POSITION: High School Dean of Students

SCHOOL YEAR: 2023-24

REPORTS TO: HS Principal, HS Assistant Principal

WAGE/HOUR STATUS: Exempt/10 month 10 days

Mission: To educate and inspire a diverse community of K-12 learners by engaging them in rigorous real-world learning experiences which prioritize intellectual, social and emotional growth.

Vision: Tapestry is a vibrant, sustainable school that empowers learners and leaders to make a positive impact in our communities and beyond.

Core Values: Perseverance, integrity, Responsibility and Respect.

PURPOSE: The Dean role provides leadership and direction at the high school level by working proactively to create a thriving school culture based upon Tapestry's core values. This role is essential to collaborate with the team that works closest with the student to provide behavioral interventions and social-emotional learning (SEL) support based upon relationship building, creating a safe and productive environment, maintain clear and accurate records and providing ongoing support to the High School Community using research-based practices that are rooted in restorative justice. In the Dean of Students role you are providing all stakeholders, including parents, teachers and other administrators with classroom/school-wide behavior management strategies and support.

Student Safety, Discipline and Restoration

• Effectively build and maintain relationships with students, staff, parents, and community stakeholders that establish mutual trust and respect.
• Develops and cultivates a school wide culture that fosters positive relationships across all levels.
• Maintain and uphold the Tapestry Code of Conduct, focusing on Restorative Practices that include:
• Peer mediation
• Circles
• Conflict-resolution
• Restorative questioning
• De-escalation techniques
• Affective Statements
• Reset, Reflect, Repair, Return
• As delegated by principal, assist in development and management of daily operations, safety, and administrative processes. Adopts and manages processes to safeguard students while on campus.
• Manages emergency issues in alignment with Tapestry practices while ensuring the learning environment is positive and productive.
• Participates and trains staff on safety drills, emergency plans, and policy development related to safety.
• Investigate complaints and in collaboration with the principal determine appropriate remedies.
• Follow the framework of Restorative Practices while working with students, families and teachers.
• Design, implement, coordinate and evaluate a comprehensive behavior support program.
• Provide all stakeholders, including parents, teachers and other administrators with classroom/school-wide behavior management strategies.
• Hold re-entry meetings.
• Implement and progress monitor students on behavior contracts.
• Work with the principal and dean to hold students accountable to our Compass traits and behavioral expectations as outlined in our Code of Conduct in our student handbook.
• Review PowerSchool behavioral data
• Start of school/after school supervision
• Support level 1 discipline as requested by teachers
• Lead on student support/discipline 9-12 level II
• Oversee site consequences including detentions and suspensions (9-12).

Culture and Character

• Oversee student activities including athletics, programs and social activities.
• Plan and organize extracurricular activities that develop student interpersonal skills and relationships, as needed.
• Support school-wide initiatives.
• Support Community Meetings and student celebrations.

Creating a Safe and Productive School Environment

• Develop structures that provide recognition of a variety of student accomplishments and positive behaviors.
• Support DASA coordinator with investigations
• Actively supervise students to ensure a safe, nurturing environment where students can thrive.
• When needed, offer additional support in the classroom. Supervision schedule can include:
• Classroom support during instructional time.
• Cafeteria during assigned grade lunches.
• Front foyer/outside during and after dismissal (Including Plaza).
• Hallway supervision including sweeps, monitor first 5 and last 5 minutes of class, and use of passes.

• Report any immediate social/emotional behaviors that are of concern to the school guidance counselor, social worker and/or Principal.
• Participate in Climate Team (Principal, Assistant Principal, School Counselors, Dean of Students) Meetings weekly.

Maintain clear and accurate records

• Accurately reporting behaviors including positive communication as outlined in the High School Code of Conduct. Maintain a record of student progress by logging behavioral interventions into Powerschool and:

• Maintain a record of student progress through a Check-In/Check Out system for specific students and behaviors.
• Implement Code of Conduct using behavior tracking systems and communicate with involved staff members.
• Communicate & document communication with families regarding behavioral, social, attendance & academic data, goals and needs.

Provide ongoing support

• Work cooperatively with building administrators to:
• Promote positive student behavior through proactive and strategic moves that target research-based strategies.
• Modeling of instructional practices to support teachers.
• Implementation of behavioral supports as aligned to plans.
• Knowledge and application of the Tapestry Code of Conduct and Behavior Tracking System.
• Participate in proactive team efforts to achieve district, building, departmental and/or grade-level goals.

School-wide duties

• Assist with arrival, dismissal & lunch duties as assigned.
• Weekly meeting with the Principal and/or Assistant Principal
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required, Master's degree preferred
• Candidates with prior teaching and/or experience with youth in an urban school district or district with an urban population are encouraged to apply.