Middle School Dean of Culture

DREAM • New York, NY

4d • $100,000 - $116,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Reporting to the Principal, the Dean of Culture will be responsible for working closely with the Principal and school leadership team to establish a positive and achievement-oriented culture which reflects DREAM’s core values. This is an exciting opportunity for an educator who is passionate about leading to build a responsive and restorative school culture and deeply understands its impact on student outcomes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree required
• 3+ years of experience working with students and a record of strong student achievement and exemplary classroom culture
• Willingness to be hands-on and do whatever it takes to develop and maintain an excellent school
• Strong critical thinking skills, including the ability to connect the dots to solve problems
• Exemplary interpersonal skills and an understanding of adult learning strategies to provide mentoring and coaching
• Successful experience in building and maintaining strong, positive student culture
• Ability to use a variety of data sources to drive practice
• A strong belief in the mission and values of DREAM, including the desire to make a difference in the lives of our students, families, and community.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Education and/or School Administration preferred
• 2+ years in a management role or school leadership role, managing full-time teams to outcomes, highly preferred
• Successful experience in people management and/or coaching and leading professional development in large group, small group and one-on-one settings, highly preferred
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred
• Knowledge and experience in social-emotional learning frameworks preferred

Responsibilities

• Develop, teach, and monitor all school-wide systems, including consistent culture systems, and expectations for student conduct aligned with DREAM’s approach to school culture;
• Serve as a coach for teachers on classroom management, routines, and procedures;
• Supervise common social times including arrival, breakfast, lunch, recess, morning meeting, community gathering and dismissal;
• Foster open communication within the school community and effectively convey high expectations for student achievement and health;
• Utilize data to continuously improve systems, routines, and procedures;
• Work directly with high touch scholars to provide supports and structures to ensure their academic progress;
• Partner with parents, families, and caregivers to build and maintain strong relationships and support student support plans, throughout the course of the school year;
• Ability to collaborate as a school-wide leader and contributor on the senior leadership team.
• Additional duties related to the running of the school as assigned.

Benefits

• Flexible Medical Health Plans, subsidizing the majority of costs for the employee, their spouse/domestic partner and children
• The ability to select between a variety of medical plans according to what best suits the employee’s needs
• Dental and vision plans
• Disability benefits
• Life insurance
• Up to 12 weeks fully paid of Parental Leave
• Flexible spending account options
• Pre-tax commuter benefits (parking and transit)
• Fitness and entertainment discounts
• A variety of support through our employee assistance program (EAP)
• 403(b) retirement plan with employer match starting at 4% after one year, with increases tied to DREAM tenure
• Referral, performance, and tenure milestone bonuses
• Discounted school meals through our in-house Scratch Food Program
• Tuition reimbursement support
• Access to a professional development fund
• School-based 12-month employees have approximately 48 days off throughout the school year including holidays, school breaks, personal days, and wellness days.

What This Job Offers

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