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Temporary Assistant Dean of Students (IMMEDIATE)

Employer
Lighthouse Community Charter School
Location
Oakland, CA, United States
Salary
Competitive

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Job Category
Administrator, Principal
Job Type
Temporary
Job Description

The Organization

Lighthouse Community Public Schools

At Lighthouse Community Public Schools we are engaged in an educational movement that goes beyond our classrooms working to disrupt inequities by providing our students and families exceptional educational opportunities every day. Grounded in our core values of community, integrity, agency, love, and social justice rooted in the EL Education Model, LCPS is a leader in fostering innovative schools achieving exceptional student outcomes where each child is at the center of their own learning. Our mission is to prepare diverse students for college, a career of their choice, and to be lifelong changemakers. Founded in 2002, LCPS operates two high-achieving K-12 public charter schools--Lighthouse and Lodestar--serving nearly 1,600 students in East Oakland. Lighthouse is a beacon for public education and our graduates fulfill the promise of a better, brighter Oakland. Learn more at www.lighthousecharter.org.

The Opportunity

Temporary Upper School Assistant Dean of Students (IMMEDIATE)

Competencies and Qualifications

Lighthouse Community Public Schools is looking for a talented Temporary Upper School Assistant Dean of Students to join our team who is relentlessly committed to ensuring that traditionally underserved students of color achieve our mission of completing college, securing a career of their choice, and becoming lifelong changemakers in their communities. The Assistant Dean of Students' primary responsibility lies in developing and supporting restorative practices and systems to ensure that all students are developing as upstanders within their community who are able to repair harm and find solutions to problems. The Assistant Dean of Students is central to creating and upholding a positive college going culture where all students belong and develop as lifelong learners and community changemakers.

If you are inspired by our mission and vision and want to be a changemaker in students' lives here in Oakland, then please apply and join us!

You will embody the following Core Competencies to be an effective change-agent:
  • Be an anti-racist educator committed to educational justice as evidenced by respectful and supportive relationships, well-planned instruction, rigorous daily assessment, and daily opportunities for students to revise and refine their work.
  • Facilitate cognitively engaging student-centered learning.
  • Demonstrate a keen belief in and ability to create, collect and analyze achievement data to drive student learning and outcomes for all students
  • Be a strong community builder and team collaborator
  • Model and foster a growth mindset with agency, persistence, and flexibility
  • Be a collaborative and responsible professional educator

Primary Responsibilities

The Assistant Dean of Students' primary charge is to co-foster the school-wide conditions for our students to successfully build positive relationships and be accountable for their own behavior. To this end, the Assistant Dean of Students will:

Collaboratively Build and Celebrate Positive College Going School Culture
  • Support the Upper School APs of Culture in implementing key whole-school activities to build and celebrate school culture, such as weekly community meetings, annual community-building trips, etc.
  • Support development of opportunities for students to use their agency and voice to build culture and community in 6-12.
  • Collaboratively identify ways to visually celebrate student achievement of character targets and living our values.

Collaboratively Implement a Responsive and Restorative Behavior Management System
  • Using principles of Restorative Justice, collaborate with the APs of Culture, Principal and MTSS Coordinator to implement a responsive behavior system that clearly articulates the school-wide systems and supports students will use to build positive relationships and manage their own behavior.
  • Facilitate Restorative Justice experiences between community members.

Restoratively Manage Behavior Support Systems including Student Referrals & Interventions
  • Support the implementation of school wide consistent practices to support students' positive inclusion in all learning spaces.
  • In collaboration with the Upper School APs of Culture, respond to student referrals with a restorative and responsive lens as well as appropriate behavior modification strategies.
  • Collect, input, and monitor effectiveness of individual student behavior referrals using our student data system.

Family Communication & Support
  • Support and facilitate learning experiences for Lighthouse families, including facilitating evening family meetings as needed..
  • Provide targeted pre-emptive support for families of students with needs based on assigned case-load (e.g. previously retained, acute stress or trauma, identified COST students).
  • Clearly and consistently communicate with all stakeholders, especially families, about student referrals and progress of interventions.

Other duties as assigned by supervisor

Minimum Qualifications
  • AA or equivalent required, B.A. preferred
  • 2+ years of experience working in schools or youth development programs, required
  • Spanish language proficiency preferred

Supervision

This position reports to the AP of Culture.

TIME COMMITMENT

This position is a full time non-exempt TEMPORARY salaried position that will end on May 31, 2023, which is the last day of the 22-23 school year for employees. The Temporary Assistant Dean of Students is expected to maintain hours of 8:00am - 4:30 pm M/T/Th/F and 8:00-5:00pm on W, including a ½ hour, duty-free lunch break, as well as attend occasional evening and weekend events outside of regular working hours.

COMPENSATION

Commensurate with experience. Competitive benefits package.

TO APPLY

People of color and bilingual candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Interested candidates should submit:
  • Resume
  • Cover letter describing your interest in this exciting position and why you are an optimal fit, including how your educational philosophy, approach to student learning and behavior, and expertise would contribute to the Lighthouse team
  • 3 references with Name, Email, Phone Number and Title/nature of working relationship

Application submission screening and initial phone interviews will be completed on a rolling basis until filled. In-person interviews and performance tasks will take place on-site.

Lighthouse Community Charter Public Schools is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity at all levels.

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