Middle School Dean of Culture

Responsibilities

Develop, teach, and monitor all school-wide systems, including consistent culture systems, and expectations for student conduct aligned with DREAM’s approach to school culture;
Serve as a coach for teachers on classroom management, routines, and procedures;
Supervise common social times including arrival, breakfast, lunch, recess, morning meeting, community gathering and dismissal;
Foster open communication within the school community and effectively convey high expectations for student achievement and health;
Utilize data to continuously improve systems, routines, and procedures; 
Work directly with high touch scholars to provide supports and structures to ensure their academic progress;
Partner with parents, families, and caregivers to build and maintain strong relationships and support student support plans, throughout the course of the school year;
Ability to collaborate as a school-wide leader and contributor on the senior leadership team.
Additional duties related to the running of the school as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required; Master’s degree in Education and/or School Administration preferred;
• 3+ years of experience working with students and a record of strong student achievement and exemplary classroom culture;
• 2+ years in a management role or school leadership role, managing full-time teams to outcomes, highly preferred;
• Successful experience in people management and/or coaching and leading professional development in large group, small group and one-on-one settings, highly preferred;
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred;
• Willingness to be hands-on and do whatever it takes to develop and maintain an excellent school;
• Strong critical thinking skills, including the ability to connect the dots to solve problems;
• Exemplary interpersonal skills and an understanding of adult learning strategies to provide mentoring and coaching;
• Successful experience in building and maintaining strong, positive student culture;
• Ability to use a variety of data sources to drive practice;
• Knowledge and experience in social-emotional learning frameworks preferred;
• A strong belief in the mission and values of DREAM, including the desire to make a difference in the lives of our students, families, and community.

Working Expectations

• In-person work during school hours, 5 days a week, with a rotating day of 9am-6pm to manage the functioning of both the day school and Extended Learning program
• Some additional early morning and/or evening work, for example on critical days such as state testing days, will be required

Benefits and Paid Time Off

We offer comprehensive benefits including:
Flexible Medical Health Plans, subsidizing the majority of costs for the employee, their spouse/domestic partner and children;
The ability to select between a variety of medical plans according to what best suits the employee’s needs;
Dental and vision plans;
Disability benefits;
Life insurance;
Up to 12 weeks fully paid of Parental Leave;
Flexible spending account options;
Pre-tax commuter benefits (parking and transit);
Fitness and entertainment discounts;
A variety of support through our employee assistance program (EAP);
403(b) retirement plan with employer match starting at 4% after one year, with increases tied to DREAM tenure;
Referral, performance, and tenure milestone bonuses;
Discounted school meals through our in-house Scratch Food Program;
Tuition reimbursement support;
Access to a professional development fund;
School-based 12-month employees have approximately 48 days off throughout the school year including holidays, school breaks, personal days, and wellness days.
Benefits are subject to change.

Compensation

• DREAM offers a competitive salary commensurate with relevant experience with the potential for an annual performance-based increase. The incoming salary range for this position is $100,000 to $116,000 per year. New hires are typically brought into the organization at a salary closer to the start of the range depending on qualifications, internal equity, and the budgeted amount for the role. All staff are eligible for annual performance-based increases. Because we value staff tenure in each role, we do not currently cap salary ranges.