Founding Dean of Culture - High School 25-26

Description

• Minimum 35 years of experience as an educator teaching students with similar demographics to our KIPP Public Schools Northern California student community
• Previous Leadership or TeacherLeader experience preferred (ex: Grade Level Lead Instructional Coaching Content Lead etc.

• Hold a B.A/B.S degree from a regionally accredited institution
• Meet one of the following eligibility requirements:
• Hold a valid California teaching credential or
• Outofstate equivalent credential or license

• Student Focus: Belief that all students regardless of background have the ability to go to and through college; demonstrated commitment to the schools unique community
• Direction Setting: Ability to set direction for a team and motivate others to action
• Achievement Orientation and Performance Management: Demonstrated student achievement results in own classroom and from teachers that he/she manages
• Cultural Competence: Demonstrated ability to create inclusive environments that honors and supports a diversity of backgrounds and perspectives
• Instructional Leadership: Adept at data analysis; ability to extract meaningful insights across schoolwide data
• Instructional Leadership: Expertise in what the schoolwide academic standards and state assessments require of students knowledge and skills to demonstrate mastery; able to translate student mastery requirements into instructional plans and strategies
• Instructional Leadership: Deep understanding of appropriate application and differentiation of highleverage instructional strategies (e.g. make kids sweat pacing stretch it etc. based on comprehension of child development and pedagogy
• Relationship Building: Expertise in cultivating relationships and managing a diverse group of stakeholders
• Achievement Orientation: Demonstrated resilience and focus on student outcomes

• Engage and invest staff students and families in executing the cultural vision of the school by leading PD parent meetings and student meetings focused on building and maintaining healthy and restorative school culture
• Facilitate and drive continuous improvement of the schools cultural enabling systems and structures including driving the of strong school wide routines serving as a member of the coordination of student services team leading and modeling restorative conferences and attendance meetings
• Manages campus monitors and school safety structures

• Supports teachers in student support and behavior intervention systems to ensure that limited time is spent on reactive student discipline
• Manages and/or support parts of the daily school operations (e.g. arrival/dismissal lunch/recess school trips)
• Acts as a contact for student intervention and parent engagement; determines next steps for issues that are above the teacher/grade level/department chair

• Creates and facilitates school culture PD to teachers and leaders regarding behavioral management best practices
• Provides real time coaching to teachers and leaders school wide on classroom cultural excellence
• Ensures strong of schoolwide routines
• Collects analyzes and disseminates data on culture systems to drive continuous academic improvement
• Organizes (in partnership with the school leadership team) school wide academic nonacademic and identify affirming celebrations
• Develops and is responsible for the scope and sequence for Advisory.

• Responds to and navigates behavioral crisisintervention and acute behavioral issues (breach of classroom and student community expectations)
• Collaborate with teachers students and families to create implement and monitor individual behavior plans
• Leads Restorative Conferences
• Manages lunch detention & after school detention systems