DIRECTOR OF PATHWAYS, ATHLETICS, AND ACTIVITIES

NOTICE OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

The Elma School District is accepting applications for the following certificated position:

2026-2027
Elma High School
DIRECTOR OF PATHWAYS, ATHLETICS, AND ACTIVITIES

Date Posted: 05-22-2026-2026

Closing Date: 05-31-2026 or until filled

EAA Salary Schedule Rate Range:

• $141,902.87 - $158,263.95 (2025-2026)
• Will be updated per EAA CBA Salary Schedule 2026-2027

Benefits:

• Twelve (12) Days Sick Leave per school year
• Two (2) Personal Leave Days with pay per year
• Washington State Department of Retirement Systems (DRS)
• DCP - Deferred Compensation Program
• Washington Paid Family Medical Leave
• Medical; Dental; Vision; Basic Life; AD&D; LTD Insurance; FSA and DCAP, VEBA
• Travel Stipend
• Cell Phone Stipend

Purpose Statement:

Elma School District is seeking a dynamic, student-centered, and systems-minded leader to serve as a hybrid Career and Technical Education Director / Athletic Director. This position provides leadership for two highly visible and community-connected areas of the district: Career and Technical Education and interscholastic athletics.

The successful candidate will bring direct experience as a CTE teacher and meaningful experience in athletics, including coaching, athletic program leadership, event supervision, or related school-based athletic administration. This position requires a leader who understands the role of CTE and athletics in building student belonging, discipline, career readiness, teamwork, leadership, and postsecondary opportunity.

The CTE Director / Athletic Director will support high-quality CTE programming, industry and postsecondary partnerships, student leadership organizations, athletic programming, coach supervision, student eligibility, WIAA compliance, event operations, and community engagement.

Required Qualifications

Candidates must meet the following minimum qualifications:

• Valid Washington State educator certificate, or ability to obtain appropriate Washington certification.
• Prior successful work experience as a Career and Technical Education teacher.
• Prior successful experience in athletics, such as coaching, athletic leadership, athletic program coordination, or related school-based athletics experience.
• Must hold, or be eligible to enroll in, a Washington State CTE Director Certification Program.
• Knowledge of, or ability to rapidly develop working knowledge of, Washington State CTE requirements, OSPI procedures, and CTE program approval expectations.
• Knowledge of Washington interscholastic athletics, including WIAA policies, student eligibility, sportsmanship expectations, coach requirements, and athletic program operations. WIAA maintains the current Washington handbook and eligibility resources for member schools.
• Ability to pass required background checks and meet district employment requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with students, families, staff, coaches, administrators, industry partners, community members, and external agencies.
• Demonstrated integrity, professionalism, confidentiality, sound judgment, and ability to work under pressure and deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications

The district prefers candidates who also demonstrate:

• Washington State CTE Director certification already completed or in progress.
• Administrative credential, principal/program administrator certification, or leadership experience in a school or district setting.
• Experience supervising or evaluating staff.
• Experience managing budgets, facilities, equipment, transportation, schedules, and compliance systems.
• Experience developing or strengthening CTE pathways aligned to labor market demand, industry standards, dual credit, work-based learning, apprenticeships, or postsecondary transitions.
• Experience working with booster groups, community partners, employers, civic organizations, and postsecondary institutions.
• Knowledge of rural school systems and the role schools play in community identity and opportunity.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The CTE Director portion of the position will:

• Administer, monitor, and strengthen the district’s CTE programs in alignment with OSPI requirements, state and federal expectations, district goals, and local workforce needs.
• Collaborate with building administrators, CTE teachers, counselors, industry partners, postsecondary partners, and district leaders to ensure high-quality CTE curriculum, instruction, and student supports.
• Support CTE teachers with instructional leadership, program improvement, curriculum alignment, pathway development, and student leadership organization expectations.
• Monitor CTE budgets, grants, equipment needs, safety requirements, program approvals, and resource allocation.
• Ensure CTE facilities, labs, shops, and equipment are safe, well-maintained, welcoming to students, and aligned to appropriate industry standards.
• Strengthen partnerships with employers, labor, postsecondary institutions, workforce organizations, and community partners.
• Support the development of coherent CTE pathways that connect coursework, leadership opportunities, work-based learning, dual credit, industry credentials, and postsecondary or career transitions.
• Maintain current knowledge of Washington CTE rules, OSPI requirements, program approval procedures, and relevant reporting expectations.
• Support and monitor student leadership organizations connected to CTE programs.
• Promote CTE programs to students, families, staff, the Board, community members, and external partners.
• Collaborate with district and state leadership to evaluate the overall effectiveness, quality, equity, and sustainability of CTE programming.

OSPI identifies the CTE Director certificate as a specific Washington educator certification area, with pathways for initial and continuing certification. The posting should therefore require the successful candidate to hold or become eligible for the Washington CTE Director certification pathway.

