IMMEDIATE OPENING Scholar Culture Liaison (William & Carol Ouchi High School)

About the role

Alliance College-Ready Public Schools is one of the largest and most successful nonprofit public charter school networks in the nation, operating 25 high-performing, middle and high schools that educate nearly 13,000 scholars. The school network has been recognized as among the best in the nation by various organizations and has a graduation rate of 95%. The Scholar Culture Liaison role focuses on de-escalating and preventing behavioral issues, fostering a positive school culture, and collaborating with school staff.

Essential Responsibilities

• Build developmentally appropriate, positive relationships with scholars to foster trust, respect, and cooperation while explicitly teaching schoolwide behavioral expectations through ongoing modeling, positive reinforcement, and community building.
• Supervise scholar activity areas during transitions, breaks, and lunch periods.
• Aid in general supervision of the school campus, with a focus on discipline and scholar behavioral expectations by communicating and enforcing school policies and procedures.
• Follow school behavior incident reporting protocols to ensure timely communication of behavior incidents to administrators where and when appropriate.
• Implement ongoing, universal Tier I interventions to prevent, redirect, and correct minor scholar behaviors by reinforcing schoolwide expectations.
• Engage in use of least invasive intervention strategies when needed to promote a positive school culture and climate.
• Maintain data for school-wide behavior systems, positive behavior systems, and individual behavior support plans to inform tiered behavior prevention and decision-making.
• Support the planning and execution of school-wide behavior response systems (after-school detention, restorative meetings, reflections, community circles, Saturday School) and positive behavior recognition celebrations.
• Support the Dean of Scholars and/or other designated members of the Leadership Team with documentation and investigations related to scholar behavior incidents, following established school protocols to ensure due process.
• Schedule and facilitate restorative meetings between scholars to address conflict, repair harm, build community, and reinforce behavioral expectations.
• Join administrative team members on home visits for scholar support.
• Perform additional related duties as assigned.

IDEAL CANDIDATES

• Belief: Hold the belief that all scholars, regardless of their economic or social demographics, deserve a quality education and can earn a four-year college degree.
• Social Justice: Desire to work in systemically underserved communities in Los Angeles and be a part of Alliance’s social justice mission by integrating anti-racist, pro-Black, student-centered instruction.
• Culture: Demonstrate an ability to develop a positive, achievement-oriented, supportive, and collaborative culture of high expectations that motivates and inspires scholars to learn at college-preparatory levels.
• Mindset: Hold a growth mindset and commit to continuously honing their craft.
• Relationship-Building: Have strong interpersonal, communication, and relationship-building skills with both children and adults.

Minimum Qualifications

• Associate’s Degree or higher from an accredited college or university.
• 2+ years of experience in a related field.

Benefits

• In alignment with our commitment to equity for our scholars, Alliance is dedicated to promoting equity and transparency within our team, offering competitive salaries commensurate with experience, as well as generous retirement and health benefits.
• This position is Non-Exempt.
• We strive to be the best employer possible by offering excellent benefits for our employees and their families.

Compensation

$23.50 - $29.00

Application Process

Interested candidates should submit an application. If you advance to the next step, you will be contacted for a phone screen and/or interview. Only candidates who advance will be contacted. If you would like to view the progress of your application, you can log in to your Candidate Home Account by signing in at the top right of our jobs page. Unfortunately, we are not able to sponsor or support applicants on visas at this time or in the foreseeable future.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Alliance College-Ready Public Schools is dedicated to fostering an inclusive, anti-racist, pro-Black community that celebrates diversity, equity, and the unique identities of all scholars and staff. Nearly two-thirds of our teachers and administrators identify as people of color, reinforcing our commitment to representation and the power of diverse role models. We recognize the richness of the cultures and communities we serve, and we believe that embracing and empowering these identities is essential to the success and pride of our scholars. Working at Alliance means joining a movement to drive transformative change, nurture resilience, and build lifelong, meaningful connections with scholars and their communities.