Immediate Opening: Dean of Students

Job Description

Job Description

DEAN OF STUDENTS

REGENERATION SCHOOLS

ReGeneration Schools, founded in 2016, is a nationally ranked charter program with charter schools located in Illinois and Ohio. ReGeneration serves over 1,900 students, of whom 99% are minority and 86% are low income. U.S. News and World Report’s 2021 School Ranking listed all ReGeneration elementary schools among the top ten charter elementary schools in Illinois. Furthermore, ReGeneration was rated as the #1 gap busting network in Illinois in ELA and #3 in Math by Stanford’s 2023 Credo Report. ReGeneration expanded to Ohio in 2019, opening its Bond Hill campus. ReGeneration added two more schools in Cincinnati in July 2023. 

Our mission is to ensure that all children have equal access to a high-quality, college-preparatory education through academic excellence and the content of their character. Through rigorous academics, teaching excellence, character development, and high expectations, ReGeneration is nurturing the leaders of tomorrow.

We are seeking an ambitious Dean of Students to join our team in Cincinnati. This individual will collaborate with fellow staff members to create a learner-centered, friendly, and safe school environment.  This individual must have a proven track record of articulating high expectations and promoting a shared vision and mission of excellence.   The Dean of Students will play an integral part in developing a sense of shared ownership with school partners and creating strong ties with the community we serve. 

Qualifications:

• Believes low-income students can become college and career ready.

• High expectations for personal and team performance.

• Flexible to changing priorities and conditions.

• Demonstrate initiative and creativity.

• Organized and able to multi-task. 

• Communicate clearly and effectively both verbally and in writing.

• Strong interpersonal skills with students, parents, school team, and community members.

• Minimum of two years of teaching experience in an urban district or charter school setting.

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution required. Master’s degree preferred.

Responsibilities:

• As a member of the school's administrative team, provide leadership to all staff and students in establishing a positive, structured, achievement-oriented, and joyful school culture.

• Establish consistent standards and structures around discipline and behavior management.

• Collaborate with school administrators to identify discipline and safety goals, objectives, and metrics.

• Establish protocols for consistent communication of discipline data with relevant stakeholders to ensure safe passage for students (school administrators, parents, teachers, students).

• Lead parent and student orientations around campus discipline and expectations.

• Great verbal communication skills, time management, and organizational skills, and exceptional customer service.

• Institute and reinforce high discipline standards among faculty and students.

• Modeling the school’s values and the standard for professional behavior.

• Manage and patrol school grounds to ensure the safety and security of students and staff.

• Monitor student attendance and ensure that attendance is entered daily into Impact.

• Develop positive rapport with school staff and students to contribute to working conditions conducive to building a professional learning community.

• Create and follow protocols for the safe and orderly entry, exit, and movement of students throughout the school grounds.

• Collaborate with leadership teams in behavioral crisis management and acute behavioral issues.

• Proactively circulating throughout classrooms and hallways during the day to gain valuable context on student behavior and help support positive school culture.

• Supervising breakfast, lunch, in-between class transitions, enrichment, and dismissal, making sure students are always where they are supposed to be, and ensuring a professional school culture at these times.

• Keep extremely accurate student discipline records, documenting all conferences, suspensions, and phone calls for behavior.

• Consult resources to address social and emotional/health issues that may impact student performance/behavior.

• Highly present and visible during school hours, relentlessly ensuring the school has an amazing school culture.

• Developing and implementing plans ensuring all students do their homework (ensuring homework is checked each morning and keep accurate homework completion records). 

• Coordinate student apologies and school culture messages at morning circles and community town meetings.

• Conduct daily phone calls to parents to ensure uniform compliance.  

• Assist in other student support initiatives.

• Other duties when assigned.

Compensation:  Competitive salary and benefits (based on education and experience).