Position Summary

The Dean of Students is an essential part of the leadership team. The role involves working closely with students, teachers, and families to maintain a positive school culture that promotes academic and character growth. 

Essential Responsibilities

Ensure a Safe and Strong School Culture and Community

• Ensure that the school’s policies, procedures, and protocols for holding all students to high behavioral expectations as stated in the Code of Conduct are understood, promoted, and reinforced, equitably and consistently, by all students and staff members.
• Supervise arrival, dismissal, transitions, lunch, and/or recess as needed, ensuring the safety of the students.
• Maintain monthly records to assist teachers in the classroom with promoting positive behaviors and mitigating problem behaviors.
• Closely track and prepare data and information regarding student behavior, consequences, supports, and interventions to inform school-wide, subgroup, and individual student strategies and decisions as a member of the school leadership team and school culture committee.
• Closely monitor and problem-solve student attendance challenges, in partnership with families and colleagues.
• Support student social-emotional development, learning of the AMBER Way core values, and the recognition of growth and progress. Engage, communicate, and partner with parents/guardians to ensure students are successful learners and community members.
• Enforce the uniform policy. Communicate uniform infractions with families. 

Support Instructional Staff to Develop and Implement Effective, Impactful Teaching and Classroom Management Practices

• Be present in classrooms often and actively coach teachers, providing them with timely constructive feedback.
• Guide teachers to modify, differentiate, and extend learning experiences to engage all students.
• Partner with Staff Developers to facilitate professional development offerings that promote effective behavioral management practices in the classroom.
• Provide timely classroom support to teachers when requested; follow established protocols to support students to re-engage in learning and teachers in applying appropriate behavior management strategies and consequences.
• Serve as the critical point person for acute or crisis student behavior concerns.
• Assign and oversee out-of-classroom consequences, including suspensions.
• Develop and monitor the implementation of behavior intervention plans in partnership with teachers, parents/guardians, and students.

Contribute to the Day to Day Success and Ongoing Evolution of the School

• Serve as a key member of the instructional leadership team.
• Models the school’s values and standards for professional conduct; consistently demonstrates best practices for communicating with students, staff, and families.
• Support teachers in effective restorative practices.
• Collaborate with teachers and use data to identify students with complex/high needs and develop strategies to support these students.
• Support coordination of after-school program attendance 
• Execute special assignments and other duties as designated by the principal.

Required Experience and Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s Degree 
• 3 year’s experience as an effective, impactful classroom teacher with a solid understanding of classroom management and its role in learning.
• Conflict-resolution skills.
• Knowledge of Social-Emotional Learning and its impact on school culture.
• Strong command of all Microsoft Office and Google Drive programs.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with children, staff, and families.
• Complete and pass pre-employment fingerprinting and reference check process.
• Legally eligible to work in the United States.
• Perform other duties as assigned 

Preferred Experience and Qualifications

• Master’s degree in the field of education
• 1 year experience in coaching and consulting teachers.
• Experience planning, developing, facilitating, and evaluating high-impact professional development.
• NYS teaching certification
• Ability to speak, write, and understand Spanish fluently.

Amber’s Expectations

• Regular attendance and punctuality
• Well-groomed and able to maintain a professional appearance 
• Organizational fit for Amber culture, that is, exhibit the Amber Traits of Achievement, Community, Responsibility, Honesty, and Respect

 Equipment: 

• Laptop and office equipment 

Work Environment/Physical Effort:

• Regularly required to sit, stand for long periods of time, walk, climb stairs, speak loudly and clearly, visually observe, hear, operate a computer, and other classroom, school, and office equipment, reach with hands and arms, bend down, and must occasionally lift, move and/or support up to 20 pounds. Work is being performed in a traditional multi-floor school environment with limited to no elevator access.

Work Schedule

• 12 month work schedule

Compensation: 

Amber Charter Schools strictly follow a salary schedule for each role to ensure our continued commitment towards pay equity. The expected salary rangefor this role is $87,000- $99,000 depending on verified relevant work experience, highest level of completed education, and required certifications and/or licenses for the role. This is an exempt position.