Description
GEO Academies is a national, non-profit network of open-enrollment, public charter schools committed to empowering students to accelerate their academic pathways, advance their social mobility, and achieve their career and lifelong goals. Our innovative and award-winning K-16 GEO Academies Model begins with personalized, competency-based learning and accelerates students into postsecondary immersion as early as 9th grade. GEO Academies students have the opportunity to earn a full college degree or career credential even before graduating from high school - at no cost to families.
Performance Responsibilities/ Essential Functions
A Dean performs the following duties:
- Arrives before students arrive each day
- Greets students in the morning as they arrive and monitors student dress codes
- Works harmoniously with teachers, leadership and SPED Dept.
- Assist with creating individual behavior plans for students as needed
- Use discipline data to develop culture and climate goals and coordinate with leadership to create action plans
- Provide professional development and parent workshops needed to promote and support positive student culture
- Work with school administration to address and assist with student attendance issues
- Support teachers with logical student consequences and reinforcements
- Manage and maintain consistency of all consequence programs such as ISS, After School Detention and Saturday School
- Responsible for staffing After School Detention and Saturday School – filling in when necessary
- Log and record all entries for all referrals resulting in Out of School or In-School Suspensions
- Circulate through entire facility to show presence in every classroom at least once a day
- Coordinate and schedule parent meetings after students 5th referral
- Communicate via email scheduled parent meetings with teachers and leadership staff
- Determine necessary outcome once a student is referred to (ISS, OSS parent conference)
- Support school wide incentives and rewards
- Participate and attend school functions
- Attend all required staff meetings
- Assist with after school parent pick up until 4:00pm daily
- Other duties requested by supervisor
- Dress professionally and uphold all school policies
Requirements
- A Bachelor’s Degree
- Valid Teacher License preferred
- Proven desire to make a difference in children’s lives
- 3-5 years’ proven success in an urban school environment
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills