AMPS is a values-driven organization seeking a Dean of Students to ensure a safe, predictable, and responsive school culture for students. The successful candidate will model strong relationships with students and families, support teachers, and create a structured and positive academic environment.
Requirements
- Steward of school culture
- Develops and administers disciplinary procedures
- Receives referrals and confers with students, parents, teachers, community agencies, and law enforcement
- Supervises students on campus and monitors students during arrival & departure, lunch, recess, passing periods, and other activities
- Leads by positive example
- Communicates high expectations for both staff and students
- Implement a school-wide behavior management system
- Own the school's character development efforts
- Conduct regular school culture walkthroughs
- Supervise school entry, breakfast, lunch, dismissal, and transitions
- Model a school-wide culture of respect and support of students
- Prioritize academic learning, resiliency and support for students
- Models strengths-based, growth-mindset approach to maintaining a strong school culture
- Oversee the development and implementation of student supports and intervention
- Evaluate student yearly objectives and goals through accountability procedures and outcomes
- Ensure clear and consistent implementation of student accountability practices amongst staff
- Monitors and organizes attendance functions
- Create, implement and maintain systems for collecting and tracking data on school culture metrics
- Oversee behavioral interventions
- Support staff to create and sustain classroom management systems
- Implement and follow policies and procedures for student dress code, discipline and other policies
- Facilitate faculty and staff development related to school culture and consistent enforcement of student discipline
- Participates as needed in Individual Educational Plan meetings
- Oversees the Student Study Teams and Multi-Tiered Support service model at site
- Keeps the importance of site cleanliness and inspirational and motivational slogans, posters quotes throughout the school and classrooms
- Liaison to the after school program in collaboration with school staff and/or personnel from outside agencies
- Assist the Site director, Dean of Instruction, and/or VP with creating, and executing clear and consistent grading standards and practices for staff
- Supervise the consistent and fair administration of school policies regarding student conduct and discipline
- Assists Site Director in staff classroom observations and instructional coaching as needed
- Make habits of scholars visible across the school through usage of signage
- Assists Site Director with recruiting, screening, hiring, training, and evaluation of the school personnel as needed
- Designs opportunities to build staff culture
- Assists Site Director in providing orientation for newly assigned staff members
- Assists Site Director with data dives and assessment processes
- Works with the Family Staff Team (FST) to support parent trainings, workshops, and requirements
- Solicits information from school personnel, students and community in gauging the school climate through surveys and other measures
- Serves as liaison to parents and facilitate parent education and involvement
- Works with parent leader groups to promote student outcomes, scholar habits and school accountability
- Models and facilitates good human relations skills; effectively interacts with others
- Advance the educational mission of the school by participating in duties and responsibilities consistent with building, upholding and promoting a strong community connection
- Maintains communication with the appropriate home office administrators informed of school activities and problems
- Keeps the community informed about school activities through newsletters, news releases, and attendance at parent meetings, etc.
Benefits
- Competitive benefits package