Immediate Dean of School Culture (High School)

KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools • Jacksonville, FL

2d • 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. This 12-month role leads school-wide behavior systems, coaches culture team members, partners with school leadership, and ensures discipline practices align with KIPP Jacksonville expectations, district policies, state regulations, and restorative practices. The Dean is part of the administration team, reports directly to the Principal, and receives coaching from the Senior Manager of School Culture.

The Dean is the primary contact for parents and guardians regarding behavior and school culture expectations and for acute discipline and culture concerns. The role supports teachers in building strong classroom culture and student behavior-management systems, works with scholars and families to improve behavior and academic success, and helps develop a positive staff culture. The position requires accurate documentation and productive relationships with faculty, scholars, and families.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• An uncompromising belief that all students can learn.
• Represent KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools’ 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, or tutor.
• Experience working with high school students.
• Experience following a District Code of Conduct and referral-processing procedures.

Responsibilities

• Lead and plan advisory, community, and town hall meetings, and integrate school values and character development into classroom communities.
• Maintain a visible presence throughout the school day and circulate through classrooms and hallways to understand student behavior and support a strong school culture.
• Create structures and expectations that increase 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, and recognize and celebrate student achievement and positive behavior.
• Communicate regularly with families, including contacting families about attendance and student behavior.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for discipline and culture issues.
• Reinforce school-wide and individualized behavior plans in accordance with the Code of Conduct, in conjunction with the Social Worker or Guidance Counselor.
• Support teachers in developing student-management techniques, relationships with scholars, and classroom culture.
• Collaborate with school social workers to support at-risk and in-crisis scholars, including providing students in crisis with a space and strategies to cope and improve in-class behavior.
• Coordinate and provide leadership for student removals and in-school or out-of-school suspensions.
• Communicate with families of scholars in crisis and collaborate with them on ways to address behavior and support student needs.
• Plan, implement, and provide ongoing staff professional development and feedback focused on student relationships, culture, and classroom community.
• Conduct classroom observations and provide targeted follow-up feedback and support to teachers.
• Collaborate with the Leadership Team to plan summer training and professional development days during the school year.
• Communicate teacher performance to the Principal, identifying teachers who may need principal coaching due to insufficient performance.
• Organize summer training and professional development days, and recognize and celebrate staff growth and success.
• Track threat-management documentation and oversee implementation of the Student Code of Conduct.
• Process referrals in DeansList and FOCUS.
• Track office referrals, in-school suspensions, out-of-school suspensions, SESIR incidents, and subgroup behavior trends.
• Monitor culture data bi-weekly and identify intervention priorities.

Benefits

• Individual-level medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Individual short-term and long-term disability insurance.
• 403(b) retirement program with a company match.
• Individualized coaching and professional development to support professional practice and growth.

What This Job Offers

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