Associate Dean of Students 2025-2026

Description

Duration: 12 Month contract- 10-month work/school year (plus 2 days in June)

FLSA: Exempt

Schedule: Monday - Friday (plus scheduled events)

Hours: Full-time 7:50 – 3:20

Mission: Rooted in the Catholic, Dominican tradition, St. Agnes Academy challenges young women through exceptional academic preparation and transformational experiences to lead with integrity, joy and a commitment to social justice.

Job Purpose: The Associate Dean of Students works with the Dean of Students to ensure that student needs and concerns outside of academics are dealt with in a compassionate and restorative manner. The Associate Dean of Students supports the Dominican mission and philosophy of St. Agnes Academy in working with students and faculty to maintain a safe and respectful community. 

This includes but is not limited to:

· Providing leadership and direction in the St. Agnes Academy community

· Enforcing all school polices as stated in the handbook

· Supporting and collaborating with the Dean of Students on discipline issues as needed

Faith, Community, and Dominican Charism

· Ensure that the four pillars of a Dominican education (prayer, study, community, preaching) are developed and promoted among the school community.

· Develop an active faith community and model Christian values.

· Support prayer and spiritual formation within the student, faculty/staff, and parent communities.

· Uphold and implement the Dominican charism and the Houston Dominican Sisters’ congregational goals.

· Demonstrate a commitment to equity and inclusion by honoring the dignity of each member of the St. Agnes Academy community.

Main Responsibilities:

• Run the detention program including communicating logistics to students and proctors, onboarding new proctors each quarter and holding follow up meeting with students who have after school detention

• Teach a part-time course load of (2 classes each semester)

• Hold follow-up meetings with students who serve after school detention

• Keep records of all infractions and discipline actions using the detention program

• Coordinate Academic Referrals with Associate Academic Dean

• Assist the Dean of Students in communication to the student body regarding schedule changes, assembly dress reminders, etc.

• Maintain the Community Time Calendar

• Work with the Dean of Students on attendance issues and oversee Tardies

• Work with the Dean of Students to update the student handbook as needed

• Oversee Parking Permits in accordance with the student handbook

• Assist in locating missing students

• Attend Case Management Meetings with the Student Support Team

• Attend Tier Review Meetings when applicable

• Attend all school-sponsored dances in a supervisory role

• Attend discipline board hearings 

• Attend as many student activities as possible

• Oversee free dress schedule and parameters

• Supervise, schedule, and conduct monthly fire drills, and intruder drills 

• Disseminate evacuation route plans to faculty, and file reports on all drills

• Update the crisis management plan annually with Dean of Students and disseminate the full plan to the crisis management team and key elements to the faculty and staff

• Create Meyer Hall seating in conjunction with Campus Ministry and communicate annually to the community

• Plan and help coordinate Assumption of Leadership Ceremony with Dean of Students

• Assist the Dean of Students in the planning of Veritas Vacation Day and Celebrate SAA assembly

Requirements

Qualifications

• Commitment to embrace the mission of St. Agnes Academy

• Minimum of a four-year B.A./B.S. degree in Education, Guidance and Counseling or related field (Master’s level preferred)

• Master’s degree, preferably in Higher Education Administration or Guidance and Counseling.

• Licensed Professional Counselor certification (preferable)

• Excellent judgment, confidentiality, discretion, and diplomacy

• At least two years’ experience working with students/young people, particularly in a leadership capacity

• Excellent communication, interpersonal and counseling skills, including conflict resolution skills

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

• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with others

• Proven leadership skills and experience 

• Passion for quality education and high expectations for all students 

• Models standards of ethics, confidentiality, and professionalism

• Meets schedules and deadlines

• Professional attitude and appearance 

• Completion of Safe Haven training

Work Environment

St. Agnes Academy is committed to hiring, developing, and retaining a diverse and highly competent faculty and staff. This job operates in a professional/educational environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit at desk area, communicate via phone/face to face, manually input data into a computer, walk to different office areas, reach with hands and arms, and lifting a minimum of 25 lbs. 

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