SY 25-26 - Assistant Dean

Conservatory Lab Charter•Boston, MA

About The Position

The Conservatory Lab Charter School seeks an Associate Dean of Lower School who is passionate about collaborating with staff, students, and families to create a strong school and community culture rooted in the 5 school values of Cooperation, Empathy, Perseverance, Reflection, and Responsibility. The Associate Dean is a community-oriented leader with strong interpersonal skills, who believes in building a positive school culture that facilitates the progress of academic, musical, and social emotional learning school-wide for students; inclusion of and open communication with families; a strong and collegial professional culture for faculty and staff.

Requirements

3 years school based experience, early childhood experience preferred
2 years management experience

Nice To Haves

Fluent in Spanish, Haitian Creole, or Cape Verdean Creole

Responsibilities

Support the arrival and dismissal processes each day.
Facilitate Recess Protocols and logistics.
Support the Daily Coverage including the student lunch coverage
Support student lunch coverage including communicating norms and expectations.
Supporting the de-escalation of children as needed
Contribute to evaluation of school staff to support positive school environment focused on high achievement for all students
Contributes to the building and nurturing of a positive school culture including the coordination of school-wide or grade level events, the implementation of staff and student recognition systems and supporting a school-wide positive culture
Articulate school culture, vision, and mission to families, teachers and students
Assist with family communication
Supports the development and logistics of school-wide events, Family Nights, and New Student Orientations
Supports communications and external relations through parent letters, weekly staff notes, surveys, and visitors
Supports the monitoring of student attendance and tardiness, communicate with families to create plans to improve attendance
Assists in the development, communication and enforcement of guidelines to maintain and follow up on proper attendance, discipline and conduct, as well as assuring that students and parents have supports in place to meet expectations
Works with the leadership team and others to maintain a safe, secure and clean environment at the site including supervising emergency drills, developing emergency response procedures, arranging substitute coverage, supervising students’ lunch/recess and school arrival and dismissal procedures
Prepares paperwork and reports as required (newsletters, handbooks, board reports, etc.) and assists with scheduling
Reports directly to the Dean of Culture
Other responsibilities as assigned by Principal and Chief Operating Officer or designee