About This Role
Serving as the Dean of Students at Allen Creek Elementary involves providing positive and collaborative leadership to continuously improve student learning. This role focuses on student discipline, contributing to school leadership, and assisting the principal. It suits an individual with a strong understanding of the education process and the ability to articulate conditions that affect learning.
Responsibilities
- Provide positive, collaborative leadership with the building principal and other staff for the continuous improvement of student learning
- Manage student discipline
- Contribute to school leadership
- Assist and support the Principal
- Prepare teaching materials and reports for implementing lesson plans and providing documentation of teacher and student progress
- Monitor student activities for providing a safe and optimal learning environment
- Report incidents (child abuse, fights, substance abuse, etc.) for maintaining personal safety of students, providing a positive learning environment, and adhering to education code and district and school policies
- Provide an exceptional educational experience to all students; communicate an enthusiasm for learning
- Provide clear and focused instruction for all students by using a variety of teaching strategies to meet the needs of all students to assure successful learning through a defined course of study
- Advise parents and/or legal guardians of student progress for supporting teacher’s expectations, developing methods for improvement and/or reinforcing classroom goals in the home environment
- Assess and monitor students for providing feedback to students, parents, and administration regarding student progress, expectations, and goals by using quality classroom-based assessments
- Collaborate with school personnel, parents, and various community agencies for improving the quality of student outcomes, developing solutions, and planning curriculum and willingness to work with grade level team
- Direct instructional assistants, volunteers, and/or student aides for providing an effective school program and addressing the needs of individual students and be supportive of parent volunteers in the classroom
- Utilize district adopted curriculum to guide instruction
- Establish and maintain standards of student behavior needed to provide an orderly, productive environment for learning
- Communicate regularly and positively with parents
- Assist in coordination and supervision of student activities
- Assist in opening/closing of school year
- Assist in staff development
- Assist in student discipline and supervision
- Assist in management of materials and equipment
- Maintain consistent presence at assigned worksite and regular work hours
