Middle School Dean of Students
About The Position
The Dean of Students provides support to the Principal by drafting and preparing correspondence, implementing the Student Code of Conduct, and creating a safe and orderly school environment. This role involves coordinating school field trips, maintaining calendars, managing appointments, handling visitor inquiries, and maintaining office filing systems. The Dean will also assist with data input, communicate with parents and stakeholders, take dictation, and manage Saturday detention and suspensions. Collaboration with instructional staff, school personnel, parents, and community resources is essential for improving student outcomes and achieving school improvement plan objectives. The Dean will counsel students on performance, health, problem-solving, and personal issues, and manage student behavior to ensure a safe and optimal learning environment. This includes monitoring students in various educational settings and participating in meetings and professional development. The Dean is also responsible for responding to emergency situations and performing other related duties as assigned to ensure efficient and effective functioning of the work unit.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university
- A minimum 1 year of Teaching Experience.
- Must be physically and mentally able to perform the responsibilities and duties of the position
Responsibilities
- Provides support to Principal.
- Drafts and prepares all correspondence including letters, memorandums, agendas, reports, minutes, and other documents.
- Implements Student Code of Conduct.
- Creates a safe and orderly school environment.
- Coordinates school field trips.
- Maintains calendar and schedules appointments as needed.
- Answers calls, records messages, and re-directs inquiries to the appropriate individual.
- Attends to all visitors and staff.
- Maintains office filing system.
- Copies, faxes, and files correspondence as requested.
- Assists with data input.
- Communicates with parents and key stakeholders.
- Takes and transcribes dictation.
- Manages Saturday detention and suspensions.
- Collaborates with instructional staff, other school personnel, parents, and a variety of community resources for the purpose of improving the overall quality of student outcomes, achieving established classroom objectives in support of the school improvement plan
- Counsels students for the purpose of improving performance, health status, problem solving techniques and a variety of personal issues
- Manages student behavior for the purpose of providing a safe and optimal learning environment
- Monitors students in a variety of educational environments (e.g. classroom, school grounds, hallways, restrooms, field trips, etc.) for the purpose of providing a safe and positive learning environment
- Participates in a variety of meetings and professional development activities for the purpose of conveying and/or gathering information required to perform functions
- Responds to emergency situations for the purpose of resolving immediate safety concerns and/or directing to appropriate personnel for resolution
- Performs other related duties, as assigned, for the purpose of ensuring the efficient and effective functioning of the work unit
- Performs other duties as assigned
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
