Dean of Students

Join our team of passionate educators at Dixon Montessori Charter School!

One of the Top Scoring schools in Solano County!

Our Mission

DMCS emphasizes academic excellence and discovery within an environment that nurtures each student to achieve their individual greatest potential.

Our Vision

Confident in their individual strengths and skills and with a passion for exploration, DMCS students enthusiastically strive to be their best and positively impact the world around them.

Join our team of passionate educators at Dixon Montessori Charter School!

• Regionally Competitive Salary Scale


• Full Employee Paid Benefits


• Educational Assistance up to $5000


• Collaborative teams of teachers with time built into the week to meet.


• Strong community feel with students, parents, faculty and surrounding community.


• CALSTRS and CALPERS retirement systems

Dixon Montessori Charter School is a WASC accredited public school enrolling students in grades TK-8th grade. We are a site based school program serving over 470 students under the authorization of Dixon Unified School District.

At DMCS, we blend core components of the Montessori philosophy (Kindergarten thru 3rd) with a Project-Based Learning Style (4th thru 8th grades) to create a dynamic, “hands-on” learning approach. All Montessori and Project-Based curriculum is aligned to the Common Core State Standards, and gives the students a well-rounded exposure to the many ways of learning.

Dixon Montessori Charter School Job Description

Title: Dean of Students

Reports to: Executive Director

Primary Function:

The Dean of Students is primarily responsible for student conduct and discipline and implementation of PBIS throughout DMCS. The Dean of Students works directly with students and their families to promote and enforce good conduct and discipline. The Dean is responsible for the school attendance review board (SARB). The Dean will work closely with the administration, teachers, and support staff.

Relationship to Student Achievement: The consistent positive discipline will lead to a successful learning environment thus increasing student achievement.

Supervision Exercised and Received

Exercised: Certificated Teachers, Paraprofessionals

Received: Executive Director

Duties and Responsibilities: (This position description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, knowledge, or abilities associated with this position, but is intended to accurately reflect the primary job elements.)

Student Support & School Culture

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  Communicate effectively and maintain strong relationships with students, families, and colleagues

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  Communicate with parents all discipline issues, concerns and suspensions

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  Assist Administration in accurately monitoring discipline issues and working to provide the correct remedy

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  Works with Administration, Teachers and Parent to plan, develop, and implement individual student behavior contracts

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  Assists in developing programs and/or activities to promote positive student behavior through Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS), as well as implementation of PBIS strategies.

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  Monitor and supervise students in hallways, cafeteria, playgrounds and arrival and dismissal.

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  Assist Administration in meeting with all grade levels to discuss their role as it relates to PBIS and Student Discipline policies.

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  Respond to student truancy and assist the Executive Director in the SARB process.

Data Analysis

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  Share information about student progress with other stakeholders, including school leaders

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  Accurately and timely enter all discipline information in the student discipline databases

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  Collaborate with the Administration in the analysis of discipline data, with the goal of reducing misbehaviors, suspensions, etc.

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  Analyze student discipline data to understand the areas of greatest weakness and to develop systems and structures (incentive systems, school-wide procedures, professional development for teachers) to target reductions of specific behaviors

Classroom Support

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  Work with the teachers to promote PBIS within classrooms, promote a classroom environment free of discipline issues so teachers can teach and all students can learn to the best of their ability.

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  Articulate and enforce PBIS and the student discipline policy.

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  Acts as a resource person for staff training in the area of discipline issues, and provides related materials. Assists teachers in classroom management and effective instructional practices.

Professional Community

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  Actively participate in school teams and meetings, with the goal of developing professional knowledge and collaboratively problem-solving with colleagues



• Comply with charter policies and administrative rules and directives, including but not limited to submission of instructional materials and curricular tasks, lunch/hallway/recess duty, attending parent meetings, administration of state, district, or internal assessments, etc.

Required Skills & Mindsets:

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  Holds high expectations for performance regardless of students’ background and initial ability

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  Passionately dedicated to DMCS’s mission and vision and Charter philosophy

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  Outstanding classroom teacher who has demonstrated quantifiable and objective student performance gains

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  Proven ability to work collaboratively and flexibly with a diverse team of teachers and administrators

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  Technological proficiency in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint with an exceptional understanding of data analysis especially as it relates to school climate and culture

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  Experience in working with students with behavioral challenges

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  Outstanding ability to communicate well with parents, and to help students modulate their own behavior.

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  Ability to work both on broad-based strategy and everyday details and to exercise excellent judgment in decision-making

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  Excellent verbal and written communication across diverse audiences including children and families from low-income communities

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  Professional demeanor, strong work-ethic, detail-driven work style with excellent organizational skills

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  Ambitious nature interested in growing as an educator and reaching high standards professionally

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  Committed to getting the job done well, no matter what the obstacles or how long it takes

Educational Background and Work Experience:

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  Administrative Credential required, Advanced degree preferred

• Letter of Introduction
• Letter(s) of Recommendation
• Resume

Dixon Montessori Charter School