What are the responsibilities and job description for the SY 2025-2026 K-5 Dean of Students position at Circle City Prep Charter School?
Overview:
Our Dean of Students (DOS) plays a critical role in ensuring all our students are positioned to achieve excellence by supporting them and their behavior. The Dean of Students will work closely with teachers and administrators to build, maintain, and oversee a positive, supportive school culture. Your job is threefold: (1) build authentic relationships with students and families, (2) set clear and consistent expectations for students, (3) limit time spent by students outside of class.
Background on the Organization:
Circle City Prep a single-site K-8 charter school that is deeply committed to supporting all students to live up to their power and potential through a rigorous college prep education. Circle City Prep is built on research and best practices of high performing charter schools nationwide and is uniquely focused on educating students on the Far Eastside of Indianapolis. For the last four years, Circle City Prep has been the highest performing public school in our community with a 400 student body, 90% low-income and 30% multilingual students.
Job Responsibilities:
As a Dean of Students, you will:
- Develop intervention strategies and track student progress, decreasing out of class referrals by 10% quarterly.
- Build strong relationships with families and scholars and communicate student progress in non-academic areas.
- Manage a space for students to address non-academic issues and facilitate student success in the classroom.
- Coach teachers and staff around culture and behavior management best practices.
- Plan and execute weekly school-wide celebrations, monthly incentive weeks, general PBIS structures and adult culture events.
- Ensure fidelity of behavior data tracking through school-wide tracking systems.
- Provide consistent presence in hallways and classrooms, modeling behavior expectations and building warm, joyful culture.
- Own late pick up scholars, ensuring 100% of scholars get home safely and families meet our dismissal/pick-up expectations.
- Lead weekly culture walkthroughs that drive towards school-wide priorities.
- Commit to daily schedule: 7:10am – 4:30pm
- Additional responsibilities as defined.
Requirements:
To be considered as a Dean of Students, you must:
- A Bachelor’s degree is required.
- Have a track record of producing dramatic, demonstrable student achievement gains with a minimum of five years experience in an urban public-school setting.
- Have the ability to build strong relationships quickly.
- Be a strong problem solver, able to adapt and execute quickly.
- Work occasional weekends and evening work hours required.
- Pass a criminal background check, as required by law.
