Lower School Dean of Students and Service Learning Coordinator

Why St. Michael’s Prep?

Located in the hills of southwest Austin, Texas, St. Michael’s Catholic Preparatory School is an outstanding co-educational Independent Catholic school serving students from Pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade in Austin, Texas. The Lower School is comprised of PreK 3-4th grades, the Middle School houses grades 5-8, and the Upper School contains grades 9-12. We are distinguished by our Catholic tradition, a welcoming and diverse community, excellent academic programs, and a variety of extracurricular activities.

Additionally, we are a technology-rich school. Thus, teachers and staff are expected to demonstrate meaningful skill with technology and an enthusiasm for technological growth in order to create authentic learning experiences for their students. Teachers and staff hael’s Prep further serve as role models that inspire students to think critically, reflect, explore, and apply their faith concretely to their lives.

We are one community with three divisions, united in our commitment to put students first as we educate them in mind, body, and spirit.

Integrity, Courage, & Excellence

St. Michael’s Prep cultivates a transformative, Independent school experience rooted in Catholic spirituality where we seek excellence in every pursuit and form virtuous leaders who positively impact the world.

We are anchored by the Catholic Social Teachings (CST) and promote inclusion by advocating for a society based on love and justice, where all people have inherent dignity. We are passionate about cultivating a diverse and inclusive working and learning environment, celebrating and supporting differences.

Ideal candidates for positions at our school are experienced in and continue to develop expertise in social-emotional learning, project-based learning, cross-curricular integration, technology-rich and differentiated instruction. Ideal candidates thrive in a collaborative environment, designing and delivering innovative and creative cross-curricular instructional units to students with diverse learning styles and needs.

St. Michael’s Catholic Preparatory School seeks a dynamic, experienced, collaborative, and creative individual who finds joy and delight in working with students and has a deep understanding of childhood development and social-emotional learning (SEL), particularly the Responsive Classroom practice. A successful Dean must be both empathetic and firm, both supportive and demanding, both attentive to detail and broad in vision. Additionally, this individual should possess a commitment and understanding of service, project based, and inquiry based learning to serve as our PreK 3 - 4th Lower School Dean of Students and Pre- K 3
-8th Service Learning Coordinator. The ideal candidate will be a leader, thinker, and instructor who is responsible for building effective and collaborative relationships with students and faculty. The Dean of Students and Service Learning Coordinator will report to the Head of Lower School (HOLS) and work closely with the Middle School Dean of Students, the Head of Middle School (HOMS), the Academic Deans of Humanities and STEM Curriculum, as well as the PK-8th grade faculty.

She/he must possess and demonstrate a growth mindset and a student-centered approach to best support faculty development and instructional innovation. This is a full‑time, 12 month position that begins in August 2026.

• Support the mission of the school as a vital member of the Educational Leadership Team
• Communicate effectively to connect with and work with Lower School (LS) parents, including parent education, individual student topics, and events
• Help students uphold the behavioral standards of our mission and student expectations as defined in our student handbook
• Oversee the consistent implementation of Responsive Classroom
• Communicates and further develops the Dress Code and Uniform policies
• Communicates and enforces school policy (i.e., uniform, tardiness, cell phones).
• Support teachers with formative discipline in the classroom
• Cultivates a spirit of school unity by…