Dean of Culture - Elementary School (26-27)

Position Summary

At KIPP Public Schools Northern California, we believe strong culture and academics are key to student success. The Content Specialist of Culture is responsible for fostering a positive school culture that supports academic achievement and personal growth for all students. This teammate will collaborate with teachers, students, families, and staff to develop and implement programs and initiatives that promote the school’s values of Excellence, Belonging, Determination, and Integrity.

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum 3-5 years of experience as an educator teaching students with similar demographics to our KIPP Public Schools Northern California student community
• Previous Leadership or Teacher-Leader experience preferred (ex: Grade Level Lead, Instructional Coaching, Content Lead, etc.)
• Hold a B.A/B.S degree from a regionally accredited institution

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Model and support implementation of the school’s vision and goals with a specific focus on culture
• Engage and invest staff, students, and families in executing the cultural vision of the school by leading PD, parent meetings, and student meetings focused on building and maintaining healthy and restorative school culture
• Facilitate and drive continuous improvement of the school’s cultural enabling systems and structures including driving the execution of strong school wide routines, serving as a member of the coordination of student services team, leading and modeling restorative conferences and attendance meetings
• Manage campus monitors and school safety structures
• Support teachers in student support and behavior intervention systems to ensure that limited time is spent on reactive student discipline
• Manage and/or support parts of the daily school operations (e.g. arrival/dismissal, lunch/recess, school trips)
• Act as a contact for student intervention and parent engagement; determine next steps for issues that are above the teacher/grade level/department chair
• Create and facilitate school culture PD to teachers and leaders regarding behavioral management best practices
• Provide real time coaching to teachers and leaders school wide on classroom cultural excellence
• Ensure strong execution of school-wide routines
• Collect, analyze and disseminate data on culture systems to drive continuous academic improvement
• Organize (in partnership with the school leadership team) school wide academic, non-academic and identify affirming celebrations
• Develop and are responsible for the scope and sequence for Advisory
• Manage student behavior supports and reactive discipline
• Respond to and navigate behavioral crisis-intervention and acute behavioral issues (breach of classroom and student community expectations)
• Collaborate with teachers, students, and families to create, implement and monitor individual behavior plans
• Lead Restorative Conferences
• Manage lunch detention & after school detention systems