[Immediate Hire] High School Assistant Dean of Culture

Originally founded in 1991 as Harlem RBI, DREAM has grown to annually serve more than 2,500 youth across East Harlem and the South Bronx through a network of six PreK-12, extended-day, extended-year DREAM Charter Schools and community sports-based youth development programs. Through our commitment to rigorous academics, social-emotional learning, deep family and community engagement, and health and wellness, we create lifelong learners who are equipped to fulfill their vision of success in and out of the classroom. We dream big, as well, with an aggressive five-year plan to expand to serve 3,500 students across seven schools—growing our organization’s impact and leveling the playing field for all children. To learn more, visit wearedream.org.

Reporting to the Dean of Culture, the High School Assistant Dean of Culture sets a positive school and student culture with a focus on student achievement and social-emotional development, aligned with DREAM’s approach to whole-child support. The Assistant Dean of Culture also provides direct supervision, data input, and intervention services to students.

• Monitor class transitions, lunch, after-school reflection, in-school suspension, or scholars otherwise out of class;
• Supervise all aspects of the after-school reflection program;
• Input school culture data into information systems (such as DeansList and PowerSchool);
• Log, track, and complete all paperwork for discipline issues;
• Facilitate community building and response to harm restorative circles;
• Communicate with families regarding school response to student misbehavior, conduct violations, and investigations;
• Implement school-wide expectations, behavior systems, routines, and procedures by daily, weekly, and monthly review of individual student, class, grade and school conduct violations;
• Execute school culture systems and provide follow up for scholars, families, and staff;
• Respond to students in crisis, support students through crisis, and provide de-escalation intervention;
• Constantly uphold school-wide expectations, behavior management systems, and be a model of consistency;
• Coordinate peer mediation, peer-led circles, and other student-led restorative practices; 
• Support teachers to hold all students to high and consistent academic and behavioral expectations by developing and managing system for “close the loop” conversations;
• Collaborate with other members of the Culture Team to identify areas of behavioral concerns; school-wide and grade-wide;
• Ensure Tier 1 systems and supports are being implemented in classrooms (daily walkthroughs and observations);
• Attending student life meetings;
• Provide input and insight regarding effective strategies for positive school culture and specific scholars.

• High School Diploma, required; Bachelor’s Degree, preferred;
• Experience working directly with adolescents, preferably in a school-based environment, required;
• Experience using responsive classroom or restorative practices, strongly preferred;
• Special education degree or training, preferred;
• Bilingual (English/Spanish), preferred;
• A deep sense of urgency to increase student achievement;
• Ability to foster open communication with the school community and effectively convey high expectations for student learning and behavior;
• Success in working collaboratively with staff on culture and instruction;
• Strong work ethic and solutions-oriented mindset, with a desire and ability to solve problems;
• Strong organizational skills, including attention to detail;
• A strong belief in the mission and values of DREAM, including the belief that all students can succeed, and a deep desire to make a difference in the lives of our students, families, and community.

• DREAM offers a competitive salary commensurate with relevant experience with the potential for an annual performance-based increase. The incoming salary range for this position is $60,000 to $70,000 per year. New hires are typically brought into the organization at a salary closer to the start of the range depending on qualifications, internal equity, and the budgeted amount for the role. All staff are eligible for annual performance-based increases. Because we value staff tenure in each role, we do not currently cap salary ranges. 
• We offer a comprehensive benefits plan, covering the majority of the employee premium for medical plans and subsidizing the majority of costs for a spouse/domestic partner and children. Other benefits include dental and vision plans, disability, life insurance, parenting benefits, flexible spending account options, generous vacation time and paid holidays, referral bonuses, professional development, an employee assistance program (EAP) and a 403(b) plan with employer matching up to 4%.

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION  

At DREAM, diversity, equity, and inclusion are a matter of mission. 

From our schools to our playing fields, DREAM is committed to building a team where each individual can bring their full identity and experience to work because representation matters—it enriches our team culture, enhances our ability to innovate, and strengthens our impact in and out of the classroom. DREAM engages staff that represent and appreciate the diversity of our majority Black and Hispanic student body, while working to ensure that our practices are equitable, welcoming, and productive. We are dedicated to creating a world where youth, especially youth of color, have permission to dream—along with the tools and opportunities to make their dreams reality. 

Come dream with us.

DREAM MAXIMS

All Kids Can. This Kid Can.

DREAM is Family.

Fun is a Serious Value.

Teamwork Makes the DREAM Work.

Fail. Persist. Exceed.

DREAM Big.

Salary : $60,000 - $70,000