Dean of Students

Description

Dean of Students                                                                                                                                                                                  

Description

Classification

Exempt

Accountability

This position reports directly to the Secondary Headmaster.

Date Updated:

June 11, 2024

JOB DESCRIPTION

Summary/Objective

The objective for this position is responsible for discipline and counseling for young students.  This position will communicate directly to the Secondary Headmaster on a regular basis.  This position must agree with and support the Faculty/Board Member's Covenant and agree with/help fulfill CHA's Mission Statement.

Essential Functions (Responsibilities and Tasks)

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Hold beginning and end-of-the-year Dress Code Assemblies

• Counsel with students as needed regarding personal issues and school-related issues

• Mentor students   

• Provide positive reinforcement, parent calls,  and activities for struggling students 

• Administer and enforce school policies related to discipline and student attendance

• Oversee and supervise management of student attendance and discipline records

• Assist faculty with student behavior and concerns

• Work with headmasters to establish steps and procedures to handle challenging students and standards of conduct

• Communicate to parents, teachers and faculty regarding infractions of the code of conduct, academic integrity, or other policies

• Monitor student’s excessive absences and tardies and communicate those to parents

• Enforce Dress Code Policy

• Serve as an administrator on duty at school events

• Administer and provide documentation of discipline as needed

• Assist in the development of policies of student discipline and behavior

• Attend Professional Development throughout the year, including Wednesday afternoons explaining the school’s philosophy, curriculum, and methodology.

• Complete any Principle Approach Assignments in a given year.

• Follow the CHA’s Conflict Resolution Policy in dealing with staff, administration, students, and parents in regard to disagreements or misunderstandings.

Seeks to follow and implement the school’s philosophy and methodology (Principle Approach) as it is outlined in various publications. 

Qualifications

Competencies (Qualifications)

• Communication Proficiency

• Interpersonal Skills

• Teamwork Skills

• Decision Making

• Enforce Policies

• Stress Management/Composure

• Leadership and Management Skills

• Learning Orientation

• Ethical Conduct

• Flexibility and Adaptability

• Initiative

• Time Management

• Clerical Skills: Computer, phone, Copier/Printer

• Organizational skills

• ACSI Certification 

Supervisor Responsibility

Serve as administrator on duty for various school events. 

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional school environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time, 10-month salary position, payable on a 12-month pay schedule with ten hours in the summer.

Performance Standards

This position will be evaluated by standards set by the Headmaster and appropriate area-level Headmaster. A regular visitation and reporting procedure has been established.

Travel

Rare travel is required for conferences or additional training. 

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

The school is currently a multi-level facility, which requires this position to navigate flights of stairs regularly to meet responsibilities as it relates to the school.

Talking – must be able to express ideas and speak clearly and orally in person or over the phone to parents, students and/or other employees.

Hearing – the ability to perceive sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction and to receive detailed information through oral communication.

Close visual acuity is required for viewing a computer monitor, preparing and analyzing data and figures, transcribing, and reading.

Standing, walking and sitting for extended periods of time, moving about on foot for lecturing and monitoring students in the classroom, as well as throughout the building.

Regularly sitting at the computer requiring dexterity of hands and fingers.

Occasional lifting of at least 25 pounds.

Environment is primarily indoors in a classroom environment.

Required Education

Bachelor's degree in education/administration and/or equivalent required subject hours.

Must obtain/maintain ACSI administrator certification.

Preferred Education

Masters in Secondary Administration 

Bachelor's Degree or higher in Education or Administration

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

Experience in school administration 

ACSI certification

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.