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217 Workday calendar
7.5 hours per day
Masters Degree
Valid Texas Educator Certificate
Job Title: Dean of Students
Wage/Hour Status: Exempt
Reports to: Campus Principal
Pay Grade: Five - Admin/professional
Dept./School: Assigned Campus
Date Revised: March 26 2018
Primary Purpose:
Assist the school principal in overall administration of instructional program and campus level operations. Coordinate assigned student activities and services for assigned campus.
Qualifications:
Education/Certification:
Masters degree
Texas Mid-Management or other appropriate Texas certificate Certified PDAS or TTESS appraiser.
Special Knowledge/Skills:
Thorough understanding of school operations
Strong organizational communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to coordinate campus support operations
Experience:
Two years experience as a classroom teacher preferred
Major Responsibilities and Duties:
Instructional Management
- Participate in development and evaluation of educational programs.
- Encourage and support development of innovative instructional programs helping teachers pilot such efforts when appropriate.
- Promote the use of technology in teaching/learning process.
- Oversee special programs as directed for the campus.
- Follow and ensure that the PGISD curriculum implementation schedule is followed and that teachers are implementing each curriculum element outlined by six weeks period.
- Identify what teaching staff needs to know and be able to gather analyze and use student assessment data at both the campus and classroom levels.
- Ensure that each department meets in a Professional Learning Community on a regular basis to foster long term commitment to excellence. Attend PLC meetings to encourage an atmosphere of collaborative experimentation that leads to continuous improvement and that professional dialogue drives day to day decisions.
- Identify areas of needed professional development and schedule workshops as necessary to assist staff in the effective implementation of the TEKS Resource curriculum.
- Evaluate the progress that staff has made in achieving competencies related to TEKS Resource and student performance. Use this information to design a professional development plan to move the program forward.
School/Organizational Climate
- Promote a positive caring climate for learning.
- Deal sensitively and fairly with persons from diverse cultural backgrounds.
- Communicate effectively with students and staff.
School/Organizational Improvement
- Help campus principal develop maintain and use information systems to maintain and records to track progress on campus performance objectives and academic excellence indicators.
Personnel Management
- Observe employee performance record observations and conduct evaluation conferences.
- Assist campus principal in interviewing selecting and orienting new staff as directed.
Administration and Fiscal/Facilities Management
- Supervise operations in principals absence.
- Help plan daily school activities and extracurricular activities.
- Requisition textbooks and equipment; check inventory; maintain records.
- Coordinate safety inspections and safety-drill practice activities.
- Coordinate support services as needed.
- Comply with federal and state laws State Board of Education rule and board policy.
- Assist with maintenance/facilities requests as needed.
Student Management
- Ensure that students are adequately supervised while at school or related activities.
- Help to develop a student discipline management system that results in positive student behavior.
- Ensure that school rules are uniformly observed and that student discipline is appropriate and equitable.
- Conduct conferences on student and school issues with parents students and teachers.
Professional Growth and Development
- Participate in professional development to improve skills related to job assignment.
- Maintain confidentiality of information.
- Other duties as assigned
School/Community Relations
- Articulate the schools mission to community and solicit its support in realizing mission.
- Demonstrate awareness of school-community needs and initiate activities to meet those needs.
- Use appropriate and effective techniques to encourage community and parent involvement.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
Share supervisory responsibility for professional staff with school principal. Supervise teachers paraprofessionals clerical personnel and others as assigned.
Working Conditions:
Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:
Maintain emotional control under stress. Work with frequent interruptions. Occasional district wide travel; occasional prolonged and irregular hours.
The foregoing statements describe the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties that may be assigned or skills that may be required.
Employee Signature Date
Employment Type
Full-Time
