About Leaders In Our Neighborhood Charter School:

Leaders In Our Neighborhood Charter School’s mission is to develop the character of each student. We unite students, families, and staff in helping each individual achieve their best academically, and in sports, the arts, and service to the community. We believe that passion for learning, self-discovery, leadership, and social conscience are the foundation for success in college and fulfillment in life. 

 

We believe that all children, regardless of their neighborhood, race, or income, are gifted with special talents to offer the world, and that school is a place for students to develop the skills and mindsets needed to become their best selves. Furthermore, we assert that human beings are more complex than annual data points, and that the fulfillment of a person’s life correlates not simply to test scores, but even more so to their relationships with others and the content of their character. With our family partnership and character approach model, we focus on helping students develop their character and the skills they need for life through rigorous academics, self-discovery, and family involvement

 

Summary:

The Dean of Students will foster a caring, supportive and inclusive community and uphold high behavioral expectations for students, staff, and families by ensuring fidelity of the our schools six pillars, adherence to policies and protocols as specified in school handbooks and the implementation of the student culture rubric.  The Dean of Students works in close collaboration with the Director of Family Engagement, School Counselors, and Academic Deans to help ensure holistic student success.

 

School Culture 

• Promote equity and antiracism by collaborating to develop a culture that supports an anti-biased, anti-racist, and culturally responsive environment. 
• Work with the leadership team to ensure a structured school environment, including developing and reinforcing expectations for arrival and dismissal, recess and lunch, and hallway transitions
• Plan and execute coaching strategies for staff around student support, student culture, and family engagement, incorporating the creation of individualized goals that are strategic, measurable, action-oriented, realistic, and time-bound.
• Communicate explicit behavioral expectations for students and draw on expertise in discipline and motivation to uphold these expectations through logical consequences that emphasize reflection and continuous learning.
• Collaborate with other leadership team members to create and implement student orientation programs
• Plan and execute professional development activities around regularly assess student culture and school climate through formal and informal structures such as analysis of student and staff attendance, the Annual Family Survey and the DOE Survey and interactions with all stakeholders
• Gather, identify and leverage all resources to create a learning-focused environment

 

Student Support 

• Serve as the point person for responding to behavioral crisis-intervention and ongoing behavioral issues.
• Collaborate with the Student Support Team on the effective creation and implementation of individual behavior plans
• Plan and execute professional development for staff around response to behavior, student culture and family engagement, incorporating the creation of individualized goals that are strategic, measurable, action-oriented, realistic and time-bound
• Maintain accurate and comprehensive records of student discipline, conflict and mediation, staff and family communication, and formal and informal observation; use this variety of data to inform decision-making
• Proactively circulate throughout classrooms and hallways and supervising breakfast, lunch, recess, and dismissal to gain valuable context on student behavior, fidelity to procedures and to reinforce explicit behavioral expectations
• Use every interaction with families to communicate and reiterate explicit family expectations and establish positive relationships with families through active engagement with the Family Education Department and parent leadership, participation in student and family conferences, and by helping to plan events that allow opportunities for teachers, students and families to build community
• Serve as the Elementary School Dignity Act Coordinator, responsible for receiving reports of harassment, bullying, and discrimination and investigating those reports as outlined by NYSED 
• Conduct problem-solving and re-entry meetings related to student behavior incidents
• Conduct home visits as needed
• Ensure completion of student incident reports following disciplinary referrals and ensure that teachers follow-up with students
• Submit regular discipline reports to the Elementary School Director
• Ensure proper documentation for all discipline issues including suspension letters, PowerSchool teacher anecdotal logs, etc.
• Co-plans and facilitates weekly school meeting, LION Pride, and school culture events.
• Serve as the division's Title IX Coordinator; investigate reported Title IX concerns or claims by students
• Serve as the division's Dignity for All Students Act (DASA) Coordinator; maintain responsibility for investigating and responding to applicable reports

Supervision 

• Supervise the Assistant Dean

 

Qualifications:

• A passion for urban education and a commitment to LION’s mission
• A commitment to equity and antiracism work by reinforcing a culture that supports an anti-biased, anti-racist response to behavior.
• A commitment to supporting students’ social and emotional development through restorative practices
• Ability to build trusting relationships and function effectively with school-based staff,  students, and their parents. 
• Experience working with diverse populations of students and communities
• A commitment to continuous improvement and learning through professional development
• Maintain flexibility in your role and adapt to school and student needs
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment under tight deadlines
• Hold yourself to high professional standards
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• Experience with Google applications & student database systems
• Strong interpersonal skills, team player, problem solver