Special Teacher-Orientation & Mobility Specialist

Position Summary:
The Director of Transportation is responsible for managing district-wide transportation. The Director of Transportation is responsible for supervising assigned employees in the Operations Professional Employees non-union group as well as indirectly supervising Education Support Professionals union employees through other Transportation Department leaders. The Director of Transportation is the main liaison between the District and the key contracted transportation providers. The Director of Transportation is responsible for the department’s short and long-term operational and financial goals consistent with the District’s strategic plan.

Responsibilities:

1. Directs the work of the Transportation Department. Through department managers and contractors, the Director assigns workload to be completed by other employees and service providers. Makes decisions about which contractors, suppliers, and other vendors will be used for Transportation-related work within the District. Follows established procedures, policies, and Statutes for purchasing. Works directly with the Purchasing Department to develop requests for proposals, quotes, and bids.

2. Makes important decisions within the scope of the Director’s responsibility and budget authority within the Transportation Department. Receives approval from other supervision like the Chief Administrative Officer, Superintendent, or School Board when a decision is above the assigned level of responsibility. Solicits input and feedback in a collaborative manner from other leaders like Directors and Principals when making important or strategic decisions that have district-wide impact.

3. Supervises staff within the Transportation Department. Supervision includes hiring, training, evaluating, and disciplining staff. Holds contracted service providers to the terms and conditions of their contracts.

4.Recommends, revises, and interprets School Board policies and administrative procedures. Supports the district when change is needed to budgets, bell times, boundaries, and routing.

5. Maintains accountability to the approved budget for the Transportation Department.

6. Performs other duties as assigned in the Transportation Department. The Director may have responsibilities from time-to-time outside of the normally scheduled hours when emergencies or inclement situations arise.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Coordinate school athletic programs:

• Supervise in the selection and development and dismissal of coaches, directors, advisors.
  Monitor staffing needs in each activity.
• Coordinate interview team and make recommendations to principals regarding employment and dismissal of coaches, directors, or advisors.
• Observe and mentor coaches, directors, and advisors as needed to affect best performance.
• Conduct pre-season mandatory head coach meetings.
• Conduct post season head coach/directors evaluation and make employment recommendations.
• Develops initiatives for alternative funding sources and marketing opportunities.
• Serves as the building liaison to the Century High School Booster Club.
• Meets Collaboratively and on a regular basis with the other District High School Activity Directors and principals in order to provide fair and equitable programming across all three high schools.
• Maintain communication with parents, coaches, advisors, and administration relative to the high school activity program.
• Communicate to the administration needs and problems of the activity program and submit recommendations relative to the program.
• Inform coaches, directors, and advisors of registration and eligibility procedures for student participants.
• Inform coaches, directors, and advisors of required rules interpretation meetings.
• Maintain open lines of communication with parents and address complaints.

Scheduling of Fine Arts and athletic teams, transportation, and officials:

• Supervise scheduling of practices and facility usage.
• Supervise transportation arrangements.
• Schedule officials and judges.
• Supervise auditorium usage.
• Supervise coordination of facility use with Community Education.

Game and Program Management:

• Responsible for supervision of all 9-12 co-curricular programs.
• Supervise workers schedule for all home events, including but not limited to, site managers, crowd supervision, officials, judges, press box, ticket sellers, ticket takers, P.A. person, scorer, timer, and sideline crew.
• Work with directors of bands, cheerleaders, and dance lines in coordinating their activity.
• Coordinate with Buildings and Grounds Department on preparation and maintenance of playing/practice fields, auditoriums, and other performance areas.
• Coordinate with the head custodian and Building and Grounds Supervisor to ensure all facilities are prepared for games, events, and performances.
• Supervise collection, deposit, and accounts of gate receipts and season tickets.
• Coordinate and supervise home or as needed away events.
• Establish tournament expense budget and supervise housing, food, and transportation arrangements.

School-Parent-Community Relations and Awards:

• Collaborate with media and Director of Communications on students and staff of co-curricular activities.
• Maintain Century athletics website.
• Collaborate with community groups in best interest of student activities.
• Supervise preparation of athletic, fine art, and student activity awards, records, and recognition.
• Conduct fall, winter, and spring parent/athlete/coach meetings.

Records:

• Supervise all purchases.
• Supervise all budget transactions according to district policy and procedures.
  Coaching clinics.
• Supervise all results, conference standings, coaches, captains in all varsity activities.
• Supervise activity budget.
• Supervise all awards earned by students.

Additional duties and Responsibilities:

• Reports to and is accountable to the High School Principal.
• Consults, recommends, and advises building principals regarding activities.
• Supervisor of building Activities, coaches and advisors, and event staff.