2026-27 Scholar Culture Liaison (Alliance Morgan McKinzie High School)

LA Alliance

2d • $24 - $29 • Onsite

About The Position

The Scholar Culture Liaison performs a variety of duties associated with the supervision and behavior support of scholars on campus including proactively supporting a safe, inclusive, and positive campus environment through relationship building with scholars, providing preventive supervision, and responding to behavior using positive behavior interventions/supports and restorative practices. The Scholar Culture Liaison role focuses on de-escalation, skill-building, and early intervention to prevent behavioral escalation and unauthorized activities, while collaborating with school staff to implement other job related activities on campus like implementation of social-emotional systems and tiered supports that promote accountability, belonging, and a healthy scholar culture.

Requirements

• Associate’s Degree or higher from an accredited college or university.
• 2+ years of experience in a related field.
• Belief: Hold the belief that all scholars, regardless of their economic or social demographics, deserve a quality education and can earn a four-year college degree.
• Social Justice: Desire to work in systemically underserved communities in Los Angeles and be a part of Alliance’s social justice mission by integrating anti-racist, pro-Black, student-centered instruction.
• Culture: Demonstrate an ability to develop a positive, achievement-oriented, supportive, and collaborative culture of high expectations that motivates and inspires scholars to learn at college-preparatory levels.
• Mindset: Hold a growth mindset and commit to continuously honing their craft.
• Relationship-Building: Have strong interpersonal, communication, and relationship-building skills with both children and adults.
• Candidates with no related work experience if they have a Bachelor’s degree in human development, psychology, social work, education, or a related field.
• Candidates with only a high school diploma or the equivalent if they have 5+ years of experience in a related field.
• LiveScan background check and TB clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Champion Alliance’s Anti-Racist, Pro-Black Mission: The strongest candidates will bring a commitment to Alliance’s mission of building an anti-racist, pro-Black community that prioritizes the success and well-being of Black and Brown scholars. Candidates should have a passion for promoting equity through anti-racist, student-centered teaching practices that celebrate racial and cultural identities. This role is rooted in service to systemically underserved communities in Los Angeles, helping scholars graduate “college-ready” with pride in who they are.

Responsibilities

• Build developmentally appropriate, positive relationships with scholars to foster trust, respect, and cooperation while explicitly teaching schoolwide behavioral expectations through ongoing modeling, positive reinforcement, and community building.
• Supervise scholar activity areas during transitions, breaks, and lunch periods.
• Assist in general supervision of the school campus, with a focus on discipline and scholar behavioral expectations by communicating and enforcing school policies and procedures.
• Follow school behavior incident reporting protocols to ensure timely communication of behavior incidents to administrators where and when appropriate.
• Implement ongoing, universal Tier I interventions to prevent, redirect, and correct minor scholar behaviors by reinforcing schoolwide expectations.
• Engage in use of least invasive intervention strategies when needed to promote a positive school culture and climate.
• Continuously develop and strengthen positive relationships with parents, guardians, and other members of the school community.
• Maintain data for school-wide behavior systems, positive behavior systems, and individual behavior support plans to inform tiered behavior prevention and decision-making.
• Support the planning and execution of school-wide behavior response systems (after-school detention, restorative meetings, reflections, community circles, Saturday School) and positive behavior recognition celebrations.
• Support the Dean of Scholars and/or other designated members of the Leadership Team with documentation and investigations related to scholar behavior incidents, following established school protocols to ensure due process.
• Schedule and facilitate restorative meetings between scholars to address conflict, repair harm, build community, and reinforce behavioral expectations.
• Join administrative team members on home visits for scholar support.
• Perform additional related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries commensurate with experience
• Generous retirement and health benefits
• Substantial school-based and network-wide professional development support
• Special recognition to staff who demonstrate their dedication inside and beyond the school

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree