High School Dean, Student Well

High School Dean, Student Well-Being

Employee Type Regular

Recruiting Start Date 01-09-2026

Job Exempt? Yes

Recruiting End Date 03-01-2026

Aloha mai! Mahalo for your interest in Kamehameha Schools. If you are looking for an opportunity to utilize your skills and talents and grow in your profession, while serving and strengthening our Native Hawaiian community, we would love to have you join our ʻohana!

The Dean, Student Well-Being is a leader responsible for contributing to and communicating a vision and focused plan for improving all aspects of student well‑being including optimal instructional and behavioural supports to meet the needs of every student; creating a community of continuous learning for all staff and students; and fostering a culture of high expectations for all students. In addition, the Dean is charged with building strong partnerships with families and community, creating a safe, supportive school climate, and effectively managing operational, technical and staff issues to promote student engagement and learning progress.

• Leads and coordinates school resources to design intervention and enrichment opportunities to meet the needs of all students and sub‑groups of students.
• Collaborate with the administrative leadership team, initiate a strong sense of team, lead and serve on committees, as appropriate.
• Support educator professional growth by modelling effective teaching methods through mentorship where appropriate.
• Develop and foster community connections that will enhance the educational experience of all students.
• Clearly communicate the school’s vision and mission to your school community and maintain a positive school climate while promoting system accountability as needed.
• Participate in professional development meetings as appropriate.
• Advocate for children and actively embrace community involvement.
• Appreciate and respect diversity and difference in both teaching and learning.
• Inspire innovation among the school community.
• Demonstrate a commitment to your personal growth and learning.

• Understand and communicate Kamehameha’s E Ola! Learner Outcomes and support implementation of standards‑based curriculum.
• Plan and implement appropriate professional development as it relates to the school’s strategic plan.
• Support the principal in leading the implementation of the school’s strategic plan.
• Effectively balance flexibility and organization.
• Assist in developing programmes to promote positive student behaviour as well as intervention strategies.
• Implement and monitor Social Emotional Learning (SEL) strategies to support student success.
• Create and/or assist in developing effective systems and/or procedures to support positive student/teacher intervention processes and/or programmes.

• Under the direction of the principal, responsible for designing, overseeing and implementing the Multi‑Tier System of Support at the school level.
• In partnership with the principal and the school administration team, serve as the delegated school lead for Student Support Teams.
• Supervise student activities throughout the year, including, but not limited to athletics, dances, performances, etc.
• Analyse and understand student assessment data and effectively use it to inform actions within the school.
• Collaborate with partners to implement Multi‑Tier Student Support system (MTSS).
• Effectively manage conflict within the school as appropriate.
• Provide school‑wide support related to standardised testing and the administration of other assessments.
• Report issues to authorities as necessary, child abuse, suspicious activity etc.
• Counsel students and parents about school policies.
• Assist in monitoring and supervising school facilities.
• Manage student supervision issues and enforce school behavioural expectations by assigning appropriate consequences for behaviour including detention, administrative leave etc.
• Assist staff and parents in understanding student behavioural expectations. Participate at various parent, community, K‑12, student, faculty, counselling meetings and activities.

• Lead, supervise, coach and evaluate assigned…