Immediate Dean of School Culture (High School)

KIPP•Jacksonville, FL

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Dean of School Culture creates, implements, and sustains a safe, structured, and positive school culture that supports scholar achievement and staff success at KIPP Bold City High School in Jacksonville, Florida. The Dean leads school-wide behavior systems, coaches culture team members, partners with school leadership, and ensures discipline practices align with KIPP Jacksonville regional expectations, district policies, state regulations, and restorative practices. This is a 12-month role on the school administration team. The Dean reports directly to the Principal and is coached by the Senior Manager of School Culture. The Dean is the main point of contact for parents and guardians regarding behavior and school culture expectations, and the primary contact for acute discipline and culture concerns. The role supports teachers in developing strong classroom cultures and behavior-management systems, works with scholars and families to improve student behavior and promote academic success, and helps foster a positive staff culture. The successful candidate is passionate about supporting scholars, adapts to change, builds productive relationships with faculty, scholars, and families, and maintains accurate documentation in accordance with state, district, and KIPP Jacksonville requirements. The position is an immediate opening with a start date described as early December. The starting annual salary is $62,000. Benefits include individual medical, dental, and vision coverage, individual short- and long-term disability insurance, and a 403(b) retirement program with a company match. Teachers and coaches also receive individualized coaching and professional development. Offerings are subject to change year to year.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
Uncompromising belief that all students can learn.
Represent KIPP Jacksonville’s core values: high expectations, growth mindset, commitment to team, trust, joy, and sustainability.
Pass a background check as required by law.

Nice To Haves

Experience implementing restorative practices in a school setting.
Experience working in an urban public school or charter school setting, including as a paraprofessional, substitute, tutor, or in a similar role.
Experience working with high school students.
Experience following the District Code of Conduct and referral-processing procedures.

Responsibilities

Lead and plan advisory, community, and town hall meetings, and integrate values and character development into classroom communities.
Maintain a visible presence during school hours and proactively circulate through classrooms and hallways to support a strong school culture.
Create structures and expectations that develop student independence in classrooms and throughout the school.
Lead breakfast, lunch, dismissal, transitions, and other whole-school operations.
Ensure consistent implementation of school-wide culture systems.
Model positive interactions with scholars, families, and staff, including constructive responses to misbehavior and disruptions.
Recognize and celebrate student achievement and positive behavior, and communicate regularly with scholar families.
Assist with contacting families regarding attendance.
Serve as the point of contact for discipline and culture issues.
Reinforce school-wide and individualized scholar behavior plans in accordance with the Code of Conduct, in conjunction with the Social Worker or Guidance Counselor.
Advise teachers on student-management techniques, discipline, scholar relationships, and classroom culture.
Collaborate with school social workers to support at-risk and in-crisis scholars.
Provide scholars in crisis with space and strategies to cope and improve in-class behavior.
Coordinate and lead student removals and in-school or out-of-school suspensions.
Communicate regularly with families of scholars in crisis and collaborate with them to address behavior and support student needs.
Plan, implement, and provide ongoing professional development and feedback to staff on student relationships, student culture, and classroom community.
Conduct classroom observations and provide targeted feedback and support to teachers, including help problem-solving classroom discipline, behavior, and culture challenges.
Collaborate with the Leadership Team on summer training and professional development days during the school year.
Communicate teacher performance to the Principal and identify teachers who may need principal coaching due to insufficient performance.
Organize summer training and professional development days.
Recognize and celebrate staff professional growth and success.
Track threat management documentation.
Oversee implementation of the Student Code of Conduct.
Process referrals in DeansList and FOCUS.
Track office referrals, ISS, OSS, SESIR incidents, and subgroup behavior trends.
Monitor culture data biweekly and identify intervention priorities.