The Athletic Director portion of the position will:

• Provide leadership, coordination, and supervision for district athletic programs.
• Administer athletic programs in alignment with district policy, league expectations, WIAA rules, applicable state and federal requirements, and the educational mission of the district.
• Coordinate athletic schedules, practices, games, officials, transportation, facility use, event supervision, and game management.
• Prepare and maintain athletic calendars and communicate schedules with schools, families, coaches, transportation, officials, and community partners.
• Ensure appropriate supervision for home athletic events and arrange administrative coverage when needed.
• Coordinate facility preparation and clean-up for athletic events, including gyms, fields, locker rooms, score tables, ticketing areas, and hospitality spaces.
• Serve as tournament or event manager for league, district, playoff, or school-hosted athletic events as assigned.
• Monitor and certify student athletic eligibility in accordance with WIAA rules, district policy, and applicable legal requirements.
• Maintain athletic records, rosters, physical forms, parent consent forms, eligibility documentation, emergency medical information, and other required records.
• Coordinate the purchase, inventory, maintenance, storage, and replacement of athletic equipment, uniforms, and supplies.
• Support the screening, hiring, orientation, supervision, and evaluation of coaches, in collaboration with building and district administration.
• Conduct coaches meetings to communicate expectations related to WIAA rules, district policy, student safety, sportsmanship, supervision, eligibility, and program standards.
• Serve as a liaison among coaches, administrators, families, booster groups, league representatives, officials, and community partners.
• Support public relations for athletic programs, including communication with families, local media, and community stakeholders.
• Promote a positive athletic culture grounded in fairness, safety, sportsmanship, accountability, inclusion, and high expectations.
• Represent the district in league, WIAA, and other athletic meetings as assigned.

Shared Leadership Responsibilities

Because this is a hybrid leadership role, the successful candidate must be able to manage multiple systems at once. The CTE Director / Athletic Director will:

• Build strong relationships with students, staff, families, coaches, employers, and community partners.
• Communicate clearly, professionally, and proactively.
• Use data, feedback, and program review processes to improve CTE and athletic programming.
• Maintain confidentiality and exercise sound professional judgment.
• Work evenings, weekends, and extended hours as required for athletic events, community meetings, competitions, advisory meetings, and program responsibilities.
• Support district strategic priorities related to student belonging, learning, engagement, readiness, and postsecondary success.
• Follow district policy, administrative procedures, and chain of command.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Superintendent or designee.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

The successful candidate must demonstrate:

• Strong understanding of CTE instruction, pathway development, and program quality.
• Strong understanding of athletic program operations, coach supervision, student eligibility, and event management.
• Ability to interpret and apply WIAA rules, district policies, safety expectations, and student eligibility requirements.
• Ability to organize complex schedules, facilities, transportation, staffing, budgets, and compliance systems.
• Ability to work effectively with students, families, staff, coaches, administrators, employers, and community members.
• Ability to resolve conflict professionally and maintain high standards of conduct.
• Ability to lead through influence, collaboration, accountability, and clear communication.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities under pressure.
• Ability to write reports, communicate expectations, maintain records, and present information to groups.
• Commitment to fairness, student opportunity, sportsmanship, career readiness, and the mission of public education.

Physical Requirements

The employee may be required to sit, stand, walk, speak, hear, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, climb stairs, move between indoor and outdoor facilities, and lift or carry materials or equipment up to approximately 25 pounds. The position requires attendance at events in varied weather conditions and may include evening, weekend, and outdoor responsibilities.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.

Work Environment

This position requires work in offices, schools, classrooms, CTE labs, athletic facilities, outdoor fields, gyms, community settings, and event environments. The position includes regular interaction with students, staff, families, coaches, officials, community partners, employers, and the public.

Application Procedure

Apply at EdJobsNW. Applicants should submit the following:

• District application
• Letter of interest
• Resume
• Three professional references
• Copy of current principal certificate or program administrator certification or eligibility
• Evidence of CTE teaching experience
• Evidence of athletic experience
• Documentation of current or potential eligibility for the Washington State CTE Director Certification Program

Current EAA employees of the Elma School District may submit a letter of interest and must have an updated resume with an Elma School District #68 Job Application on file with Human Resources Officer, Tami Buckell, at hr@eagles.edu.

Required Certificates & Licenses

Valid Driver’s License

WA Principal or Program Administrator Certification

Continuing Education/Training None Specified

Clearances Criminal Justice Fingerprint/Background Clearance

Drug Screening

The Elma School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Students, families and other stakeholders are notified the district does not discriminate based on sex, race, creed, religion, color, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, veteran or military status, disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal in any programs or activities, and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups.

Designated to handle inquiries about nondiscrimination policies are:
504 Section Coordinator, Kathleen Gallagher, kgallagher@eagles.edu
Title IX Officer, Dr Christopher R. Nesmith, cnesmith@eagles.edu

El Distrito Escolar de Elma es un Empleador con Igualdad de Oportunidades. Se les notifica a los estudiantes, familias y otras partes interesadas que el distrito no discrimina por motivos de sexo, raza, credo, religión, color, edad, origen nacional, orientación sexual, expresión o identidad de género, estado de veterano o militar, discapacidad, o el uso de un perro guía entrenado o animal de servicio en ninguno de sus programas o actividades, y ofrece igualdad de acceso a los Boy Scouts y otros grupos juveniles designados.

Las personas designadas para atender consultas sobre las políticas de no discriminación son:
Coordinadora de la Sección 504: Kathleen Gallagher, kgallagher@eagles.edu
Oficial de Title IX: Dr. Christopher R. Nesmith, cnesmith@eagles.edu