Position Type:
Differential Job Families
Date Posted:
2026-08-10 Location:Robert H. Jamison
ABOUT CLEVELAND METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) is Ohio's third-largest public school system, serving more than 35,000 students.
CMSD strives to ensure that every child receives a high-quality education, regardless of the provider. To that end, CMSD lets families choose which District schools their children attend, with options that include STEM, the arts, single-gender education, International Baccalaureate, Montessori, and early college.
Our schools have autonomy over human and financial resources in exchange for accountability for performance. The principal has primary responsibility and accountability for establishing their school as a high-quality, high-expectation academic center focusing on personalized instruction, professional support for teachers, and school-wide practices that lead to measurable results.
CMSD ensures that students have access to technology and training to prepare them for the future. The District provides a free laptop or tablet for every student and connects every family that needs internet access. Graduating seniors leave commencement with not only a diploma but also a laptop.
In our pursuit of a more fair, just, and good system of education, we strive to ensure that all of our learners, both scholars and educators, to be challenged with academically and intellectually complex tasks that are worthy of their efforts and provide them opportunities to demonstrate their best work.
BUILDING BRIGHTER FUTURES
The Cleveland Board of Education adopted the Building Brighter Futures (BBF) initiative on December 9, 2025. Building Brighter Futures is a strategic and data-driven plan shaped by more than a year of community engagement, information analysis, and thoughtful deliberation. The goal of this plan is to strengthen enrollment and ensure scholars attend a newer school building that offers more educational opportunities, including algebra in the eighth grade, more sports and extracurricular activities, and college credits and college and career pathways in high school. BBF is ensuring academic excellence so every CMSD scholar can thrive.
THE OPPORTUNITY:
Provides guidance, support and direction for students participating in Cleveland Metropolitan School District sports programs or other approved student activities.
This posting is available to qualified CTU (Local 279) members ONLY. Qualified CTU members are employees who will be working in a Local 279 position for the 2026-2027 school year and possess a Pupil Activity Supervisory Permit on file.
Responsibilities
Attend CMSD Pre-season meetings
Understands and follows CMSD guidelines and rules
Attends and arrives promptly to practices and games
Will track, communicate, and comply with student eligibility status
Submit roster, schedule, and transportation needs with the required paperwork to the department and principal
Distributes, collects, and cares for uniforms and equipment
Participates in the scheduledprofessional developed by the Athletics Department
Upload scores and statistics to the approved CMSD reporting site
Cooperates with the principal to implement the vision of the program
Supervises students before and after practice and competitions
Communicateeffectively with parents, staff, and administrators
Qualifications
Valid Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certificate is required
This position requires a Pupil-activity (coaching) permit from the Ohio Department of Education For all individuals who will direct, supervise, or coach a student activity program that involves athletics, routine or regular physical activity or activities with health and safety considerations.
All athletic directors and the Licensing Department have been provided with proof of securing these certifications. Applicants may contact the Office of Interscholastic Athletics to obtainadditionalinformation.
Previoussuccessful coaching experience is highly preferred
Knowledge of the technical aspects of the sport/activity and a willingness to seek out newtechniques,athletic aspects, or procedures for the sport/activity
Education:
Diploma, Transcripts, GED
To Apply
Pleasesubmityour resume and application using Workday, our online human capital management system. Please note that an offer of employment will be subject to the successful completion of a Pupil Activity Permit before the season, FBI/BCI background check, and drug screen. *We are a drug-free workplace.
THIS IS NOT AFULL TIMEPOSITION
Any position awarded to a non-CTU member must be vacated at the end of the school year
Education
To Apply
EEO Statement
We believe that equity and inclusion at CMSD is an essential call to action, a catalyst to ensure value and appreciation among all our employees, so we may be fair and welcoming now and in the future. CMSD provides equal opportunities for employment, retention and advancement of all personnel by administering all terms and conditions of employment regardless of race, color,ethnicity , ancestry, national origin, sex, disability orgenetic information, age, citizenship status, military status, sexual orientation or expression, socio-economic status, title, other dimensions of identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.
The District’s Policy Prohibiting Discrimination, Discriminatory Harassment, and Sexual Harassment and the District’sTitleIXgrievance procedures, including information on how to report or file a complaint of discrimination, how to report or file a formal complaint of sexual harassment, and how the District will respond, may be accessed on the District’s Civil Rights Notices webpage, available at ClevelandMetroSchools.org/domain/105. The District’sTitleIXCoordinator / Director of Equal Employment Opportunity may be reached at:
1111 Superior Avenue East, Suite 1800
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
(216)-838-0070
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) serves approximately 37,000 students in 100+ schools. Over the past several years, the Greater Cleveland community has united behind the collective goal of ensuring every child in Cleveland attends a high-quality school and every neighborhood has a multitude of great schools from which families can choose. The Cleveland Plan defines CMSD’s approach to the reinvention of public education and holds our community accountable for the success of Cleveland’s schoolchildren. The Cleveland Plan is supported by Ohio House Bill 525, which provides much-needed flexibility and autonomy for the district and its schools. Our schools have autonomy over human and financial resources in exchange for accountability for performance. The principal has primary responsibility and accountability for establishing his or her school as a high-quality, high-expectations academic center with a focus on personalized instruction, professional support for teachers, and school-wide practices that lead to measurable results.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District has developed standards of excellence that the district applies to all parts of the organization, including schools, principals, school leadership teams, networks, and central office. Alignment between Standards of Excellence (SoE) and the district’s Theory of Action helps ensure that principals are able to focus on scholar achievement and that central office supports are timely and effective.
