Lee DeRouin

제목: School Athletic Director
채용 사이트: 몰로카이 고등학교
히도에서의 세월: 30 
해당 직책에서 근무한 기간: 12

질문: 주요 업무는 무엇인가요?
A: Being the athletic director for Molokai High School comes with many hats each day. You become the ultimate utility player for the school along with being a travel agent by morning, overseeing daily operations of practices, covering athletic trainer duties until the position is filled, student athlete eligibility, updating physicals, managing athletic facilities and many more tasks that keep you busy each day and ready to pivot at any time.

Q: 어떻게 이 역할을 맡게 되었나요?
A: My career path started growing up at the Boys & Girls Club in Pawtucket, R.I., as a young kid, playing all the youth sports they offered and activities provided after school to eventually working there as a student counselor and lifeguard. These experiences motivated me to attend college at North Adams State College in Western Massachusetts to play basketball and earn a teaching degree in science with a concentration in sports medicine. I joined the Army National Guard during this time to help pay for college, and upon graduation from college applied for a teaching position in Hawaiʻi and was so very fortunate to receive a phone call to work at 몰로카이 고등학교 and also be part of the Hawaiʻi Army National Guard on Molokai!

Q: 이 직업에서 가장 좋아하는 부분은 무엇인가요?
A: My most favorite part of the job is going through all the ups and downs that a season brings with the student-athletes and coaches. I enjoy building those lifelong relationships and seeing everyone grow and develop from these experiences to become the best version of themselves. I also enjoy running into former student-athletes who reflect back to me after they graduate and talk about the times they spent in the different athletic programs with a big smile.

Q: 현직에서 가장 어려운 점은 무엇인가요?
A: All athletic director jobs are challenging; however, being on Molokai and isolated from the other schools in the Maui Interscholastic League (MIL) requires us to plan travel that is unique to many other schools not only in Hawai‘i but nationally. We operate actually like a small college athletic program, finding lodging and transportation to arrange for away games, as well as for opponents that need to stay on Molokai for weekend games or MIL tournaments hosted on Molokai.

Q: How does your role support students?
A: The Athletic Department is a crucial part to every school, especially here on Molokai where we have a high participation of girls and boys playing sports. It is a way to instill discipline, time management, and resilience—essential qualities for academic and future success. The kids are able to face challenges, victories, handle setbacks but gain confidence  and learn to navigate obstacles to help them to prepare and excel in life.

Q: 이 직책을 고려하는 사람들에게 어떤 조언을 해주고 싶으신가요?
A: You need to really care a lot about the school and the students, build true relationships with the kids and coaches to connect with them, so everyone will work together 100%. Be a good teammate, respect the game and have fun achieving your goals.

Q: Fun fact?
A: I enjoy catching Samoan crabs with my wife, Arlene.