High School Dean of Students

Overview

Empowerment Academy Charter School is hiring a Dean of Students at one of our High School campuses. This is for the  school year. If you were able to come onboard early for a portion of this school year, that would be beneficial and we would welcome it. This is a 12-month Leadership Position. A typical 12 month contract runs July 1 to June 30.

Base Salary: $90,000-$105,000

OUR SCHOOL

Empowerment Academy is a dynamic and successful charter school that truly supports its teachers and staff. Empowerment has 4 of its own campuses, and Belov

ED is our “sister school.” We serve a mix of students that are among the most diverse in America while enjoying the cultural vibrance of Jersey City, Hoboken and New York City. The school served grade levels K-1 when founded in 2015, but has added one grade level of apx. 120 students each year since then. In SY26-27, we will be a full K-12 school with 3 different academies!

A brand new High School facility is under construction and is being built. The High School will be split into two campuses next year and we will be adding a Dean of Students to support one of these campuses.

The school is broken down into academies -- Primary, Middle School and High School -- each led by a Principal, Academic Dean(s), and Dean(s) of Students. Deans of Students are responsible for the maintenance of a safe and orderly environment at their academy and the development of a scholar culture that leads students to aspire to academic excellence and a socially contributory life.

They work closely with their Academy Dean and Principal.

To this end, the Board expects Deans of Students to implement the school’s uniform system of positive discipline at their academy; help educators develop their classroom management skills; and to support the development of student life organizations and activities that will advance Empowerment's target scholar culture.

If you have the demonstrated effectiveness we are looking for and want to help lead a cutting-edge education program serving a student body that is among the most economically and ethnically diverse in America, then apply at Empowerment Academy Careers today.

Deans of Students are responsible for:

• Implementing and managing the school’s uniform system of positive discipline at their academy;
• Using age-appropriate behavior management tools;
• Overseeing academy staff training in behavior management policies, techniques, and strategies;
• Serving as an expert resource to teachers on issues of scholar culture, classroom management, discipline, and relationships with scholars;
• Ensuring consistent and uniform implementation of behavior management and incident documentation protocols;
• Meeting with students referred by teachers for behavioral problems;
• Communicating with scholars’ parents/guardians regarding discipline, and ensuring that proper records are kept of such communications;
• Appropriately addressing acute behavioral issues;
• Coordinating the temporary class and school removal of scholars; and
• Looking for patterns of misbehavior and coordinating appropriate responses with the Academy Dean and Principal.

• The Dean of Students is expected to take a lead role working with school leadership on the development of a Scholar Culture Plan for their academy.
• In addition, the Board sees it as the Dean’s particular responsibility to devise academy rituals and protocols (e.g., morning meetings, songs, chants, celebrations, distinctive assemblies, scholar rewards and recognitions) and to think about how hall and classroom posters and other elements of the school physical environment can be used to promote the Board’s vision for scholar culture.

• The Dean of Students is expected to engage scholars and parents relative to the school’s demanding standards for attendance and on-time arrival.
• The Dean is further charged with monitoring class transitions and is responsible for the implementation of classroom systems that minimize the non-productive use of time and promote a sense of urgency in learning. The Dean of Students will be expected to attend professional…