Athletic Director​/Dean of Culture

Athletic Director / Dean Of Culture

Denver Language School (DLS) is a public, tuition-free language immersion charter school located in East Denver. DLS provides an innovative academic program to reach the highest levels of student achievement through comprehensive language immersion education in Spanish and Mandarin Chinese. DLS offers traditional learning activities in the target language, making the language both the medium and the object of instruction.

The Dean of Culture & Athletic Director supports the academic growth of students by embodying the notion of a 'warm demander'. In partnership with the campus leadership, the role of the Dean of Students is to set a tone conducive to excellent academic outcomes by promoting safe, respectful, punctual, participatory and inclusive community of learners in pursuit of continuous growth and excellence.

The strongest candidates will be comfortable working as both a school culture leader and as a fearless champion of student academic progress. Furthermore, the Dean of Culture also serves as the Athletic Director for a developing Athletics programme. The appointee will serve as administrative leader for the building daily between 4pm and end of daily programming. The ideal candidate will be an educator seeking to develop in their career with an interest in moving towards Assistant Principal/Principal positions in the next 2-4 years.

Employees working more than 24 hours per week at Denver Language School are offered a variety of benefits, including health, vision, and dental insurance subsidized by the school. Denver Language School fully covers short-term disability insurance, term life insurance, and an employee assistance program. Additionally, full-time employees accrue 10 days of paid time off per year for personal dealings and illness.

Opportunities for professional development are also available. Given the nature of this role and the after-school hours, this position is eligible for modified working hours co-determined with the Principal.

The bullets below are illustrative of the responsibilities that fall into the workflow of the Gilpin leadership team. Specific functions and objectives of the role will be co-determined during the interview process at the direction of the Principal. Tasks include, but are not limited to:

• Serving as a visible, vocal, and optimistic hallway presence in order to encourage and support students as they strive for excellence;
• Leading as de facto source of expertise ensuring the day-to-day implementation of strong practices for positive staff/student culture (as expected per the MTSS process) at DLS Gilpin;
• Providing counsel and feedback to leadership as to the efficacy of approaches to learning and teaching taken by students and faculty;
• Maintain data regarding student engagement and belonging, focusing on student participation, attendance, behaviors and practices (see Denver Public Schools Board Policy JK and Regulation JK-R ) ;
• Consulting with l about effective in-class practices used by educators in pursuance of a highly effective learning environment;
• Acting as a beacon-of-competence in terms of comfort, professionalism, and skill in using, analyzing, and reporting on Gilpin Campus data as housed in Educlimber, Infinite Campus and other platforms as designated;
• Participating; with professionalism and authority in the role of building climate expert at meetings led by the MTSS Coordinator;
• Routinely collecting and analyzing data regarding student intervention plans and support leadership in the analysis of the MTSS process; make recommendations to the Principal and school staff for student support plans
• Ensure the school community exhibits a ' prevention-based, tiered framework'in pursuit of positive outcomes for all students
• Acting as champion-in-chief for Colorado Measures of Academic Success within the Gilpin community and to ensure that all educators and students demonstrate a culture of continuous improvement, growth and development;
• Maintaining routine and proactive communications with Gilpin families to keep parents/guardians informed as to the approaches to learning demonstrated by their student(s).
• Developing,…