Dean of Students - High School

Employment Schedule: 11 months, full-time

Duties and Responsibilities:

Essential functions of the position may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Provides behavioral and disciplinary support to the administrative team, teaching staff and student body with the explicit purpose of reducing the number of student infractions and increasing positive behavior and habits across the school campus. The Dean of Students/Behavior Interventionist provides training, coaching, modeling and consultation to all stakeholders including families.
• Provide an initial professional development session during pre-service week for all faculty on classroom management, positive behavior instructional support and the school wide discipline process.
• Provides specific professional development to individual teachers and teams as needed to support positive behavioral practices including classroom management.
• Provides ongoing professional development as needed and directed by the principal
• Provides a nurturing and supportive learning environment that encourages student responsibility and incorporates positive management and behavioral strategies.
• Provides resources/guidance to parents to help them better support their scholars through parent academy sessions (including evenings) and other parent events as directed by the principal.
• Additional duties including but not limited to sibling link, cafeteria duty, arrival/dismissal duty and hallway duty.

• Demonstrates excellent communication skills including oral presentations, written skills, active listening skills.
• Demonstrates enthusiasm and commitment toward the job and the mission of the school.
• Establishes excellent interpersonal skills between all constituents: being courteous, professional and, helpful; demonstrates high level of interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and confidential situations.
• Ability to organize, prioritize and manage multiple priorities.
• Ability to be at work consistently, to arrive on time, to follow instructions, to respond to management direction and to solicit feedback to improve performance.
• Problem analysis and problem resolution at both a strategic and functional level.
• Seeks ways to improve and promote quality and demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness. Strives to research, evaluate and implement best practices.
• Strong customer orientation.
• Strong track record for analyzing complex problems/issues, identifying patterns and recommending creative solutions.
• Proactive and takes initiative. Thinks creatively. Drives projects to completion. Insists on highest level of quality. 
• Bachelor's degree (BA) from an accredited college or university or equivalent.
• Possession of valid teaching, counseling or social work certification (as appropriate).
• Minimum of one (1) to three (3) years successful teaching, counseling or social work experience (may include Student Teaching Internship experience).
• Successful results of criminal and employment background check and drug testing.
• Adherence to the requirements of the Code of Ethics for the Education Profession.

 Compensation:

• Base Salary
• Sign-On Bonus
• Retention Stipend
• Enrollment Incentive Stipend
• Employer 401K Match (2.5% of Base Salary)

Total Possible Compensation Package: $57,187.50
Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, Prescription drug, and Vision
• Life insurance and Voluntary life insurance
• Paid Time Off (PTO) - Vacation, Sick, Personal

Franklin Academy is a Drug-Free Workplace. All candidates are required to pass a mandatory drug screening and background check (https://info.flclearinghouse.com).FRANKLIN ACADEMY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. It is the policy of Franklin Academy not to discriminate against any applicant for employment, or any employee because of age, color, sex, sexual orientation or expression, disability, national origin, race, religion, or veteran status.