Dean of Students (Secondary)

Dean of Students (Secondary)

Dean of Students (Secondary)
Location: All Secondary
Employment duration: Full-time
Hiring For: Immediate Openings


Description

Mastery Charter Schools is seeking a Dean of Students. All Mastery Charter schools have a “Culture Team” comprised of an Assistant Principal of School Culture and one or more deans. The Culture Team works collaboratively with other administrators, as well as the instructional staff, to ensure that the school’s climate reflects Mastery’s focus on college-bound academics and student fellowship.

Deans are responsible for ensuring that Mastery Schools are peaceful communities and that student attendance, punctuality and the focus on high academic achievement never falters. Through intense data management and tracking, incentive systems, facility and grounds monitoring, and climate initiatives, Mastery Deans know every student, can forecast distractions and ensure that students proactively make the right choices.

Deans work side by side with the instructional staff providing classroom management, support and training. Additionally Deans work with students, providing them with the ongoing mentorship and direction they require to successfully navigate their educational experience and reach their most ambitious goals.

When interventions and proactive approaches fail, Deans drive the discipline process including detention, suspension and related punitive actions.



Key Responsibilities

· Under the guidance of the Assistant Principal for School Culture, ensuring a high achievement culture
· Influencing the growth and development of an achievement-focused school culture through the Social Emotional Learning program, including leading circles, community meetings, and/or teaching SEL course(s)
· Managing discipline for up to 800 students with a restorative justice model
· Meeting with students, teachers and parents, collectively or independently, to implement ways to support a positive and cooperative school environment
· Maintaining databases and up to date student information on attendance, discipline and merit records
· Executing decisions based on reasonable judgment that strives to provide fair and equitable treatment and consideration for all students
· Maintaining and monitoring safety and order by being accessible and visible in hallways, classrooms, during arrival/dismissal of students, lunch periods, after school programs including detention, homework club, etc.
· Supporting teachers in developing and implementing classroom management strategies and plans for individual students as needed
· Duties as assigned by supervisor or Principal to aid in the overall school culture



Qualifications

· Bachelors or Masters Degree in education or related field
· Minimum 2 years’ experience working within a school setting that serves school-aged children
· Teaching experience preferred
· General computer competency
· Administrative background that reflects strong management and communication skills
· Ability to work well in a team and enhance cooperative working relationships
· Strong leadership skills and a demonstrated capacity to work with urban youth
· Knowledge of public education and charter schools highly desirable but not required
· Excels in problem solving, has a sense of humor and has a desire to provide only the highest quality education for students