[Immediate Hire] Dean of Culture en Wearedream

Reporting to the Principal, the Dean of Culture will be responsible for working closely with the Principal and school leadership team to establish a positive and achievement-oriented culture which reflects DREAM’s core values. This is an exciting opportunity for an educator who is passionate about leading to build a responsive and restorative school culture and deeply understands its impact on student outcomes.  

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;

Minimum of three (3) years of experience working with students and a record of strong student achievement and strong classroom culture 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; 

Bilingual (English/Spanish) 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.

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);

A 403(b) retirement plan with employer matching up to 4% after one year of employment

Referral bonuses;

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. 

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