Dean of Students

Mesa County Valley School District 51

Posted on : 10-04-2025

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Grand Junction, CO - USA

Monthly Salary

$ 68734 - 103640

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1 Vacancy

Posted on : 10-04-2025

Job Description

Position Type:
AdministrationAssistant Principal/Dean of Students

Date Posted:
3/24/2025

Location:
Grand Junction High School

Closing Date:
04/04/2025

Description:
Dean of Students

Administration Delivery:
This position supports students and staff at the assigned school managing students behavioral expectations and upholding the districts goals and initiatives regarding social emotional learning student engagement and discipline policies. The Dean is the primary contact for student attendance or discipline issues and acts as a technical resource to school staff parents law enforcement other agencies and stakeholders regarding these topics. Working collaboratively with students community and school stakeholders the Dean is responsible for:

Monitoring and ensuring the behavioral expectations curriculum and instructional programs recognize the contributions of diverse groups and foster success for all students regardless of gender sex and/or disability;
Receiving and managing behavioral referrals and confers with students teachers community agencies and law enforcement;
Using the Response to Intervention process collaborating and communicating with staff parents and administrators
Conferring with students regarding behavioral consequences
Compiling data to analyze student attendance trends truancy interventions and to serve as a catalyst for and benchmark of growth and continuous student engagement improvements. Dean is often the administrative representative for investigating incidents involving students and as such must balance the need for sensitivity consideration of any public relation impact and to be knowledgeable of and adhere to the applicable laws policies statues and procedures.
Assisting in maintaining the schools Crisis Management Plan and school safety requirements;
Participating in the schools community outreach regarding safety and welfare including contact with students parents businesses community agencies organizations and others.

Educational Support and Delivery:
Leadership in this dynamic field requires an understanding of the philosophy of standards based education the D51 Learning Model Response to Intervention (RtI) Social Emotional Learning (SEL) the processes of transiting to postsecondary careers and pathways and their effectiveness in the school. Responsibilities within this area include:

Collaborating with the school counselor and personnel to create and maintain researchbased behavioral interventions;
Assisting staff in creating and aligning of classroom student behavior plans with their classroom management plans;
Working closely with classroom staff in the development and of individual student behavior plans;
Attending meetings as appropriate regarding student growth struggles and successes; i.e. Individual Education Plans including 504 cases conferences parent/faculty meetings expulsion hearings etc.;
Responding to and resolving parent student and staff concerns/complaints regarding student related policies;
Serving on discipline and/or expulsion panels and actively participating in the development and coordination of educational alternatives for students in need;
Documenting collecting and analyzing student attendance and behavioral data for a variety of purposes including but not limited to meeting regulatory requirements recommending changes or updates to behavior plans and identifying staff Professional Learning needs;
Implementing Professional Learning for staff in RtI SEL and other behavioral management instruction.

Campus and Building Activities:
High School Dean position holds an expectation for work outside of the regular schedule to include evenings and weekends supervising working at and/or attending a variety of activities including sports academic clubs meetings and other student based extracurricular activities. Employee strives to balance level of attendance at such events in conjunction with all other duties obligations and personal life. Duties may include but are not limited to:

Acting as a liaison to after school programs in collaboration with school staff and/or personnel from outside agencies;
Working with custodial and grounds staff support personnel teachers and others to implement the schoolwide safety and emergency protocols
Creating partnerships with parents guardians community members youthbased organizations and other stakeholders to provide support all students learning development and wellbeing.;
Coordinating with Athletic Department and Band Boosters to support a variety of schoolbased projects events and activities.

Staff Supervision and Development:
The Dean position currently has no direct staff supervisory duties however is still considered a District leader that promotes the Districts efforts to ensure:

Student success as the Districts primary focus and;
The applied principles of collaborative adult learning;

Dean may be assigned direct supervision of personnel in accordance with licensure requirements District policies and applicable laws. Supervising and evaluating staff is conducted in the framework of the organizations and schools goals and expectations include a variety of human resources responsibilities but not limited to:

Interviewing hiring training promoting planning and assigning work
Conducting performance evaluations rewarding and disciplining employee conduct
Addressing employee complaints/concerns and resolving problems.

Job Summary:
As a member of the schools instructional and building leadership team the Dean of Students is responsible for building student supports that create a positive and safe school environment. The Dean supports student achievement through the coordination and administration of student activities and programs including overseeing student conduct and attendance. In addition the Dean supports the Athletic Director in the oversight of all extracurricular athletics and activities. All duties are performed in accordance with Board of Education (BOE) policies and as part of the schools leadership team the Dean may be assigned responsibilities involving aspects of the assigned schools management and oversight.

Qualifications:

Bachelors degree in education or related field*; preference given for Masters Degree;
Minimum of five years of experience in teaching position with demonstrated increasing instructional leadership roles;
Demonstrated experience in the use and implementation of successful student intervention and support strategies;
- *Acceptable equivalent will be at the sole discretion of the District.
Preference given for candidates with valid Administrator Certification or License* or ability to obtain within oneyear;

Working Conditions:
207 days/year

Application Procedure:
Apply Online
Position is posted Monday March 24th and will close Friday April 4th @ 11:59pm

Salary & Benefits:
$68734 $103640
View all salary schedules for the current school year at:https://d51schools/employment/jobopportunities/salaryschedules
Information regarding D51 Benefits can be found here:https://www.d51schools.org/employment/currentemployees/employeebenefits

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