Please apply through our website: https://boards.greenhouse.io/brooklynlab/jobs/4694344?t=08as3h1

***Brooklyn LAB is offering a $5,000 signing bonus for all immediate hires***

COVID-19 VACCINATION POLICY

To prioritize the well-being, health, and safety of our school community, Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School will require all staff members to have completed their full COVID-19 vaccination by September 30, 2021. In compliance with federal and state laws, we will be offering exemptions to employees who, for medical or strongly held religious reasons, are not able to be vaccinated.

LAB is seeking an Associate Dean of Scholars to co-lead the school’s core behavior and whole child development programs. This individual will be responsible for building a positive, joyful, structured thriving culture in which teachers teach and students study (where it's cool to be smart). The Associate Dean of Scholars is an active role, proactively finding and fixing potential problems and addressing student needs as well as supporting all staff to uphold school expectations. Associate Deans proactively observe classes, proactively intervene with scholars who may need support and will respond to teacher requests for additional support. When possible, they will use in-the-moment interventions and strong relationships to guide students quickly to reflect and resolve any issues and return to focusing on their academic mastery. While Associate Deans will work with students in the moment, they will also support teachers, helping them identify trends, improve practice, and rebuild relationships. Moreover, the Associate Dean of Scholars will serve as the main point of contact with the parents and families of students to facilitate family education and involvement. This person will build incredibly strong relationships with every scholar, family and teacher with whom they work in service of scholar success.

RESPONSIBILITIES for THIS ROLE

Individuals who thrive at LAB tend to be entrepreneurial professionals and hungry learners who crave frequent high-quality feedback on their practice. The Associate Dean is responsible for supporting the school’s core behavior and character education programs, and will perform a variety of essential responsibilities, including (but not limited to):

• Proactively plan and execute systems to drive positive student behavior and create an academics-focused culture of achievement.
• With grade level teams, teach and reinforce clear expectations and the purpose behind them.
• Proactively step into classes to drive culture by reinforcing and celebrating excellence, having a quick private conversation with a student who may be struggling, and/or making a quick observation/suggestion to a teacher.
• Immediately respond to teacher calls for behavior support, ideally keeping small things small.
• Approach repeated or more significant disruptions as an opportunity to support students, teach lagging skills, while upholding our expectations.
• Simultaneously support the teacher and his/her authority/school expectations, while supporting the scholar to be successful by identifying and addressing the root cause of the behavior. A
• As part of our restorative process, guide students to reflect, take ownership, build skill, and advocate for their needs/share their perspective. One goal of this work is to prepare both student and teacher to have a productive restorative conversation where both listen and learn - where appropriate apologies/amends are made, students are genuinely heard, teachers are genuinely supported. Support the teacher and student in planning forward-looking solutions, repairing the relationship.
• Drive student attendance to exceed school goals through a variety of investment strategies, incentive structures and events as well as interventions to support scholars who are struggling to attend or arrive on time.
• Actively monitor all out of class times such as lunch, transitions, hallway traffic during class, arrival and dismissal etc.
• Serve as a primary liaison to parents - proactively communicate positive progress of students to build rapport and connection and celebrate students. Support and coach teaches to do the same.
• Communicate with and collaborate with parents/families/guardians to share updates behavioral or academic concerns/updates and to enlist their partnership in problem solving.
• Support school staff and administration in the development of effective techniques to maximize student learning through a positive culture.
• Accurately input and act on culture data to support scholars; reflect on and act on data quickly to address possible trends.
• Ensure that culture data for your cohort is logged and accurate, especially data that may be helpful in supporting struggling scholars such as student disciplinary records and subsequent data-driven interventions implemented in conjunction with the student services team.
• Play a primary role in the development and execution of student supports and interventions along with the student support team.

