Culture Liaison

ICEF Public Schools•Los Angeles, CA

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Culture Liaison supports the Dean of Culture in maintaining a safe, positive, structured, and student-centered school culture. This role plays an important part in both positive culture-building and behavior correction. This includes celebrating scholars who demonstrate school values, supporting scholars who need redirection, communicating with staff and families when appropriate, and helping ensure consistent follow-through with schoolwide behavior systems. This is an on-site position based at a school site; remote work is not available for this role.

Requirements

An earned High School Diploma or the equivalent, and Two years of college (48 units), or Associate’s Degree or higher, or Passed the California Basic Educational Skills Test (CBEST)
Demonstrated excellence in writing, editing, and verbal communication
Strong leadership, team management, and project execution skills
Ability to work cross-functionally
Proficient use of Google-based applications
Tuberculosis (TB) clearance
Background check clearance
Commitment to educational equity and ICEF’s mission

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s Degree or higher
At least 2 years of experience in a public charter school, charter management organization or public school district
Proficiency in using school-based information systems and applications
Bilingual (Spanish/English) a plus

Responsibilities

Support the Dean of Culture in implementing schoolwide culture systems and expectations.
Reinforce school values, routines, and procedures throughout the school day.
Promote a positive school culture by recognizing scholars who demonstrate respect, empathy, community, integrity, perseverance, and excellence.
Support schoolwide incentives, celebrations, assemblies, and culture-building activities.
Help identify culture trends and communicate those trends to the Dean of Culture.
Support a calm, safe, and respectful campus environment.
Oversee the school’s approach to discipline, ensuring that redirection, reflection, and restorative conversations are applied consistently across the campus.
Supervise the documentation of major behavior incidents and interventions, ensuring high-quality follow-through on re-entry plans and restorative practices.
Act as the primary point of escalation for significant behavior concerns or safety issues communicated by the Culture Liaison.
Lead high-level communication with families regarding behavioral trends and serious disciplinary concerns.
Build positive relationships with scholars across grade levels.
Serve as a trusted adult who supports scholars in making safe and respectful choices.
Check in with scholars who need additional culture or behavior support.
Help scholars develop self-regulation, conflict-resolution, and problem-solving skills.
Encourage scholars to take responsibility for their actions and repair harm when needed.
Support the standards for a calm, safe, and respectful campus environment during high-traffic periods like nutrition, lunch, and transitions.
Support students in meeting schoolwide expectations for behavior, attendance, uniform, and participation.
Work closely with the Dean of Culture to ensure alignment with schoolwide culture systems.
Communicate with teachers regarding scholar behavior, resets, and return-to-class expectations.
Collaborate with administrators, counselors, operations staff, instructional assistants, and other support staff as needed.
Share timely updates with the Dean of Culture about major incidents, repeated behavior concerns, or safety issues.
Maintain professional and student-centered communication with scholars, families, and staff.
Attend culture meetings, student support meetings, or leadership meetings as requested.
Performs other duties as assigned.