Associate Dean of Culture

Amber Charter Schools • New York City, NY

6h • $58,500 - $62,063 • Onsite

About The Position

The Associate Dean of Culture is an entry-level, school-based role that reports directly to the Dean of Culture, creating a safe, structured, and values-driven school environment where students can thrive. As the first point of contact for student behavior, this role is deeply embedded in the school's daily life, responding to behavior concerns in real time, guiding students toward accountability, and building strong, trusting relationships. While supporting the SLT team, the Associate Dean of Culture plays an essential hands-on role in bringing the school’s culture systems to life, ensuring expectations are clear, consistent, and lived out across the building. This role is located at our Kingsbridge Elementary School (3120 Corlear Ave, Bronx, NY 10463)

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 6 months of experience working with students in a school, summer camp, after-school, or youth-serving environment.
• Strong command of all Google Suite programs.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships with students, staff, families, and school leadership
• Ability to remain calm, firm, and empathetic in challenging situations.
• Willingness to learn and implement school culture systems.
• Complete and pass pre-employment.
• fingerprinting and reference check process.
• Legally eligible to work in the United States.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Capacity to develop strong relationships based on trust, respect, effective communication, and common goals.
• Student-centered and growth-oriented.
• Consistent and fair decision-making.
• Strong follow-through and organization.
• Professional judgment and discretion.
• Commitment to equity and belonging.
• Regular attendance and punctuality.
• Professional appearance and interactions with all stakeholders.
• Organizational fit for Amber culture, that is, exhibits the Amber Traits of Achievement, Community, Responsibility, Honesty, and Respect.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience supporting student behavior or discipline.
• Ability to read, write, and communicate in Spanish.

Responsibilities

• Supervises Lunch and Recess periods.
• Serves as the first stop for student behavior incidents, classroom removals, and referrals.
• Responds promptly to behavior concerns and provides immediate intervention and de-escalation.
• Facilitates student reflection conversations and restorative responses.
• Supports student accountability through classroom push-in or class removal (as needed) and morning check-in processes.
• Determines appropriate next steps within established behavior protocols and escalates to the Dean of Culture when necessary.
• Supports student re-entry to class following behavior incidents.
• Supports the coordination and facilitation of meetings with families, students, and staff that support and address all concerns that impact the daily success of students.
• Responds to violations of all school policies (i.e. attendance/lateness policy, uniform guidelines, and personal electronics rules) consistently and fairly.
• Supports the school community to discuss behavior, discipline, culture temperature topics, peer mediation, social emotional learning.
• Maintains a visible and active presence in hallways, common areas, arrival, transitions, lunch, recess, and dismissal.
• Reinforces school norms, routines, and expectations consistently across the building.
• Supports the implementation of school-wide culture systems as designed by the Dean of Culture.
• Communicates with families regarding routine behavior incidents and interventions.
• Partners with caregivers to support student accountability and growth.
• Refers complex or sensitive family situations to the Dean of Culture.
• Supports teachers with behavior response, classroom removals, and re-entry planning, Helps staff understand and follow behavior referral processes.
• Collaborates with counselors, social workers, and support staff as needed.
• Documents behavior incidents accurately and in a timely manner.
• Tracks follow-up actions and ensures completion of assigned interventions.
• Supports data collection related to student behavior and culture trends.

Benefits

• Amber offers opportunities for supplemental compensation, an excellent benefits package starting on day 1, including medical plans averaging a $55 employee contribution monthly for single coverage (with dependent options available and averaging $92-$124 per month), dental & vision coverage, a 403(b) retirement savings plan with an organization-paid contribution after 1-year, various supplemental benefit options such as life insurance, short-term and long-term disability coverage, pre-tax commuter & transit benefits and flexible spending/health reimbursement accounts, longevity and referral bonuses, generous paid time off, access to a federal student loan debt reduction program, professional development and a friendly work environment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level