[Immediate Hire] Elementary School Dean of Culture

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, advisory, 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.

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.

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 $90,000 to $105,000 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. 
• We offer a comprehensive benefits plan, covering the majority of the employee premium for medical plans and subsidizing the majority of costs for a spouse/domestic partner and children. Other benefits include dental and vision plans, disability, life insurance, parenting benefits, flexible spending account options, generous vacation time and paid holidays, referral bonuses, professional development, an employee assistance program (EAP) and a 403(b) plan with employer matching up to 4%.