Dean of Students

School Culture and Climate

• Lead initiatives that promote a positive, safe, inclusive, and student-centered school culture across grades K–8.
• Develop and implement systems that recognize and celebrate student achievement, leadership, character, citizenship, attendance, and positive behavior.
• Coordinate student engagement activities, assemblies, recognition programs, and culture-building events.
• Support implementation of social-emotional learning and student wellness initiatives.
• Monitor school climate data and collaborate with school leadership to improve student engagement, belonging, and connectedness.
• Assist in maintaining a safe, orderly, and welcoming school environment.
• Support emergency preparedness, crisis response procedures, and student safety initiatives.
• Supervise student arrival, dismissal, lunch periods, recesses, assemblies, and school events as assigned.

Communication and Collaboration

• Serve as a liaison between students, families, teachers, administrators, and community partners regarding student support needs.
• Build positive and productive relationships with families through proactive communication and collaboration.
• Facilitate parent conferences, problem-solving meetings, attendance meetings, and restorative conversations.
• Develop and implement strategies and interventions to improve attendance.
• Monitor attendance, tardiness, and chronic absenteeism trends and collaborate with families to address barriers to attendance.
• Connect families with school and community resources that support student success.
• Serve as a member of the school leadership team and collaborate with administrators to ensure consistent implementation of schoolwide expectations and practices.
• Support school improvement initiatives and organizational goals through collaboration, communication, and shared leadership.

Education & Experience

• A bachelor’s degree in education, counseling, or a related field is required; a master’s degree is preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of successful education experience.
• Experience working with Elementary and/or Middle School students.
• Experience supporting student behavior, attendance, school culture, student engagement, or social emotional learning initiatives preferred.
• Experience coaching or mentoring teachers preferred.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Valid California Teaching Credential is required.
• Administrative Services Credential from California Commission on Teacher Credentialing is preferred.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: The Dean of Students shall possess knowledge, experience, or demonstrated ability to learn and effectively implement the following:

Child and Adolescent Development

• Understanding of the academic, social, emotional, behavioral, and developmental needs of students in grades Kindergarten through Eight.
• Knowledge of appropriate age practices that support student growth, engagement, self-regulation, and success.

Behavior Support, Intervention, and Coaching Systems

• Strong understanding of evidence-based behavior support practices and strategies that promote positive student outcomes.
• Knowledge of proactive classroom management, positive reinforcement systems, restorative practices, de-escalation techniques, social-emotional learning, and Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS).
• Understanding of student behavior, behavior functions, and the relationship between behavior, learning, engagement, and school success.
• Ability to collect, analyze, and utilize behavioral and attendance data to identify trends, monitor interventions, and support decision-making.
• Experience, training, or demonstrated ability to learn how to develop, implement, and monitor individualized behavior support plans in collaboration with teachers, families, counselors, and special education staff.
• Knowledge of schoolwide behavior systems and practices that create safe, predictable, and supportive learning environments.

Teacher Coaching and Capacity Building

• Ability to coach, mentor, and support teachers in implementing effective classroom management and behavior support practices.
• Skill in observing classroom instruction and learning environments to identify opportunities for improving student engagement, behavior, and classroom culture.
• Ability to provide constructive feedback, facilitate reflective conversations, and support continuous improvement in classroom practices.
• Ability to model evidence-based behavior support strategies and assist teachers in implementing those practices with fidelity.
• Knowledge of adult learning principles and effective coaching practices builds teacher capacity and confidence.
• Ability to design and facilitate professional learning related to behavior management, student engagement, restorative practices, and MTSS.

School Culture and Climate

• Knowledge of practices that foster positive school culture, student belonging, engagement, and connectedness.
• Understanding of diversity, equity, inclusion, and culturally responsive practices that support all students.
• Ability to establish and maintain high expectations while building positive relationships with students, families, and staff.

Communication and Collaboration

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to build collaborative relationships with students, families, teachers, counselors, administrators, and community partners.
• Ability to effectively resolve conflict and facilitate productive problem-solving conversations.

Skills

• Strong leadership and organizational skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, coaching, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Ability to build positive relationships with students, families, and staff.
• Ability to analyze data and use information to drive decisions and interventions.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining attention to detail.
• Demonstrated commitment to equity, inclusion, and student-centered decision-making.

Working Conditions & Physical Requirements: The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Regularly required to sit, stand, twist, turn, bend, walk, talk, hear, and reach with hands.
• Regularly required to operate a computer and other office equipment.
• Regularly required to see and observe students, walk and/or stand for extended periods of time, and hear and speak to exchange information.
• Regularly required to possess dexterity of hand and fingers, kneel, bend at the waist, sit on the floor, climb stairs and reach overhead, above the shoulders and horizontally to perform assigned duties; lift light objects.
• Regularly required to speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in indoor and outdoor classrooms.
• Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 25 lbs.
• Duties are normally performed in a school, classroom, playground and/or other outdoor settings.
• Duties may be performed in seasonal heat, sun, and cold.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance.
• 403 (b) Retirement Plan.
• Employer-Paid Life Insurance.
• Paid Time Off.
• School's First Credit Union Membership.
• Before and after school childcare.

Work Hours: 7:30 am- 4:00 pm

Employment Type: Full-time, exempt.

Length of Work Year: TBD.

Equal Opportunity Employer Community Roots Academy is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, or any other legally protected status.