Dean of Students

The Dean of Students will lead the school's response to significant, repeated, or escalating student behavior, ensuring a safe, joyful, and academically focused learning community. The Dean will coordinate appropriate responses, administer related consequences, and facilitate restorative conferences to help students understand the effects of their choices and take responsibility for repairing harm.

What You Will Do

The Dean will primarily lead Steps 3 and 4 of Dream Academy's Positive Discipline Protocol, overseeing discipline referrals, restorative conversations, and student reentry. The Dean will also work closely with school leaders, teachers, and families to ensure consistent consequences and support for students.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will have demonstrated ability to respond calmly and effectively to stressful situations, experience addressing significant student behavior, and strong judgment to distinguish between behavior requiring restorative or administrative support.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or three years of relevant experience in education, social work, counseling, human services, criminal justice, youth development, or a related field
• At least three years of successful experience working with children or adolescents in a school, youth-development, behavioral-support, restorative-practice, or closely related setting
• Demonstrated ability to respond calmly, respectfully, and effectively to stressful, emotionally charged, or escalating situations
• Experience addressing significant student behavior while maintaining clear expectations and positive relationships
• Ability to facilitate difficult conversations involving students, families, teachers, and school leaders
• Strong judgment and the ability to distinguish between behavior that can be addressed through restorative or school-based intervention and behavior requiring immediate administrative, safety, or mental-health support
• Strong organizational skills and demonstrated ability to manage multiple active student cases, deadlines, communications, and follow-up responsibilities
• Ability to maintain accurate, confidential documentation and use behavioral data to identify patterns and guide decisions
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Commitment to equitable, restorative, culturally responsive, and relationship-centered approaches to student accountability
• Ability to complete all required federal and state background checks

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, paid time off, and professional development opportunities