Position Title: Dean of Students

Term of Employment: 11 Months - Exempt; full benefits

Reports To: Principal

Pay Information: State Salary Schedule-Teacher

General Statement of Job

This employee is responsible for; including but not limited to directing and implementing discipline and attendance programs of the school; building positive home-school relationships; guiding and counseling students.  The employee in this position will promote an effective learning environment, keeping the Principal informed of emerging issues.  

Essential Job Functions

• Assists the Principal with the general administration of the school.
• Appropriately respond to student issues in cooperation with the Principal, Teachers, and Social Workers.
• Contact parents as needed.
• Maintains and reviews student records related to discipline, attendance, and achievement.
• Communicates regularly with all staff.
• Maintains detailed accounts of working with students.
• Communicates effectively with all stakeholders.
• Maintains confidentiality.
• Enforces school district and school policies and procedures (except suspensions).
• Develops grant proposals related to student management.
• Develops appropriate drug and alcohol intervention strategies and/or programs.
• Assists in monitoring and supervision of facilities.
• Maintains a safe and orderly environment.
• Assists with the supervision and monitoring of student activities such as lunch, class changes, assemblies, concerts, dances and sporting events.
• Develops and coordinates behavior management programs.
• Observes and documents behavior of individual students; maintains accurate logs of student progress.
• Works cooperatively with Social Services and Community agencies in accessing resources for students and their parents.
• Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong knowledge of student growth and development.
• Knowledge of multiple discipline models and how to implement several models, if needed.
• Adept at problem-solving, especially in a group setting.
• Knowledge of applicable laws and regulations.
• Knowledge of state/local policies and procedures regarding students and public schools.
• Knowledge of counseling models and theories.
• Ability to work with a wide-range of audiences

Minimum Training and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in education.
• Minimum of five years of public school experience as teacher, counselor, or administrator. 
• Must hold or have the ability to attain a current valid North Carolina Professional Educator’s License in Administration.

Minimum Qualifications or Standards Required to Perform Essential Job Functions

• Physical Requirements: Must be physically able to operate a variety of equipment including computers, copiers, calculators, cellular phones, etc. Must be physically able to operate a motor vehicle. Must be able to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to lift, carry, push, and pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Light Work usually requires walking or standing to a significant degree.
• Data Conception: Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural or composite characteristics (whether similar or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people or things.
• Interpersonal Communication: Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information. Includes giving instructions, assignments, or directions to subordinates or assistants.
• Language Ability: Requires the ability to read a variety of correspondence, reports,forms, charts, strategic plans, etc. Requires the ability to prepare correspondence, reports, forms, appraisals, charts, etc., using prescribed formats and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction, and style. Requires the ability to speak before groups of people with poise, voice control, and confidence. 
• Intelligence: Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagrammatic form; and to deal with several abstract and concrete variables. 
• Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, to follow oral and written instructions. Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently in Standard English. 
• Numerical Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize mathematical formulas; to add and subtract; multiply and divide; utilize decimals and percentages; and to apply the principles of algebra, descriptive statistics, statistical inference, and statistical theory. 
• Form/Spatial Aptitude: Requires the ability to inspect items for proper length, width, and shape.
• Motor Coordination: Requires the ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in using office equipment. 
• Manual Dexterity: Requires the ability to handle a variety of items such as office equipment and hand tools. Must have minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination. 
• Color Differentiation: Requires the ability to differentiate between colors and shades of color. 
• Interpersonal Temperament: Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions. Must be adaptable to performing under stress and when confronted with emergency situations. 
• Physical Communication: Requires the ability to talk and hear: (Talking: expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken words. Hearing: perceiving nature of sounds by ear.) Must be able to communicate via telephone. 

Disclaimer

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to this job.