Dean of Students

HIGH POINT ACADEMY

Reports To: Director of Culture and Wellness

Location: Aurora, CO

Position Type: Salary, Full-Time

School Year: 2026–2027

Position Overview

High Point Academy's Dean is inspired to support and educate our students to contribute to a better world.

At High Point Academy, we understand that powerful learning only happens with strong relationships between students, staff, and families. Our mission is to provide a strong foundation of academic excellence in partnership with family and community in which everyone is challenged to achieve his/her highest potential academically, socially, and personally.

High Point Academy is a public charter school serving students in preschool through 8th grade. Located in Aurora, CO, just north of Green Valley Ranch, HPA serves an ethnically diverse student population which includes 27% linguistically diverse students and 60% of our students qualify for Free or Reduced Lunch. HPA is an award-winning wellness school whose curriculum and classes promote healthy lifestyle choices.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values at High Point Academy. We are passionate about building and sustaining inclusive and equitable working and learning environments for all students, staff, and faculty. We believe every member on our team enriches our diversity by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design and deliver solutions.

• High Point believes the role of every member of the community is to ensure our students are known, cared for, and celebrated. That every member of the community respects each other's race, gender, ethnicity, and all other differences we experience today.
• High Point Academy is committed to each child's growth and success, and we know that creating an accessible, safe, and supportive environment are integral component for academic excellence. Candidates who can contribute to that goal are encouraged to apply and to identify their strengths in this area.
• Experience working directly with people from diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Strengthens High Point Academy's climate for diversity, equity & inclusion. Demonstrates skills in promoting and supporting a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Ability to serve as an advocate for individuals of all ethnicities, races, genders, ages, and backgrounds.

All employees of High Point Academy work together to achieve HPA's mission. In addition to the duties and responsibilities listed below, we seek staff who are collaborative with colleagues, empathetic in their relationships with students and families, and willing to work above and beyond their job description to ensure success for students. HPA teachers possess a school-wide focus and can see beyond their classroom to create a unified HPA community.

As a representative of the school, the counselor must present a professional, courteous, and friendly attitude when interacting with students, parents, staff, and the public. This position requires the counselor to remain calm and poised in stressful situations and work toward solutions and possibilities. The counselor maintains confidentiality and uses discretion in all aspects of communication. The counselor strives to enhance the programs and experience for all students at High Point Academy.

Position Overview
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The Dean of Students is entrusted with advancing the mission of the school through enforcing school wide culture and behavioral expectations and ensuring a safe school environment that is conducive to teaching and learning. The Dean of Students will work closely with the school's administrative team and teachers to ensure that all students make gains in student achievement while living the school's core values.

This individual will lead the school's efforts to use restorative practices to create a structured learning environment that provides a strong foundation of academic excellence in partnership with family and community in which each individual is challenged to achieve his/her highest potential academically, socially, and personally.

The Dean of Students collaborates to lead a school-wide culture that is rooted in Habits of Work and Learning and Leader in Me Habits of Highly Effective People.

• Celebrating students for living core values through student of the month celebration.
• Establish and train staff on expectations for classroom and common space behavior systems that include but are not limited to:
• Social Contract/Classroom Rules
• Positive Behavior Systems…