Dean of Students - 201 Days

Responsibilities

• Communicate with families and work collaboratively with the school's Family Partnership Specialists and School Counseling staff.
• Impact student achievement in the core academic areas by providing guidance and supporting students who are experiencing difficulty with study habits, attendance, and behavioral expectations.
• Serve as a resource to staff by supporting the school action plan, quality instruction, and implementation of high-quality instructional materials.
• Lead school-wide culture and climate programs such as: School-Wide Positive Behavior Initiatives and the Anti-Bullying Program.
• Facilitate training for students, teachers, and parents to help strengthen the school and community partnership.
• Create and coordinate education supports to meet the needs of students.
• Support and monitor students regarding academic, behavioral, and social behaviors.
• Facilitate meetings for the purpose of meeting curriculum guidelines and/or ensuring that state mandates are achieved.
• Attend school leadership meetings, and other meetings or professional development opportunities with student support strategies.
• Participate in parent-teacher conferences.
• Monitor student growth and progress.
• Plan and implement talk structures that support student discourse, both academic and behaviorally focused.
• Work with mentor teachers and teachers to ensure that students are being challenged in an academically rigorous setting, while being supported emotionally.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree. Master’s degree is preferred.
• Teaching candidates must hold a valid state of Tennessee Teaching or School Service certification. If you hold a teaching license in another state, you must apply for a Tennessee teaching license.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, especially the ability to communicate and collaborate with school age students.
• Effective organizational skills, attention to detail, strong work ethic, and ability to multitask.
• Ability to read and interpret documents, write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups.
• Ability to research and interpret state and LEA student data.
• Ability to interpret, apply and explain laws, rules, regulations, policies, procedures, and contracts which affect the school.
• Ability to utilize student formative and summative test data with all stakeholders.
• Experience enforcing consequences and upholding high standards.
• Experience working with urban school students and their families in a diverse environment.
• Experience as a teacher, social worker, or school psychologists, preferred.