2026-27 Dean of Scholars

Deans Of Scholars

Deans of Scholars 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 for scholars, families, and staff.

Essential responsibilities include:

• Leading and sustaining school culture initiatives aligned with network priorities to support scholar engagement, strong teacher-scholar relationships, and scholar safety.
• Leading high-fidelity implementation of effective and consistent implementation of Schoolwide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) through a trauma-informed approach while always modeling the school's values and high expectations.
• Actively engaging in and facilitating conversations about race with colleagues that aim to build a more equitable, inclusive, and culturally relevant school culture.
• Promoting general scholar health, safety, and welfare by overseeing inclusive scholar activities (e.g., career exploration, field trips, service learning, dances, rallies, etc.)
• Overseeing scholar discipline record keeping and documentation, including conducting scholar behavior incident investigations and writing reports.
• Leading targeted and intensive behavior systems through use of research-based interventions and alternatives to suspension.
• Managing suspension, alternative-to-suspension, and behavior referral processes using a restorative approach, non-exclusionary practices, and strong documentation procedures.
• Assisting in the planning, implementation, and progress monitoring of effective individual scholar behavior support plans in collaboration with scholars, parents/guardians, Teachers, Counselors, School Leaders, and other support service providers, including re-entry meetings and/or IEP/504 plan meetings for students with multiple behavior infractions.
• Ensuring the overall safety and well-being of all scholars through ongoing monitoring and adjustment of school site systems, practices, routines, and procedures.
• Developing, coordinating, and monitoring active supervision and transition systems throughout the school.
• Modeling for and coaching staff in building and maintaining strong relationships with scholars and families.
• Planning and leading parent/guardian conferences for targeted and intensive behavior and/or attendance-related issues as needed.
• Maintaining regular communication with families regarding scholar behavior (both positive and negative) via email, phone, and in-person conferences.
• Actively participating on the school's attendance team.
• Supporting with the management and implementation of school strategy to reduce chronic absenteeism and increase scholar attendance with a trauma-informed lens and special attention to scholar subgroups (i.e. multilingual learners, socioeconomically disadvantaged, foster youth, homeless, scholars with disabilities, racial/ethnic groups).
• As part of the school's Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS), analyzing attendance data alongside behavior and academic data to support scholar success through tiered intervention recommendations, implementation, and tracking.
• Leading the Culture/SEL team to 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).
• Regularly collecting and analyzing data on behavior referrals, suspensions, disciplines, and school violence to ensure school safety and scholar success (including disproportionality and over-suspension of subgroups).
• Leading all data analysis with a trauma-informed lens and special attention to scholar subgroups.
• Using school culture data to plan and facilitate summer and monthly professional development with teachers and staff.
• Providing ongoing support (e.g., training, PD sessions, resources, modeling, coaching, feedback) for staff on building positive classroom environments, relationships with scholars, effective implementation of the schoolwide PBIS plan, and alternatives to exclusionary discipline practices (i.e. referral out-of-class).
• Conducting regular classroom and common area culture observations to inform ongoing feedback, school wide systems, and staff professional development.
• Participating in interdisciplinary classroom walkthroughs alongside school leadership to identify trends in classroom culture, behavior management, routines, and procedures, and recommend teacher action steps to improve practice.
• Partnering with instructional coaches to integrate the culture of learning practices into 1:1 coaching with teachers and staff.
• Upholding and following school policies and procedures.
• Performing additional related duties as assigned.

Ideal candidates:

• Have successfully coached and developed adults within a school.
• Hold the belief that all scholars, regardless of their economic or social demographics, deserve a quality education and can earn a four-year college degree.
• Desire to work in systemically underserved communities in Los Angeles and be a part of Alliance's social justice mission by integrating equity-centered student-centered instruction.
• Demonstrate an ability to develop a positive, achievement-oriented, supportive, and collaborative culture of high expectations that motivates and inspires scholars to learn at college-preparatory levels.
• Know how to use data, technology, and innovative teaching methods to monitor growth and scholar progress, drive classroom learning, and prepare all scholars to succeed in life after high school.
• Have strong expertise in classroom culture skills and maintaining a positive learning environment through PBIS. Thrive in an environment of high expectations and collaboration.
• Hold a growth mindset and commit to continuously honing their craft.
• Have strong interpersonal, communication, and relationship-building skills with both children and adults.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or higher from an accredited college or university.
• 4+ years of progressive professional work experience in a related field, including at least 1 year of school leadership experience managing and supporting a team of adults and directing a multi-tiered system of support and/or response to intervention for scholar behavior/culture.
• Preferred: 2+ years of experience working in a public school or public charter school in an urban setting.

Compensation: $91,125.00 - $135,000.00

Application process:

Interested candidates should submit an application. If you advance to the next step, you will be contacted for a phone screen and/or interview. Only candidates who advance will be contacted.

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Unfortunately, we are not able to sponsor or support applicants on visas at this time or in the foreseeable future.

Alliance College-Ready Public Schools is dedicated to fostering an inclusive, anti-racist, pro-Black community that celebrates diversity, equity, and the unique identities of all scholars and staff. Nearly two-thirds of our teachers and administrators identify as people of color, reinforcing our commitment to representation and the power of diverse role models. We recognize the richness of the cultures and communities we serve, and we believe that embracing and empowering these identities is essential to the success and pride of our scholars. Working at Alliance means joining a movement to drive transformative change, nurture resilience, and build lifelong, meaningful connections with scholars and their communities.