DREAM Coach (2025-2026 School Year)

Democracy Prep Seeks a DREAM Coach for the 2025-2026 School Year

Democracy Prep Public Schools is committed to ensuring all scholars succeed in the college of their choice and lead a life of active citizenship. As a DREAM Coach, you will play a vital role in cultivating a school culture rooted in high expectations and high support, ensuring every scholar receives the social, emotional, and behavioral guidance they need to thrive academically and personally.

Who You Are

• Mission-Driven Educator: You are deeply committed to Democracy Prep’s mission, focusing on fostering college success and authentic civic engagement for scholars.
• Student-Centered Mentor: You believe in the power of high expectations and high support. You build strong, trusting relationships with scholars and guide them in learning from their mistakes to build self-regulation, accountability, and leadership skills.
• Collaborative Team Player: You work closely with school leadership, the scholar support team, teachers, and families to promote a consistent, positive, and inclusive school culture.
• Equity-Focused Professional: You are committed to creating an inclusive school community by engaging in ongoing reflection and dialogue around race, identity, and social justice.
• Detail-Oriented Problem Solver: You are organized, responsive, and proactive in using data to track scholar behavior and communicate updates with clarity and care to all stakeholders.
• Educator with Experience Preferred: You hold a Bachelor’s degree (required) and have prior school-based experience (preferred). You are a strong communicator and seek feedback to continuously grow.
  
  

What You’ll Do

• Ensure a Supportive and Inclusive School Culture: Build and sustain a school-wide culture of high academic and behavioral expectations through a high-support, restorative approach grounded in relationship-building.
• Behavioral Intervention & Reflection: Manage and de-escalate scholar behavior in the DREAM Office using reflection-based conversations. Monitor and process behavior data in Dean’s List to inform supports and interventions.
• Collaborate for Scholar Success: Work closely with school leadership, social workers, teachers, and the Director of Scholar Support to implement and monitor Behavior Intervention Plans and tiered supports.
• Promote Social-Emotional Growth: Implement proactive behavioral and social-emotional supports using PBIS strategies and age-appropriate interventions that promote scholar agency and positive decision-making.
• Engage in Data-Driven Practices: Use behavior tracking systems and scholar data to plan interventions and identify trends. Communicate progress and concerns with staff and families to ensure aligned supports.
• Build Relationships with Stakeholders: Foster strong connections with scholars, families, and staff through clear, empathetic, and consistent communication.
• Lead Culture Initiatives: Support the development of a joyful and orderly environment by coordinating school-wide culture programs such as town halls, incentive plans, and professional development on school culture.
• Participate in Whole-School Life: Engage in tutoring, classroom observations, field trips, and family engagement events, as well as other school-wide responsibilities as assigned by leadership.
  
  

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree (required)
• Prior experience in a school-based setting (preferred)
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• Ability to create a positive, inclusive, and structured environment for scholars
• Commitment to feedback, collaboration, and ongoing professional growth
• Familiarity with behavioral intervention strategies and restorative practices (preferred)
  
  

Compensation

Our salary schedule is commensurate with years of experience. Democracy Prep employees are provided with a benefits package that includes medical, vision, and dental insurance, parental leave, a smartphone, and a laptop.

Democracy Prep is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, familial status, domestic violence victim status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Our mission is to educate responsible citizen-scholars who will change the world. We strongly believe that by building a DREAM team that represents numerous perspectives, backgrounds, and expertises, we can achieve this goal together. This is a value we highly support and strongly encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply.