Dean of Culture & Instruction SY26-27 (California Candidate Pool)

What if all students graduated high school with the knowledge, skills and habits they need to lead a fulfilled life? This is the question that guides our mission at Summit Public Schools. To collectively prepare a diverse community of young people with the skills, knowledge, and habits to attain economic empowerment and success in a chosen concrete next step toward a fulfilled life. We operate 10 schools serving over 3,300 students in the Bay Area and Washington state. 100% of Summit graduates are college ready and Summit graduates complete college at double the national average.

Responsibilities

• Coach beginning teachers through Summit’s Induction program
  • Hold weekly coaching sessions and regular observations of coachees.
  • Support coachees with clear feedback and actionable next steps.
  • Coordinate with Summit’s strategic partners.
• Design, build and facilitate professional development experiences for the School faculty.
• Communicate faculty progress with the school leadership.
• Assume various campus support and leadership roles as needed.
• Lead anti-bias and anti-racist school culture projects and programs.
• Develop high functioning faculty and teams.
• Initiate, track, and complete restorative processes.
• Define clear metrics of success for student culture.
• Collaborate with a team to prioritize needs and develop action plans for students who need proactive behavior support.
• Monitor these metrics and adapt support, implementation, and program based on identified needs.
• Create systematic, proactive supports for those implementing projects/programs, including formal professional development materials and experiences when appropriate.
• Follow through with action plans.
• Oversee school restorative practices and discipline
  • Respond to classroom referrals in a timely way.
  • Hold restorative student intervention sessions.
  • Hold restorative family intervention meetings.
  • Communicate discipline cases and outcomes with stakeholders.
  • Hold students accountable to disciplinary consequences and next steps.
  • Collect and track discipline data to identify students of concern.
  • Collaborate with the school leaders and network strategic partners in cases of escalated disciplinary infractions.

Requirements

• Commitment to uphold Summit’s values, belief that all children deserve a rigorous and equitable education that prepares them for college and for life.
• Bachelor’s Degree (a Master’s Degree in Education and/or participation in the Leadership Fellows program is preferred but not required).
• Teaching Credential in California (clear credential), Washington, or another US State equivalent.
• Teaching experience within a Summit school or extensive teaching experience elsewhere required.
• Clear health and background check.

Skills

• You maintain high expectations for all students and believe all students can find success in school, college, and life.
• You thrive while collaborating and are excited to work with your colleagues.
• You find positivity in shared successes.
• You share our vision to reimagine what schools should be and are excited to make an impact on the public education landscape.
• You are empathetic and culturally competent.
• You proactively facilitate courageous conversations to advance anti-bias anti-racist practices and dismantle racism in our organization.
• You are data-driven and have the ability to collect, evaluate, and utilize data in meaningful ways.
• You have expertise in planning learning experiences that model skills-based, personalized instruction.
• You are positive and resilient in the face of big challenges.
• You take initiative and ownership in driving your work to meet personal and team goals.
• You possess strong people management and relationship skills, with the ability to motivate, inspire, develop, and communicate with a diverse group of teachers, leaders, staff members, and community members.
• You have an ability to apply honest, actionable, and timely feedback that results in improved performance.
• You have a strategic mindset when it comes to executing professional development initiatives.
• You thrive in innovative environments and are comfortable with the ambiguity that can come with a dynamic and progressive workplace.
• You’re committed to continuous improvement, see feedback as a positive, and have a growth mindset.

Benefits

• Retirement plan.
• Unlimited “take what you need” PTO policy.
• 11 paid holidays.
• 3 weeks of organization-wide closures during the year.
• Access to multiple health, dental, and vision plans at 25% cost (we cover the other 75%).
• Employee life and disability insurance at no cost.

Pay

The salary for this position starts at $103,663 and goes up to $122,635 commensurate with experience and qualifications.