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K-4 Dean of Students (21-22)

Lighthouse Community Public Schools

K-4 Dean of Students (21-22)

Oakland, CA
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Job Description

                                                                          

    THE ORGANIZATIONLIGHTHOUSE COMMUNITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS At Lighthouse Community Public Schools we are engaged in an educational movement that goes beyond our classrooms working to disrupt inequities by providing our students and families exceptional educational opportunities every day. Grounded in our core values of community, integrity, agency, love, and social justice rooted in the EL Education Model, LCPS is a leader in fostering innovative schools achieving exceptional student outcomes where each child is at the center of their own learning. Our mission is to prepare diverse students for college, a career of their choice, and to be lifelong changemakers. Founded in 2002, LCPS operates two high-achieving K-12 public charter schools--Lighthouse and Lodestar--serving nearly 1,500 students in East Oakland. Lighthouse is a beacon for public education and our graduates fulfill the promise of a better, brighter Oakland.  Learn more at www.lighthousecharter.org.

     

    THE OPPORTUNITYK-4 DEAN OF STUDENTS (21-22)COMPETENCIES AND QUALIFICATIONS The K-4 Dean of Students at Lighthouse enthusiastically serves as an architect and voice of student and school culture for our community.  The K-4 Dean of Students is charged with creatively bringing our values of community, integrity, love, social justice, and agency to life resulting in a community where students leave fully prepared to be lifelong learners and community changemakers.  Using mostly preventive strategies, the K-4 Dean of Students will develop a student body who:

    • are upstanders for their community and interrupt harmful behaviors.

    • find solutions to their problems and realize that their actions result in restorative and logical responses.

    • repair harm between all parties involved in a hurtful incident; for the good of all parties and the school community.

    The K-4 Dean of Students will also serve as a collaborative thought partner for teachers and staff to develop strategies to support community development, classroom management, and individualized responses to student needs.

    If you are inspired by our mission and vision and want to be a changemaker in students’ lives here in Oakland, then please apply and join us!

    You will embody the following Core Competencies to be an effective change-agent:

    • Be a visionary, innovative, culturally responsive, and equity-focused urban educator

    • Facilitate deeply engaging student-centered learning

    • Demonstrate a keen ability to create, collect and analyze authentic data to drive student learning and outcomes for all students

    • Be a strong community builder and team collaborator

    • Model and foster a growth mindset with agency, persistence, and flexibility

    • Be a collaborative and responsible professional educator

    Your responsibilities will include:

     COLLABORATIVELY IMPLEMENT A RESPONSIVE AND RESTORATIVE BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

    • Using principles of Restorative Justice, collaborate with the Director of Instruction and RTI Director to implement and evaluate a responsive behavior system that clearly articulates the school-wide systems and supports students will use to build positive relationships and manage their own behavior.  

    • Engage in and protect time for proactive work (e.g. lead professional development workshops, providing preventive supports to students, caseload follow-ups, etc.).

    • Facilitate Restorative Justice experiences between community members.

     

    RESTORATIVELY MANAGE STUDENT REFERRALS & INTERVENTIONS

    • Effectively respond to student referrals with a restorative and responsive lens as well as appropriate behavior modification strategies; elevate critical behavior issues to the Director of Instruction.

    • Manage a system to collect, input, and monitor the effectiveness of individual student behavior referrals.

    • Evaluate individual student behavioral trends and impact on classroom and school community when determining when and how to accelerate/intensify supports.

    • Observe target students or student sub-groups in the classroom in order to collaborate effectively with teachers to develop effective supports and behavior plans.

     

    COLLABORATIVELY DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT INDIVIDUAL STUDENT BEHAVIOR AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SUPPORTS

    • Serve as a primary coordinator of the COST team to share analysis of student behavior data, identify potential supports, and draft behavior plans in collaboration with the student’s teacher and leadership team.

    • Collaborate with teachers to implement individual behavior plans; in some cases, serve as a direct behavioral support to students with a behavior plan, 504 plan, or IEP.

    • Support teachers with the tracking of student behavioral and relationship-based growth during the implementation of the behavior plan.

     

    COLLABORATIVELY BUILD AND CELEBRATE POSITIVE SCHOOL CULTURE

    • Collaborate with teachers and administrators to design and implement key whole-school activities to build and celebrate school culture, such as weekly community meetings, annual community-building trips, etc.

    • Support bridging and orientation activities for new students and families and Lighthouse teachers during the summer before the start of the school year.

    • Develop student leadership pathways, student voice in community meetings,  and opportunities for students to use their agency to build culture and community at Lighthouse.

    • Identify ways to visually celebrate student achievement of character targets and living our values.

     

    FAMILY COMMUNICATION & SUPPORT

    • Lead pro-active, site-based learning experiences for Lighthouse families. May include, attending and participating in evening family meetings on a monthly/bi-monthly basis.

    • Provide targeted pre-emptive support for families of students who are at risk (e.g. previously retained, acute stress or trauma, identified COST students).

    • Clearly and consistently communicate with all stakeholders, especially families, about student referrals and progress of interventions.

    • Clearly articulate role of staff, student, and family in successful intervention and establish systems for stakeholders to hold one another mutually accountable to implement interventions with fidelity.

    • Collaborate with Family Liaison Staff to support teachers during home visits at the start of the school year and on-going.

     

    MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

    • B.A. or B.S. required, relevant Master’s Degree a plus

    • 3+ years experience working with urban youth required

    • Experience effectively leading teams/adults

    • Experience with one or more of the following: restorative justice, responsive classroom, Expeditionary Learning and any other progressive positive behavior approaches a plus

    • Appropriate California Credential a plus

    • Bilingual in Spanish a plus

     

    SUPERVISION

    This position reports to the K-8 school principal.

     

    TIME COMMITMENT 

    This position is 1.0 FTE (full-time exempt) and follows a 12-month full-time exempt employee (220 days) work year with significant student-free days for professional learning and collaboration with colleagues and interaction with families. All instructional staff will report in late July/early August 2021 (exact calendar TBD).

    Common Building Hours:  All teachers are expected to maintain hours of  8:00 - 4:00 pm M, Tu, Th, Fri and 8:00-5:00 on Wednesdays one day a week for Professional Development.

     

    COMPENSATION 

    At Lighthouse Community Public Schools we take good care of our employees.  We provide a competitive compensation and benefits package, including a competitive salary and generous health and retirement benefits (100% employee health coverage/50% for dependents; 8% employer-matching for retirement program; medical and dependent FSA).

     

    _PEOPLE OF COLOR AND/OR BILINGUAL CANDIDATES ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.  _

    Interested candidates should submit:

    • Resume.

    • Cover letter describing your interest in this exciting position and why you are an optimal fit, including how your teaching philosophy, approach to student learning, and educational expertise would contribute to Lighthouse Community Public Schools.

    • 3-5 Professional References: Name, position, phone number and email address. (Two of which should be current or previous supervisors of your role).

     

    _Application submission screening and initial phone interviews will be completed on a rolling basis.   In-person interviews and performance tasks will take place on Zoom.   _

    LIGHTHOUSE COMMUNITY PUBLIC SCHOOL IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER COMMITTED TO DIVERSITY AT ALL LEVELS.

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