What are the responsibilities and job description for the Middle School Dean of Students position at Crystal Lake Community Consolidated School District #47?

Position Type :

Facilitator / Middle School Dean of Students

Date Posted : 2 / 21 / 2025

Location :

Hannah Beardsley Middle School

Date Available : 25 / 26 SY

Closing Date :

Until Filled Crystal Lake School District 47 currently has an opening for a Middle Shool Dean of Students. The Dean of Students works with the Principal in carrying out the school's behavior programs. As a professional educator, the Dean of Students understands and responds to the challenges presented by today's diverse student population. The Dean of Students provides proactive leadership to engage all stakeholders in the delivery of programs and services to support the students' personal and social development. The Dean of Students works cooperatively with the principal, nurse, staff, students and parents towards a positive school climate. We seek an individual who has successful experience in working with culturally diverse families and communities. The selected candidate must demonstrate a commitment to strengthening community engagement and communication with the District's diverse populations.

ASSIGNED RESPONSIBILITIES :

Administration and Organization

Serves as a resource for building staff, administrators, and parents in working with students, creating a positive school climate, and helping students develop a positive self-concept
Demonstrated ability to work successfully and positively with all students to provide them with assistance in meeting their educational needs
Coordinates and implements disciplinary intervention steps, including PBIS processes with staff and works closely with the principal
Must possess the ability to interpret attendance data accurately. Coordinates and implements attendance intervention steps, including but not limited to holding attendance conferences, making home visits and contacts students and parents to discuss attendance irregularities
Demonstrated ability to communicate orally and in writing with clarity and conciseness
Motivates students in a positive direction, which will help students to increase individual decision making responsibilities
Follows Board policies and keeps abreast of updates and changes
Effectively manages conflict within the school building
Reports issues to authorities as necessary, child abuse, suspicious activity, etc.
Serves as a resource to staff in dealing with classroom management issues
Enforces school behavioral expectations and assigns appropriate consequences for behavior
Assists staff and parents in developing student behavioral expectations as well as intervention strategies (PBIS)
Complies with applicable state, local, and federal laws
Develops and administers disciplinary procedures in accordance with district policies and state laws; receives referrals and confers with students, parents, teachers, community agencies, and law enforcement; responds to and resolves parent, student, and staff concerns and complaints
Supervises students on campus before and after school; monitors students during lunch, recess, and passing periods
Works with the Principal to establish a safe and secure learning environment for students
Performs other duties as assigned

Knowledge and Abilities

Establishes and maintains productive, collaborative relationships with others

Relates to students with mutual respect while carrying out a positive and effective disciplinary program

Models district standards of ethics, confidentiality, and professionalism

Meets schedules and deadlines

Plans and organizes work

Follows through with directives

Applies knowledge of school law and district policy

Builds relationships with families

Maintains a safe and orderly learning environment

Uses effective interpersonal skills including tact, patience, and courtesy

Student Management

The Dean of Students shall be responsible for the attendance, conduct, and discipline of students at the middle school

The Dean of Students shall provide support and leadership for staff members in the enforcement of building rules and regulation

The Dean of Students shall be responsible for the supervision of hallways

The Dean of Students shall be responsible for the supervision of the lunchroom

The Dean of Students shall coordinate the attendance policy for the middle school

The Dean of Students shall file timely truancy reports and communications with appropriate agencies, individuals, and parents

The Dean of Students shall provide building supervision

Information Collection and Sharing

Store and maintain all records on student discipline and parent communication in designed school database

Track, evaluate, and report behavior tends through collection and analysis of detailed data

Assist in planning and delivering professional development content related to school culture, student behavior, and appropriate policies

Discipline

Implement a behavior management system and restorative justice practices

Oversee day-to-day disciplinary issues in the Middle School, working closely with faculty and staff to ensure compliance with school policies

Communicate clearly and in a timely fashion, both verbally and in writing, with students, parents, and appropriate school staff regarding any disciplinary event or consequence

Keep accurate records regarding disciplinary infractions and consequences

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED :

Valid Illinois Professional Educator License

Successful experience in working with culturally diverse families and communities, or have otherwise demonstrated a commitment to strengthening engagement of a diverse community and skill in communicating with a diverse population

Bilingual skills preferred

Five years demonstrated successful teaching and / or counseling experience at middle school level preferred

Effective interpersonal skills in managing and interacting with diverse groups of stakeholders

Excellent time management and organizational skills

Demonstrated ability to manage conflict through quality decision-making and effective problem solving

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