Dean of Students

Invictus Academy of Richmond prepares 100% of students in grades 7-12 to thrive in the colleges of their choice, solve relevant problems, and communicate with confidence.

Invictus Academy is a high performing independent public charter school located in El Cerrito, and we are seeking team members who want to join our team and create an exceptional school.

Invictus creates joyful, rigorous classroom cultures where students understand the importance of the content they are learning, and how it connects to their everyday lives and ambitions. We work to ensure that in every lesson, the heavy lifting is done by our students.

We build trusting, authentic relationships with students, families, and colleagues. With these relationships as our foundation, we work closely with each other to support students in meeting the highest academic and behavior expectations. At Invictus, we are eager to learn about and implement restorative approaches to support students to be their best selves.

Invictus Academy of Richmond embodies humility and constantly strives to strengthen our knowledge, skills, and practice. We crave feedback and welcome opportunities to grow through observations, coaching meetings, and professional development.

We are fiercely solutions-oriented. We never shy away from a problem that we must solve to achieve our mission, but always bring potential solutions to the table.

Invictus Academy is an independent public charter school located in El Cerrito and we are seeking a Dean of Students (grades 7-12) to join our team who believes deeply that the mission, model, and values at Invictus are driving improved educational outcomes for students.

The Dean of Students plays an invaluable role in building the cultural and academic foundation of Invictus Academy. In close partnership with the Principal, the Dean of Students designs, executes, monitors, and continuously improves school culture systems, including parent involvement, discipline and restorative justice, and supporting teachers to create joyful, structured, and productive learning environments. The Dean of Students will lead staff professional development, interface with all members of the campus community, and be relied upon as a leader on campus.

• Serve as the Dean of Students for grades 7-12
• Manage, orchestrate, and oversee supervision system, including maps and modify the system/coverage needs throughout the year
• Support Summer School programming and execution
• Set and hold high expectations for school culture, ensuring teachers and staff create and maintain a positive, joyful, structured, and productive school culture
• Develop trusting, authentic relationships with students, their families, and staff
• Collect and monitor school culture data, designing and implementing school wide and classroom-specific responses to address areas of need
• Manage and oversee school wide communication with parents, driving towards a ratio of three positive communications for each corrective one
• Initiate and respond to communications with families around student behavior and lead meetings with families to define plans to support students while in their classes and on campus
• Provide and manage supervision during arrival, bathrooms, transitions, lunch, and dismissal to support a safe and productive environment
• Oversee all Deans List systems, including free dress indicator, daily/weekly reports, ratio watch, strong moves and deductions system
• Ensure referral entries and Deans List data are entered daily, following up with teachers as necessary
• Respond to student violations of school policies related to behavior including but not limited to technology misuse, uniform, electronics, missed class time, Hall Pass violations, and use of harmful language
• Oversee and lead systems for uniforms and free dress
• Plan and lead Phoenix Society meetings
• Manage Phoenix [student] of the Week process, including voting process, data review, and student/family-facing communications
• Hold restorative conversations with students who face behavioral challenges, and ensure students and teachers to engage in similar restorative conversations and actions when needed; engaging…