Turnaround Dean of Culture & Instruction

Turnaround Dean of Culture & Instruction

The Turnaround Dean of Culture and Instruction (Dean) works to develop faculty in implementing High Quality Instructional Material resources in their classroom teaching, supports the on‑site California induction program and supports teacher coaching. The Turnaround Dean of Culture and instruction also intervenes, maintains, and executes systems for student culture inclusive of discipline and restoration. Specific to turnaround schools, the dean will lead and support initiatives throughout the year focused on rapidly improving student learning outcomes and school climate, as assigned by the Executive Director or members of the home office supporting the school.

The Turnaround Dean should possess strong relationship skills, have the ability to develop efficient progress monitoring systems, and display strong organization and management skills. These leaders should be decisive, urgency‑driven, and highly focused.

• Coach beginning teachers through Summit’s Induction program
• Hold weekly coaching sessions and regular observations of coachees.
• Support coachees with clear feedback and actionable next steps.
• Coordinate with Summit’s strategic partners
• Design, build and facilitate professional development experiences for the School faculty.
• Communicate faculty progress with the school leadership.
• Assume various campus support and leadership roles as needed.
• Leading anti‑bias and anti‑racist school culture projects and programs
• Developing high functioning faculty and teams
• Initiating, tracking, and completing restorative processes.
• Defining clear metrics of success for student culture.
• Collaborating with a team to prioritize needs and develop action plans for students who need proactive behavior support.
• Monitoring these metrics and adapting support, implementation, and program based on identified needs.
• Creating systematic, proactive supports for those implementing projects/programs, including formal professional development materials and experiences when appropriate.
• Following through with action plans.
• Oversee school restorative practices and discipline
• Responding to classroom referrals in a timely way.
• Holding restorative student intervention sessions.
• Holding restorative family intervention meetings.
• Communicating discipline cases and outcomes with stakeholders.
• Holding students accountable to disciplinary consequences and next steps.
• Collecting and tracking discipline data to identify students of concern.
• Collaborating with the school leaders and network strategic partners in cases of escalated disciplinary infractions.

• Constant progress monitoring (attendance, behavior, assessment) and using data to drive daily.weekly decisions
• Supporting work at the school site across all grades
• Intervening immediately when students fall behind
• Addressing chronic underperformance (academics, culture, attendance)
• Focusing tightly on instructional quality and rigor
• Implementing specific, aligned instructional strategies school wide
• Supporting other turnaround work and initiatives as assigned by the Executive Director

• Commitment to uphold Summit’s values, belief that all children deserve a rigorous and equitable education that prepares them for college and for life.
• Bachelor’s Degree (a Master’s Degree in Education and/or participation in the Leadership Fellows program is preferred but not required).
• Teaching Credential in California (clear credential), Washington, or another US State equivalent.
• Teaching experience within a Summit school or extensive teaching experience elsewhere required.
• Clear health and background check.

• You maintain high expectations for all students and believe all students can find success in school, college, and life.
• You thrive while collaborating and are excited to work with your colleagues. You find positivity in shared successes.
• You share our vision to reimagine what schools should be and are excited to make an impact on the public education landscape.
• You are empathetic and culturally competent. You’re proactively facilitate courageous conversations to advance anti‑bias anti‑racist practices and dismantle…