS Early College mission, core beliefs, and educational philosophy
- Adaptable, flexible, and solutions-oriented
- Evidence of self-motivation, taking initiatives, and willingness to be a team leader and a team player
- Experience in schools that rely heavily on intervention, literacy, and content knowledge as a means to dramatically increase student achievement
- Driven to deliver rigorous, high-quality, standards-based instruction by emphasizing student engagement with complex texts, critical thinking, and comprehensive literary analysis
- Exhibits a laser focus on analyzing student work and student data, coupled with a deep commitment to data-driven decision making
- Quantifiable track record of outstanding academic results
- Unwavering commitment to feedback, improvement, and practice
- Culturally-aware, culturally-sensitive, and culturally-responsive. ,thinking

**Competencies**
We seek to build a high-performing 6-12 school and will need a leader that 100% commits themselves to the mission, doing whatever it takes to urgently and excitingly get the work done to improve student achievement. We need a leader that is extremely inspiring and has a strong radar for excellence in all aspects of their work; desiring to address the big and small challenges that will make the largest impact. This leader must be willing to engage in difficult conversations in a respectful and professional manner while building the investment and shared school culture of highly effective teams. Furthermore, this leader is joyful, humble, open to feedback and nurturing to the needs of all they are leading. This leader is also confident and assured that they have the mentorship and support of their evaluator, the Principal.

**Essential Duties**:

- Assist in the hiring and clearing process of coaches. Require pre-season and postseason meetings with coaches.
- Assure that coaches and players adhere to the MIAA. and site athletic by-laws.
- Verify that all athletes are medically cleared, have insurance, have been released byparents, and have signed the Athletic and School Code Of Conduct form.
- Previous experience in leadership, coaching, and teambuilding skills to strengthen and cultivate relationships.
- Schedule all competitions.
- Provide and organize transportation for all away competition.
- Provide and organize officials for all home competition.
- Provide supervision for home competition.
- Keep records of all awards/letters issued.
- Verify that all athletes are academically eligible to compete.
- Purchase all equipment and uniforms.
- Provide adequate practice and playing facilities.
- Respond to all parent concerns and calls and notify site administrator of concerns.
- Be the District Advisor to the Athletic Booster club.
- Troubleshoot the day-to-day operation of the athletic program.
- Ensure that each varsity coach maintains an accurate inventory of equipment and materials, and file such an inventory with the Principal at the conclusion of each season.
- Responsible for the development of a schedule of varsity and junior varsity and intramural events, and in the absence of the coach prepares a schedule.
- Responsible for securing officials for all home events.
- Responsible for the orientation of all coaches regarding site and district policies, procedures and expectations, and ensures that all coaches comply with MIAA rules and procedures.
- Works closely with the coaches and the school nurse to schedule athletic physicals andprocesses necessary forms.
- Serves as a liaison