Middle School Dean of Student Life

middle school dean of student life

the dean of student life is a key member of the school leadership team and is responsible for fostering a positive, proactive, and responsive school culture. The dean of student life will oversee the learning environment and community across the school, ensuring a culture is created where each and every student can be successful.

key responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

establishing, maintaining, and celebrating a positive school culture and climate

• set and uphold high standards for school culture, including behavior, academic performance, and attendance.
• own the school's social emotional curriculum and philosophies and ensure it builds and reinforces positive self-identity and necessary character strengths
• partner with families to build an authentic school-wide community, including organizing events
• lead recognition assemblies, families academies, community meetings and other school-wide culture building activities
• facilitate staff trainings on student-teacher relationships, classroom management, family partnership and school culture
• coordinate school-wide social emotional learning programs
• coordinate weekly celebrations and community meetings
• work with and through student leadership groups to build student culture and incentives
• set learning environment goals, including family engagement, designing systems to meet goals, tracking progress to goals, and designing celebrations and recognition

establishing, maintaining, and celebrating a culture rooted in relationships and restoration

• lead school-wide efforts in developing a restorative culture rooted in student achievement
• assist staff, students, and families in creation and implementation of individual behavior plans
• support implementation of individual behavior plans for consistency and adjustments as needed
• as needed, work directly with students in individual and small group settings with direct instruction on social skills and social emotional development
• work closely and effectively with children who have/are experiencing trauma
• coordinating re-entry meetings with staff and families of students when appropriate
• attend and facilitate professional development on restorative practices with our staff
• serve as an advocate for core groups of students to engage families and teachers effectively and meaningfully to support student success
• keep accurate student records, documenting all incident reports, conferences, suspensions, and phone calls for behavior
• following kipp columbus policies, determine in and out of school interventions
• support student tier 2 and tier 3 interventions, including out of class time with core group of students, in order to promote restorative culture
• support team members who responds to in-the-moment tier 2 and tier 3 interventions
• support operations staff in developing a welcoming, affirming, and positive environment that promotes restorative culture

team and family support and access

• support families in accessing community resources for immediate and external needs
• meet regularly with the culture team and regional counterparts in order to ensure consistent educational experiences
• analyze operational and academic data such as attendance, behavior, grades, etc. In order to identify students that need more support
• lead family facing intervention efforts in order to ensure student needs are met
• proactively communicates and meets with families on a regular basis

support teachers in cultivating and upholding a culture of achievement

• ensure alignment of school practices to school-wide priorities
• support day-to-day operations of the school, including regular data monitoring and progress towards goals
• model, promote, and coach others toward effective communication with families, cultivating engagement in their child's success and the kipp columbus mission
• directly coach a cohort of teachers around learning links curriculum, data analysis, and culture of achievement
• coach and provide support for struggling classrooms, modeling or co-teaching if necessary

• bachelor's degree
• minimum of three years of successful, full-time, lead teaching experience
• minimum of 1 year of school leadership or…