Dean of School Culture

Are you ready to embark on an extraordinary journey, where your purpose is to empower and uplift others through education? We're seeking a passionate and dedicated individual to become a Dean of School Culture at Integration Charter Schools (ICS) and play a pivotal role in our vibrant learning community!

Integration Charter Schools provide innovative pathways to college that fully integrate students with special needs. In building a family of associated schools that share this common mission, IIS strives to fill gaps in public education. The IIS network is composed of four schools located on Staten Island, New York. The guiding principles of IIS are teamwork, courage, community and integrity. We take these principles into the classroom to enrich our students’ learning experience.

In addition to a rigorous academic curriculum, our social-emotional learning program plays a key role in fostering resilience, self-awareness, and interpersonal skills, preparing students for success both in and out of the classroom. We offer opportunities for students to earn college credits through partnerships with higher education institutions, allowing them to gain valuable experience and accelerate their academic journey.

At Integration Charter Schools, we are committed to creating innovative educational pathways that meet the diverse needs of every learner. Our dedicated team of passionate educators, skilled instructional staff, and supportive professionals work together to cultivate an inclusive, enriching learning environment for our entire school community.

ICS seeks a Dean of School Culture to work in collaboration with the Principal and Assistant Principal to create and uphold strong school culture  define strong school culture by our values:
Courage, Community, Teamwork and Integrity. We seek a Dean who can embody these values while upholding our whole-school expectations for student behavior to ensure a safe, calm, joyful, and equitable environment in which students can learn and thrive. IIS Deans are 12-month, school-based employees.

• Create a safe learning environment, supporting staff and students to build strong relationships and contribute to a thriving classroom culture through consistent procedures and routines, and utilizing whole-school systems and protocols to uphold expectations.
• Assist in the development of school events, traditions, and culture initiatives - including creating and maintaining a school-wide Culture Calendar and ensuring events celebrate and reward student growth and achievement
• Build strong relationships with staff, students, and parents/guardians. Work in partnership with families to ensure consistent support of all students.
• Oversee the consistent, equitable, and fair administration of PBIS behavior systems, including tracking of student behavior data in Power School/Kickboard
• Regularly monitor Tier 1 behavior data to norm on consistent responses to behavior and provide feedback to staff members
• Hold students accountable for behavior through execution of school consequence systems such as lunch reflection and/or after-school reflection, as well as restorative tasks
• Implement and follow policies and procedures for student uniforms/dress code, ensuring that the uniform policy executed with fidelity for 100% of students
• Lead and monitor whole school systems, including arrival, dismissal, and a safe and efficient lunch for all grade levels, providing feedback to staff and students as needed
• Keep up to date in response to Dean Referral texts and/or emails, and respond to Dean Referral text notifications, in person, in a timely manner
• Track/log all dean referral and suspension data in electronic platform (i.e. Power School and/or Kickboard)
• Dialogue with students on how to support prosocial behaviors/make positive choices
• Communicate proactively to “close the loop” with staff members on the interventions a student receives after a Dean Referral
• Facilitate restorative conversations between students and staff, as well as mediations between peer student groups as needed
• Facilitate in-school suspensions (ISS) and out-of-school suspensions (OSS), if needed, including…