2024 - 2025 Kipp Pride High Dean Of Students

Job Description
Responsibilities and Qualifications
At KIPP, we believe that an excellent leader:
Believes that all of us can and will learn and creates a positive learning environment with high expectations for all students and staff throughout the school.
Thrives as part of a team-oriented, mission-driven school culture. Exudes joy and a love for teaching and learning every single day.
Demonstrates a growth mindset and a desire to continually improve through feedback, coaching, and professional development.
Constantly assesses progress, communicates results clearly, and uses data to inform decisions and set ambitious goals. Has a strong work ethic and commits to doing whatever it takes for students to excel, including:
Committing to an extended school day (7am-5pm) and remaining available to teachers, students, and families outside of school hours
Performing duties outside the classroom to contribute to safe, calm, and consistent school culture
General responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
Working closely with the Leadership Team to develop a safe, calm, and joyful school culture that supports the school’s mission and promotes respect for all students, staff, and parents
Serving as point person for students and families regarding all disciplinary actions and other culture issues
Being highly present and visible during school hours, relentlessly ensuring the school has a strong culture both in and out of the classroom including:
Proactively circulating throughout classrooms and hallways during the day to gain valuable context on student behavior and help support positive school culture
Leading breakfast, lunch, dismissal, and other school-wide transitions
Modeling positive interactions with students and a variety of ways to handle misbehavior and disruptions
Reinforcing the effective use of a school-wide behavior plan
Intentionally driving a positive school culture by planning and facilitating Pride Time, earned and unearned events and rewards, and other tactics to foster and maintain positive culture within the school
Providing ongoing professional development and feedback to all staff on issues of discipline, relationships with students, effective use of the school-wide behavior plan, and classroom and school community
Serving as a resource for teachers to determine best ways to address challenging student behavior
Collaborating with teachers, counselors, students, and parents to create and implement effective individual behavior plans for at-risk students
Providing students in crisis with space and strategies to cope and to improve in-class behaviors
Setting ambitious goals and gathering data to monitor and report progress of self, staff, and students