Gestalt Community Schools is currently accepting applications for a Dean of Scholars for our Power Center Academy Middle School located in Southeast Memphis, TN.

Gestalt Community School Dean of Scholars have the following responsibilities:

• Reflect weekly on culture data (walkthrough data, removal data, etc.) to determine how teachers are progressing toward the goals, the subset of teachers that need skill-building, and overall staff development PD needs
• In collaboration with the PBIS Team and counselor coach all staff toward the Week 4 goal.
• Intensive coaching of struggling teachers daily to proficiency.
• Intensively coach 1-3 teachers at a time as assigned.
• Plan/facilitate practice-based culture PD aligned with the Practice-based PD framework.
• Reflect weekly on culture data (removal, suspension, detention, etc.) to identify students who need Tier 2 support.
• In collaboration with the counselor, SST, families and grade-level teams, create Tier 2 and Tier 3 support plans and implement.
• Maintain an overview tracker of all students on tier 2 and tier 3 plans ... and maintain all Tier 2 and 3 intervention plans. Ensure the tracker and plans are available logged into Review 360 and/or PowerSchools.
• Design and oversee detention to ensure it is a purposeful space where scholars are skill-building, serving consequences and preparing to return to class.
• Oversee a powerful on-boarding process for all families that invests them in school policy/practice and sets the tone for authentic collaboration.
• Reflect weekly on culture data (attendance, uniform, homework, etc.) to identify families that aren't meeting policy expectations and partner with them to ensure success.
• Proactively partner with families of struggling students to learn about their children, share updates and strategize on supports.
• Oversee family events that foster collaboration, trust and community; leverage PAC Lead and Network as critical partners in events.
• Monitor teacher call logs to ensure that they are happening, the content of calls is substantive (both positive and constructive updates are shared), and potential attrition families are flagged.
• Create airtight systems (attendance, homework, behavior policy, etc.) with clear goals and monitoring processes.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Current Tennessee administrator's license or qualify to complete the Praxis within one year of employment;
• 4+ years of exemplary teaching experience (level 4-5);
• 1+ years of leadership experience in either or all of the following: residency program completion, teacher leadership program, team leader;
• Experience in leadership in a turn-around school, charter school, and/or urban school environment not required but preferred;
• Have a unique ability to increase both scholar and staff engagement;
• Ability to create and implement an effective teacher and/or scholar induction program;
• Strong knowledge of TN state standards, Common Core, and ACT College Readiness standards;
• Highly proficient in student online curriculum and intervention programs, teacher online grade book programs, and student database systems;