ABOUT ALLIANCE COLLEGE-READY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Alliance College-Ready Public Schools is one of the largest and most successful nonprofit public charter school networks in the nation, operating 26 high-performing, middle and high schools that educate nearly 13,000 scholars who make up the heart of Los Angeles’ Latinx, Black, and recent immigrant communities. Alliance schools have been recognized as among the best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, Newsweek, the U.S. Department of Education, and the California Department of Education. Since opening our first school in 2004, 95% of Alliance scholars have graduated from high school. We strive to uplift our scholars and their communities by fostering unparalleled educational opportunities that encourage scholarly thought, resilient learning, powerful communication, mind-body wellness, and community advocacy. To learn more, visit www.LAalliance.org.

ROLE SUMMARY

Alliance Deans of Students are responsible for facilitating the development and support of an inclusive school community that encourages a culture of high academic achievement, wellness, a sense of belonging, individual accountability, and collective responsibility.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

The Dean’s essential responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

School Culture and Climate 

• Drive the effective and consistent implementation of Schoolwide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) and Trauma Informed Mindset, Approach, and Practices.

• Regularly participate in conversations about race with colleagues that aim to build a more equitable, inclusive, and culturally relevant school culture and climate.

• Promote general scholar health, safety, and welfare by overseeing planned inclusive scholar activities (e.g. career exploration, field trips, service learning, dances, rallies, etc.)

Scholar Behavior, Discipline, and Safety 

• Conduct scholarly behavior incident investigations and write reports

• Oversee scholar discipline record keeping and documentation

• Provide consistent and clear communication for parents both verbally and in writing

• Manage suspension, alternative-to-suspension, and behavior referral processes using a restorative approach, non-exclusionary practices, and strong documentation procedures.

• Assist in the planning, implementation, and progress monitoring of effective individual scholar behavior support plans alongside scholars, parents/guardians, teachers, counselors, and other support service providers. 

• Assume responsibility for the overall safety and well-being of all scholars. 

Family Engagement and Relationships 

• Model for staff and support them in building and maintaining strong relationships with scholars and families. 

• Plan and lead parent/guardian conferences for behavior and/or attendance-related issues as needed. 

Scholar Attendance 

• As part of the attendance team, manage and implement school strategy to reduce chronic absenteeism and increase scholar attendance with a trauma-informed lens and special attention to scholar subgroups (i.e. scholars who are: English Learners, socioeconomically disadvantaged, foster youth, homeless, students with disabilities, racial/ethnic groups). 

Culture/Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Team and Data Leadership 

• With the Culture/SEL team, regularly capture, share, and analyze scholar culture data and trends (including SEL surveys, attendance, and discipline) to assess and inform scholar services and a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS). 

• Lead all data analysis with a trauma-informed lens and special attention to scholar subgroups (i.e. scholars who are: English Learners, socioeconomically disadvantaged, foster youth, homeless, students with disabilities, racial/ethnic groups). 

• Regularly collect and analyze behavior referral, suspension, discipline, and violence data for both school safety planning and identification of any disproportionality, including over-suspension of African American scholars.