Career Center

Main Purpose of the Role:

The Dean of Students in the high school partners serves on the upper school administrative team with a particular focus on student life. The Dean of Students provides day-to-day support for faculty and students, and the role requires a commitment to an individual learning approach and a passion to work with students. The Dean of Students should help to cultivate an international learning community committed to educating, empowering, and inspiring and to be confident, independent critical thinkers.

Key Responsibilities: 

(The primary tasks, functions and deliverables of the role)

• Provides a continuous, proactive, and overt campus presence during the school day
• Serves as a resource for teachers and staff who express concern for student attendance, student development and/or discipline. Develops and articulates expectations for positive student behavior
• Develops and implements clear action plans and strategies, seeks resolution, follows through, communicates, maintains records, etc. with all relevant parties in proactive and positive manner with regards to all student disciplinary, attendance and interpersonal issues with the goal of enabling student success in school
• Supports faculty/coaches through training for effective  classroom management
• Serves as a liaison between students/families and student support services (e.g. counseling, nursing, learning support, etc.)
• Makes recommendations for appropriate revisions of code of conduct, policies and rules affecting student behavior
• Develops and administers practices dealing with campus control and security
• Maintains active and positive relationships with parents, families, and students
• Attends all student functions such as dances, athletic events, and graduations
• Maintains records of all his/her own dealings with parents and students
• Oversees student clubs and activities in the high school
• Oversees new student orientation 
• Facilitates student council meetings
• Oversees the organization, oversight and follow through of the high school advisory program
• Develops and oversees the faculty duty roster

Skills and Competencies:

(The abilities that the individual needs in order to perform this role effectively)

• The ability to lead by example
• Creative-minded, team player
• The ability to work with faculty
• Able to mediate and mentor at all levels
• Experience with the International Baccalaureate program
• Commitment to improving the minds and lives of children
• Abundant warmth, joyfulness, and delight in children
• Relentless commitment to preparing every student for college
• Ability to be a bold, tireless, and engaging change agent and culture-creator
• a visionary; a leader who inspires and motivates children and adults
• Passion for academic learning and insistence on academic excellence 
• Exceptional self-motivation, entrepreneurial spirit, and team orientation
• Problem-solving skills, with a combination of confidence and humility
• Effective and winning communication skills, both oral and written
• Collaborative decision-making style, with a proven track record of working with individuals at all levels to drive decision-making and results
• Self-awareness, with an ability to treat all members of the school’s community with respect and an accurate idea of one’s own strengths and weaknesses 
• Absolute integrity
• Belief that school leaders and faculty must constantly measure the impact of their instruction and the progress of their school

Contact: To be considered for a position, please send a letter of interest, a resume, and contact information for three references to Debbie Aragon, Director of Human Resources, at D.Aragon@lemanmanhattan.org. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and the position will remain open until filled.