Middle and High School Dean

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SALARY RANGE: $54,630-$114,862 Annaully, based on degree and student contact hours.

JOB SUMMARY

The Middle and High School Dean cultivates a positive, orderly, and caring learning environment for students in grades 6–12. Through targeted programming, individualized counseling, data-informed interventions, and close collaboration with families and faculty, the Dean advances each student’s social-emotional growth and academic success while embedding Deeper Learning competencies—mastery of content, critical thinking, communication, collaboration, self-direction, and academic mindset—into daily practice. The Dean reports to the Assistant Principal for Student Life.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Academic Advising

Guide students through self-reflection, four-year planning, and course selection aligned with interests, abilities, and post-secondary goals.

Coordinate annual course-request and schedule-change cycles; ensure equitable access to all classes.

Monitor attendance, grade, and assessment dashboards weekly; convene multidisciplinary support meetings within forty-eight hours of early-warning triggers.

Collaborate with College Counseling on NCAA eligibility, scholarship criteria, and college-admissions timelines; host quarterly family workshops.

Draft, implement, and review accommodation plans for learners with documented differences; coach faculty on differentiation and Universal Design for Learning.

Lead grade-level seminars on different pedagogical approaches to learning.

Deliver parent education sessions on curriculum pathways, graduation requirements, and academic success strategies.

Social and Personal Counseling

Provide short-term, solution-focused counseling addressing anxiety, grief, peer conflict, identity development, and academic pressure.

Maintain a vetted referral network of licensed mental-health professionals for long-term therapy and specialized services.

Embed evidence-based SEL lessons that cultivate self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making.

Coordinate peer-mediation and restorative groups to strengthen relationships and teach conflict-resolution skills.

Oversee transition programs for new and rising students, including orientation events and peer-mentor pairings.

Uphold confidentiality standards while complying with mandated-reporting requirements.

Student Behavioral Standards, Restorative Justice, and Discipline

Co-chair the Student Support Team; implement tiered Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) across the division.

Serve as the primary facilitator of restorative practices:

Conduct preparation meetings, restorative conferences, and follow-up sessions with affected students, staff, and families.

Guide participants in identifying harm, accepting responsibility, and creating mutually agreed restitution or healing actions.

Track completion of restorative agreements and measure their impact on recidivism and school climate.

Train faculty, staff, and student leaders in restorative language, proactive community-building circles, and de-escalation strategies.

Investigate disciplinary incidents promptly; document findings and assign equitable consequences that prioritize accountability, relationship repair, and re-entry success.

Lead re-entry conferences after suspensions, creating individualized success plans with families and mentors.

Maintain FERPA-compliant behavior records and communicate outcomes to parents or guardians within one school day.

Guidance Counseling (Middle School)

Teach a spiraled advisory curriculum covering digital citizenship, empathy, decision-making, and goal-setting.

Arrange age-appropriate speakers and activities supporting character education and SEL themes.

Partner with grade-level teams to design advisory experiences that foster community, cohesion, and team-building.

Student Life and Engagement

Partner with Athletics and Performing Arts to establish co-curricular eligibility…