Grade Level:6-8

Start Date: September 2018

Location: UP Academy Kennedy (Springfield, MA)

About UP Education Network

UP Education Network operates six schools in Boston, Lawrence, and Springfield, MA. We serve over 3,000 elementary and middle school students. UP is invited by local school districts to restart chronically underperforming district schools as UP Academies. Each UP Academy shares the same mission: to ensure that students acquire the knowledge, skills, and strength of character necessary to succeed on the path to college and to achieve their full potential.

Role

The Dean of Students reports to UP Academy's Principal and serves on UP Academy's Leadership Team. The Dean of Students will lead the school's efforts to create a positive, structured, consistent, caring, and disciplined school culture.

Specific Responsibilities

Establish and ensure a joyful, structured, achievement-oriented school culture

Support and coach teachers to hold all students to consistently high behavioral expectations

With the Director of Operations, build systems and procedures which protect the sanctity of instructional time and reinforce a positive school culture

Serve as the point person for discipline/culture issues

Assist teachers, students, and families in the effective creation and implementation of individual behavior plans

Lead staff efforts to ensure all students have excellent attendance and arrive at school on time and prepared to learn

Reinforce the effective use of a school-wide behavior plan, including managing the school's PRIDE system

Ensure that the physical environment of the school reinforces school culture and facilitates student achievement

Oversee the development and implementation of student supports and interventions

Serve on the UP Academy Leadership Team

Qualifications

A strong belief in UP Education Network's core values: Students, Community, Humility, Resilience, and Humor

Bachelor's degree is required, Master's degree is preferred

Three years teaching experience required, 2+ years of school leadership experience strongly preferred

Demonstrated success in leading in a diverse environment

Current authorization to work in the United States - A candidate must have such authorization by his or her first day of employment.

Compensation and Benefits

UP Academy follows the salary scales and salary placement policies of each UP Academy's host school district or state turnaround plan; please see the relevant union's collective bargaining agreement for additional details. As an employee of UP Academy and your respective school district, you will receive the same access to personal and sick days, health insurance, and dental insurance as others within your union.

As an equal opportunity employer, UP does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, ability, age, religion, sexual orientation, or national or ethnic origin and we encourage applicants of all backgrounds to apply. Our students must be exposed to a diverse group of powerful role models - in their teachers, their school leaders, and their supporters in the network office. With this in mind, we are committed to recruiting the most talented individuals from the widest possible range of backgrounds to join our creative, mission-driven team.



Primary Location: Kennedy MS
Salary Range: Based on collective bargaining unit salary schedule
Shift Type: FT - Full Year

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