KIPP Nashville is a network of high-performing public schools that has been committed to creating joyful, academically excellent schools in Nashville since 2005. KIPP Nashville is part of the acclaimed KIPP Network, which educates 100,000+ students nation-wide and supports students to college graduation through our KIPP Through College program.
 
KIPP Nashville currently operates 3 elementary schools, 3 middle schools, and 1 high school. 94% of our 2020 alumni graduated high school with acceptance to college and are projected to complete college at a rate 3x that of their peers. 86% of our students identify as Black or Latinx and 16% are identified as diverse learners. We are excited to continue our growth to ensure all students in Nashville have access to an excellent education.
 
Our mission is that, together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence they need to pursue the paths they choose - college, career, and beyond - so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world. If you share this belief, if you have a proven willingness to do what it takes for students to achieve, if you thrive in an environment that is both collaborative and entrepreneurial, then you are already a KIPPster.

The responsibilities of the Associate Dean of Students include, but are not limited to:

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Dean of Students to establish a positive, structured, and achievement-oriented school culture

• Facilitate teacher training and support around discipline, relationships, expectations, consistency, and management

• Support a school-wide discipline system with meaningful incentives and consequences

• Coordinate and support recognition assemblies, parent workshops, community events, and other culture-building activities

• Support teachers in building relationships with students and parents; implement parental involvement plan

• Supervise school entry, breakfast, lunch, transitions, dismissal, and detention to ensure they are orderly and positive

• Refine systems to ensure all students have excellent attendance and arrive at school on time

• Refine systems to ensure all students have excellent homework completion and that homework is checked efficiently

• Ensure that the physical environment of the school reinforces school culture and facilitates student achievement

• Ensure effective field lessons, school events, and extracurricular activities

• Model KNCHS core values and character strengths at all times

• Assist the Founding Dean of Students, teachers, students, and parents in the creation and implementation of support plans for struggling students

• Reinforce the effective use of the school-wide behavior plan, including the school’s merit and rubric systems

• Monitor behavioral pull-out and in-school suspensions

• Maintain accurate student discipline records; document conferences, suspensions, and phone calls for behavior

• Communicate clearly and promptly with teachers, families, and students when discipline issues occur

Qualifications & Experience

• Commitment to working with students from educationally under-resourced communities

• Bachelor’s degree required Master's Degree preferred 

• Pass Criminal Background Check

• Demonstrated success in raising the achievement levels of traditionally under-served students (Highly Preferred)

Desired Characteristics

• Unwavering commitment to KIPP Nashville’s mission, students, families, and community

• Firm belief in affirming the identity of students, families and staff

• Demonstrates excitement in growing students into their highest selves

• Passionate and committed to being a leader for racial justice and equity, and working in an organization committed to anti-racism

• Excellent communication skills with diverse constituents; clear writer, facilitator and speaker and eagerness to collaborate

• Demonstrate commitment to continue their professional development individually, eager to offer and respond positively to feedback

• Ability to tackle multiple projects and initiatives at once with a strong sense of organization, prioritization, follow through and results orientation

• Possess an entrepreneurial spirit, be flexible, and willing to go above and beyond to meet the varied needs of students

Our comprehensive compensation package includes life insurance and long-term disability coverage provided by KIPP Nashville, voluntary medical and dental plans, in addition to retirement benefits and an annual salary increase. To establish equitable salary practices, the compensation package is derived from the regional KIPP Nashville Public Schools pay scale. This position is exempt and will follow a 10-month schedule.

Apply directly online. Please contact Stacia Mills, Manager of Talent Recruitment, at [email protected] with questions.

KIPP Nashville is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual preference, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, pregnancy, or veteran status.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.