Elementary School Assistant Dean of Culture

Reporting to the Dean of Culture, the Elementary School Assistant Dean of Culture sets a positive school and student culture with a focus on student achievement and social-emotional development, aligned with DREAM’s approach to whole-child support. The Assistant Dean of Culture also provides direct supervision, data input, and intervention services to students.

Responsibilities

• Respond to students in crisis, support students through crisis, and provide de-escalation intervention;

• Provide input and insight regarding effective strategies for positive school culture and supporting specific scholars;

• Monitor class transitions, lunch, recess, and students otherwise out of class;

• Facilitate community building in the school;

• Support the implementation of restorative circles;

• Input school culture data into information systems;

• Monitor and track school-wide systems such as positively based incentive systems and individual support plans;

• Partner with families around student support plans;

• Implement school-wide expectations, behavior systems, routines, and procedures through daily, weekly, and monthly review of individual student, class, grade and school culture practices;

• Uphold all school-wide expectations and behavior management systems, ensuring all students’ social emotional development;

• Other duties related to the running of the school as assigned.

Qualifications

• Associate’s Degree required, Bachelor’s Degree, preferred;

• Experience working directly with elementary students, preferably in a school-based environment, required;

• Bilingual (English/Spanish), preferred;

• Special education degree or training, preferred;

• Experience using responsive classroom or restorative practices, strongly preferred;

• A deep sense of urgency to increase student achievement;

• Ability to foster open communication with the school community and effectively convey high expectations for student learning and behavior;

• Success in working collaboratively with staff on culture and instruction;

• Strong work ethic and solutions-oriented mindset, with a desire and ability to solve problems;

• Strong organizational skills, including attention to detail;

• 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.

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 $65,000 to $75,000 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.