Uncommon Schools is a nonprofit network of high-performing, public charter schools providing an outstanding K-12 education in historically under-resourced communities. We have proudly built schools that reflect our student population, with two-thirds of our teachers and staff across our network identifying as a person of color. Uncommon currently manages 52 schools serving 19,000 students in five cities: Boston, Camden, New York City, Newark, and Rochester. We are proud that Uncommon graduates persist in and graduate from college at five times the rate of their peers nationally. We achieve this by offering strong academic, co-curricular, and social-emotional learning that prepares students for success in college and beyond.

The Associate Dean of Students at Uncommon will work with the school’s Dean of Students to ensure that all students demonstrate dramatic student achievement gains and internalize the school’s values. This individual will also help lead the school’s efforts to create a positive, structured, consistent, caring, and disciplined school culture.
 

Essential Duties & Responsibilities 

• Working closely with Dean of Students to establish a positive, structured, achievement-oriented, and creative school culture. 
• Supporting teachers to hold all students to high and consistent behavioral expectations. 
• Serving as a point person for dealing with behavioral crisis-intervention and acute behavioral issues. 
• Acting as a resource to teachers in their instructional practice, especially as it relates to issues of discipline, relationships with students, classroom management, and school culture. 
• Assisting teachers, students, and parents in the effective creation and implementation of individual behavior plans. 
• Supporting staff efforts to ensure all students have excellent attendance and arrive at school on time, and working aggressively with students and parents to ensure excellent attendance. 
• May participate in summer home visits highlighting the responsibilities of parents, teachers, and students. 
• Arranging for efficient homework collection in the morning, and ensuring homework is delivered to staff from students appropriately and accurately. 
• Helping to reinforce the effective use of a school-wide behavior plan, including managing the school’s demerit and rubric systems. 
• Supporting the Dean of Students as the point person for discipline/culture issues. 
• Ensuring that the physical environment of the school reinforces school culture and facilitates student achievement 
• Being highly present and visible during school hours, relentlessly ensuring the school has an exceptional school culture. 
• Proactively circulating throughout classrooms and hallways during the day, to gain valuable context on student behavior and help support positive school culture Monitoring behavioral pull-out and in-school suspensions. 
• Modeling the school’s values and the standard for professional behavior. 
• Coordinating student apologies and school culture messages at Community Meeting. 
• Supervising breakfast, lunch, in-between class transitions, enrichment, and dismissal, making sure students are always where they are supposed to be and ensuring a professional school culture at these times. 
• Managing afterschool detention. 
• Keeping accurate student discipline records, documenting all conferences, suspensions, and phone calls for behavior. 
• Ensuring that behavioral expectations and school culture standards are met outside of the classroom as well as inside, including establishing and monitoring bus behavior/culture as well as cafeteria/meal time behavior and culture 

• Drive to improve the minds and lives of students in and out of the classroom. 
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, and strong interpersonal skills with students, parents, colleagues, and community members. 
• Understanding of the nuances of urban school environments and school culture. 
• Bachelor’s degree is required 
• Belief in and alignment with Uncommon’s core beliefs and educational philosophy is non-negotiable.

Our people are what makes us Uncommon.  We believe our compensation philosophy and benefits should reflect our values—equity, transparency, and clarity—to enhance our ability to attract and retain talent and reward their expertise.  Our staff receive best-in-class training, coaching, and support to develop and operate mission-driven schools that provide a high-quality education to our students and families.

Compensation for this position: The starting compensation for this role based in New York City is between $65,000 to $103,900.  The starting pay will depend on various factors that may include but are not limited to professional experience, education, training, certifications, tenure with Uncommon Schools, and work location.  Because we value staff tenure in each role, we do not currently cap salary ranges.  Please note: ranges may differ for staff who work from a location other than New York City.

We offer comprehensive, flexible, and competitive benefits that support the personal health, wellness, and finances of our staff and their families.

Other Benefits:

• Generous paid time off inclusive of sick time and school breaks (spring, winter, and summer) + additional sustainability half days throughout the school year
• Extensive, best-in-class training and development  
• Choice of 3 comprehensive health insurance plans
• Pre-tax flexible spending and health saving accounts
• Financial planning & wellness
  • 403(b) retirement savings program + employer match
  • 529 college savings program
  • Public Service Loan Forgiveness application assistance
  • Financial  planning tools and assistance
• Dependent Care FSA, back up childcare and daycare discounts
• Paid leave of absence 
  • Fully paid parental leave
  • Fully paid medical leave
  • Additional paid Short Term and Long Term Disability insurance 
• Mental health and counseling support + wellness benefits
   

Uncommon believes in the importance of being a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization that enables our students and staff to thrive. We are committed to building an exceptional team that reflects the diverse backgrounds and experiences of our students. We also strive to ensure an inclusive community by creating a space for meaningful dialogue about issues of race and identity for our staff and students. As an equal opportunity employer, Uncommon provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. We also ensure that individuals with disabilities receive all privileges and benefits associated with employment and are provided reasonable accommodations for the interview process and to perform core job functions. If you would like to request an accommodation, please email [email protected].