RESPONSIBILITIES of a LAB TEAMMATE

• Serve as an unwaveringly productive member of the Culture Team and the LAB community; consistently modeling our mindsets and values in every interaction with teammates, families and students, and our larger community.
• Support school-wide goals and priorities.
• Analyze data to identify and then lead high-leverage initiatives; use data to assess progress and adjust as needed.
• Recruit volunteers to mentor and develop the leadership of LAB scholars.
• Provide insights gathered through observation and reflection to ensure LAB becomes a beacon for school-based work that acknowledges every student's strengths and contributions and strives to provide traditionally underserved populations of students with the skills necessary to succeed in an ever-evolving world.
• View young male students of color not as liabilities or threats to society, but rather encourage and highlight their many assets and contributions.
• Build LAB’s organizational capacity to continue this work over the long haul.
• Build connections to align work across sectors; and prioritize holistic, preventative, systematic solutions that eliminate the structures limiting opportunities for our scholars.
• Do whatever it takes to ensure the adult and student culture provide for a culture of achievement; The mission of the school is non-negotiable and we all must do whatever it takes to ensure we fulfill it.
• Be a self starter - Find and fix imperfections before they become problems.
• Superman is not coming. Reporting a problem is not the same as solving it. Look to yourself to act - even changes requiring broad changes in policy and practice can be pushed forward with your advocacy and proposals.
• Own your growth - operate with a growth mindset and view every piece of feedback as support, drive your development through self-study, seeking out opportunities, requesting additional support.

QUALIFICATIONS

• A Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s degree preferred.
• Focuses and thrives in a fast paced, entrepreneurial environment.
• Works effectively in a team environment; supports others in doing their best work.
• Believes that every student can work hard, excel academically, and graduate from college; the ability to lead in a way that reflects LAB’s values and beliefs.
• Demonstrates a sense of urgency to achieve dramatic gains in learning.
• Mobilizes adults to take action toward common goals and achieve results; ability to develop clear, shared purpose that guide and unify a team; demonstrated ability to build effective teams to meet the needs of tasks at hand.
• Teaches other adults and commit to adults’ growth and development.
• Articulates clear and compelling cultural and behavioral expectations for scholars, including high expectations for behavior, academics, class and school culture, student investment, and family investment.
• Engages in difficult conversations and make hard decisions.
• Takes initiative and go above and beyond typical expectations; a relentless drive and determination to achieve exceptional outcomes and results.
• Demonstrates resilience in overcoming setbacks and remaining constructive despite resistance or failure; demonstrated tenacity; ability to support perseverance in others.
• Focuses on results and how they are achieved; ability to differentiate effort from results.
• Identifies, analyzes, and prioritizes complex problems and key issues in a timely manner.
• Manages time and resources effectively, prioritizing efforts according to organizational goals.
• Proactively develops contingency plans in advance of potential or unforeseen circumstances.
• Monitors a project by assessing milestones and modify plans based on data.
• Multi-tasks and balances detailed steps with strategy to ensure successful project completion;
• Takes responsibility for behavior, mistakes, and results, learns from successes and failures, and teaches others to do the same.
• Uses data to accurately assess areas for improvement and teaches others to do the same.
• Continuously and humbly seeks opportunities for personal and organizational improvement; proactively solicits and willingly accepts assistance.
• Takes calculated risks and teaches others to do the same; values creative and innovative ideas.
• Shows initiative, finds and fixes problems - operating boldly to lead peers, and calling in support from leadership when needed.

COMPENSATION

You will receive a competitive benefits package that improves over time and is competitive with other New York City charter schools. Other salary differentiation will be based on experience.

In addition to competitive salaries, LAB benefits package includes:

• 80% cost share of health, dental, vision employee plan premiums
• 5% of annualized base salary contribution to a LAB retirement plan which vests at a percentage annually
• An employee professional development allowance for improving the employee’s practice

ABOUT BROOKLYN LAB

Brooklyn Laboratory Charter Schools (LAB) is a network of open enrollment, college-prep, public charter schools that opened its first middle school in downtown Brooklyn in 2014. LAB opened its second middle school in the fall of 2016, and will open its first two high schools in the fall of 2017, both in downtown Brooklyn. LAB is dedicated to serving the highest need students regardless of their academic level, English language proficiency, or disability. To achieve this, we couple a high expectations approach with an innovative, Common Core-aligned, next generation learning model designed to drastically improve the academic success of our scholars.

This search is being run by NRG Consulting Group.

Please apply through our website: https://boards.greenhouse.io/brooklynlab/jobs/4694344?t=08as3h1

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $60,000.00 - $80,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Signing bonus

Work Location: One location

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