Associate Dean of Students

About This Role

Supporting the Dean of Students and the Leadership Team, this role shapes the school's culture of discipline and warmth, ensuring students embody its values and academic goals. It suits a candidate with a strong track record in urban school settings, skilled in restorative practices and student social-emotional issues, who can work directly with students and parents to maintain a positive school environment.

Responsibilities

• Build a transformative school culture consistent with Great Oaks core values and mission
• Ensure staff are skilled in restorative practice and sensitive handling of students' social-emotional issues
• Design and implement programs that recognize and celebrate positive behaviors and mindsets
• Devise rituals that promote culture, sustain school values, and create a school-wide identity among students
• Cultivate students' cultural competency, growth, and development through school programs and events
• Build a support network for students by meeting with, listening to, and seeking to understand the needs of students as individuals and the student body as a whole
• Implement behavior management tools, including overseeing staff training in behavior management policies, techniques, and strategies, and ensuring consistent deployment of such tools school-wide
• Meet with students referred by teachers and communicate and meet with students' parents/guardians in a constructive manner
• Ensure that consequences for infractions are fairly and consistently implemented throughout the school community
• Review school data weekly to ensure discipline data reflects fair and equitable discipline amongst all students; follow up with appropriate next steps when a concern is identified
• Implement and ensure the school-wide use of information technology tools for reporting and documenting student culture information
• Ensure documentation of communications with parents regarding student attendance, academic progress, and discipline

Requirements

• Experience in an urban school setting
• Proven track record of upholding a positive school culture that promotes academic excellence
• Skilled at using a consultative and analytic approach to solve problems and to derive the best outcome for students
• Strong academic record with a Bachelor
• Excellent communication skills both oral and written; ability to provide constructive feedback to staff members
• Superb organizational and self-management skills and an ability to handle multiple responsibilities effectively and thoughtfully
• Self-confidence, flexibility, and the ability to respond well to feedback and implement it immediately
• The ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment where the ability to multitask and prioritize work is essential