Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Every member of the Team & Family at KIPP plays a critical role in ensuring our scholars are on the path to get to and through college. The Dean of Students assumes primary responsibility for the culture of the school, facilitating the development of student character and ensuring a positive and structured environment that creates the conditions for accelerated learning.  This position requires an organized and consistent educator with a concrete vision of excellence, the ability to build outstanding relationships with stakeholders, and a talent for inspiring children to high expectations As a KIPP OKC Dean of Students, your core responsibilities include:  

ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING, AND CELEBRATING A CULTURE ROOTED IN RELATIONSHIPS

• Lead school wide efforts in developing a restorative culture rooted in student achievement through family engagement
• Assisting teachers, scholars, and parents in the effective creation and implementation of individual behavior plans.
• Observing implementation of individual behavior plans for consistency and adjustments as needed.
• As needed, work directly with students in individual and small group settings with direct instruction on social skills and social emotional development
• Work closely and effectively with children who have/are experiencing trauma resulting in behavior challenges. Engage their families, along with mental health professionals, to partner with behavioral health organizations and support services to execute individual individualized behavior interventions when needed.
• Coordinating re-entry meetings with school staff and families of KIPPsters who have been suspended
• Attend and lead professional development on discipline policies and practices with our staff.
• Serve as an advocate for core groups of KIPPsters to engage families and teachers effectively and meaningfully to support student success.
• Keeping accurate student discipline records, documenting all incident reports, conferences, suspensions, and phone calls for behavior. 
• Communicate with families regarding attendance issues and truancy intervention. 
• Following KIPP OKC policies, determine in and out of school consequences
• Provide crisis intervention counseling as needed
• Make recommendations for BNA, ISS, and OSS.
• Maintain necessary documentation of discipline including Dean’s List
• Do whatever is assigned by School Leader and Assistant School Leaders which include duties, tasks and any other assignments that will assist the school to further the mission

ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING, AND CELEBRATING A SCHOOL WIDE CULTURE AND CLIMATE WHERE KIDS CAN BE THEIR BEST

• Own the school’s character development program and ensure it builds and reinforces positive self-identity and necessary character strengths
• Partner with parents and families to build an authentic school-wide community
• Lead recognition assemblies, parent academies, community meetings and other school-wide culture building activities
• Facilitate staff trainings on student-teacher relationships, classroom management, parent partnership and school culture
• Coordinate school wide character education programs
• Coordinate weekly celebration
• Work to build student culture and incentives
• Setting school wide culture goals, including parent engagement, designing systems to meet goals, tracking progress to goals, and designing celebrations and recognition.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university
• Valid Oklahoma Teaching Certificate with required certification for subject and level assigned*
• Demonstrated knowledge of core subject area assigned
• Satisfactory outcome of a background check. Employees are responsible for a non-refundable fingerprinting fee (approximately $65.00).

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

This is a Full-Time, 12-month position.  $50,000 annual salary.

Work hours are Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 5pm with some evening and weekend events (Parent Teacher Conferences, Literacy Nights, Student Programs, PTSO Meetings, etc)

Employees are eligible to participate in employer benefits including health, dental, life, accidental death and dismemberment, short and long term disability and participation in Oklahoma Teacher Retirement plans.

As an equal opportunity employer, KIPP Oklahoma does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, or any other basis made unlawful by applicable federal, state, or local laws or regulations.