Culture Specialist

About Noble

Noble is Chicago’s highest-performing and largest network of public charter schools. Our 17 campuses and 1,680 employees currently serve 12,000 students, 99% of whom identify as persons of color, 90% of whom are from under-resourced communities, and 81% of whom are first-generation college attendees. Noble’s mission is to ensure that all students have equitable and positive school experiences that equip them to complete college and lead choice-filled lives.

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Noble is Chicago’s highest-performing and largest network of public charter schools. Our 17 campuses and 1,680 employees currently serve 12,000 students, 99% of whom identify as persons of color, 90% of whom are from under-resourced communities, and 81% of whom are first-generation college attendees. Noble’s mission is to ensure that all students have equitable and positive school experiences that equip them to complete college and lead choice-filled lives.

We are proud to be recognized nationally for college access and persistence. Noble supports more than 31,000 alumni, with 99% of Noble students accepted into college and historically almost 90% choosing to enroll.

All staff at Noble are bound by three key principles that shape a strong and positive campus culture at Noble.

• Clear, Setting Clear Expectations:
  Students, like all individuals, flourish when they have a clear understanding of boundaries and expectations. All Noble Schools staff should prepare and explain academic and behavioral expectations using easy-to-understand procedures, routines, and "what to do" directions in all spaces.
• Consistent, Maintaining Consistency in Responses:
  Students experience a spectrum of emotions. While all emotions are valid, not all behaviors are productive. Consistency in how these behaviors are addressed helps to ensure fairness and provides students with the security of knowing that our campuses operate with a sense of justice and equity.
• Connected, Building Positive Relationships:
  Students, like all individuals, thrive when they feel a communal connection to their school and can rely on meaningful relationships with the adults at the school. All Noble staff prioritize positive interactions and relationships rooted in the humanity and belonging of each student.

The Culture Specialist will be supervised by and work with the AP/Dean of Culture to promote the key principles that shape a strong and positive campus culture at Noble.

• Maintain the community expectations per the student handbook and school’s culture vision in all areas of the school community (i.e., the learning environment and common spaces: hallways, lunch spaces, restrooms, entrance, etc.)
• Ensure the safety and security of the building on campus by working in tandem with relevant stakeholders to develop interventions for students who struggle to adhere to the school's culture vision.
• In collaboration with the Dean of Culture, create and maintain systems and procedures for all school-wide systems that directly impact culture (i.e., Weekly Reflections, Quarterly Discipline Classes, hallway transitions, lunch/bathroom, arrival/dismissal, extracurricular activities, classroom removals, re-entry, character development programming).
• Communicate regularly with stakeholders (students, families, and staff) and create logs for all student infractions, interventions, conferences, and relevant communications using Power School.
• In collaboration with the Dean of Culture, teachers and other staff, regularly review student behavioral data, identify opportunities to improve, and respond accordingly–continuously developing and executing systems, procedures, and plans to yield positive academic growth and increase positive and productive student behavior.

• A deep-rooted passion for Noble’s mission and Noble’s Anti-Racism Commitment.
• Team player that is consistent, reliable, responsible, and embodies Noble’s core values of results, respect, follow-through, diversity, equity & inclusion, humility and self-awareness.
• Unwavering belief in our Noble Community…