Position Summary
The Dean of Students ensures a positive, structured, disciplined school culture. He or she will work with the School Leader to maintain a safe and positive environment through targeted behavior interventions and restorative consequences. The Dean of Students also leads the rest of the school leadership team to ensure that all students show dramatic student achievement gains, embody high character, and internalize the school’s values. The Dean of Students reports to the School Leader.
Duties and Responsibilities
School Culture
- Lead all staff and students by modeling how to build and contribute to a positive, structured, achievement-oriented, and enjoyable school culture
- Develop and implement a comprehensive plan for student behavior both in and out of school
- Be highly present and visible during school hours, relentlessly ensuring the school maintains a strong culture
- Supervise arrival, lunch, recess, dismissal, and breaks, ensuring a strong and productive school culture at these times
- Work with the School Leader to develop and coordinate ongoing activities for building school culture and teach courses as needed
Student Coaching
- Ensure that all students have excellent attendance and come to school on time; work aggressively with students and parents to ensure excellent attendance
- Serve as the point person for all discipline/culture issues; act as the primary contact for all acute discipline issues
- Keep extremely accurate student discipline records, documenting all conferences, merits/demerits, suspension, and family calls for behavior
- Coordinate in-school suspension and after-school detention
- Develop and track suspension intervention metrics, including prompt communication with families and creation of measurable goals for student reinstatement
- Collect and analyze discipline data to identify specific areas of need and targeted programs
Family Coaching
- Meet with all new parents before the start of the school year to emphasize cultural and academic differences of MDP and highlight the responsibilities of parents, teachers, and students
- Coordinate and hold parent conferences as needed
- Serve as the liaison to the school’s parent organization
- Additional duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Drive to improve the minds and lives of students in and out of the classroom
- Evidence of self-motivation and willingness to be a team player
- Belief in and alignment with MDP’s mission
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Demonstrated and documented ability to motivate and inspire others
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree required
- Experience in an urban school setting
- Documented experience managing and implementing school wide cultural systems
To apply, please email resume to Caitlin Streit Teplicky, Chief Operating Officer, at cstreit@memphisdeltaprep.org.
Salary commensurate with experience, along with benefits.