Website The Athenian School
JOB TITLE: Upper School Dean of Student Life (Full-Time)
REPORTS TO: Assistant Head/Head of Upper School
JOB STATUS: FLSA Status: Exempt
ABOUT ATHENIAN
The Athenian School is an independent college preparatory boarding and day school that serves students in grades 6 – 12, from throughout the East Bay, California, the US and the world. Since our founding, we have been dedicated to educating students through experiential, collaborative and interdisciplinary learning. We foster critical thinking and value reasoned discourse, mutual respect, and social justice. Please read through our site to learn more about our community. We look forward to meeting you as you consider Athenian!
ROLE OVERVIEW
Athenian seeks an US Dean of Student Life whose primary focus is the social, mental, and emotional well-being of all Athenian students. This position will work to promote the power of student voice and involvement in all aspects of student life and will partner closely with the Director of DEIS to ensure that diversity, equity, inclusion and social justice are a critical component of all areas of the Upper School.
This integral position is a member of the Upper School Leadership team, partnering closely with the US Academic Dean, the US Dean of Faculty Development, the Dean of Residential Life and the Assistant Head/Head of Upper School to create a campus culture of joy, reflection, learning, and community responsibility. This person lives on campus, participating fully in the life of the Upper School and serving as part of the administrator on duty team. This position chairs the Student Support Team, ensuring that Athenian is thoughtfully planning for and responding to both individual student challenges and thematic concerns.
The Dean will implement and oversee the creation of a restorative justice program at Athenian, shifting the student accountability model to one where all outcomes are equitable, transparent, mission-aligned and student centered. This position will work to create, and implement, a comprehensive Social Emotional Learning curriculum and will create programming throughout the calendar year where the Upper School community comes together. The Dean will build a strong advisory program with a focus on ensuring that each Athenian student builds and sustains connections with campus adults.
Successful candidates will have significant high school teaching experience and a deep understanding of adolescent development, social-emotional wellbeing, and trauma-informed education. They will possess a demonstrated commitment to cultural competence and will have experience using restorative practices to resolve conflict and navigate student accountability.
BENEFITS, COMPENSATION, PROFESSIONAL GROWTH & COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Athenian provides excellent benefits and salaries are competitive and commensurate with work experience and education. Community members enjoy meals on campus and use of athletics facilities, including a pool, gym and fitness center.
All employees participate in school wide professional development, and have the opportunity to pursue a range of additional professional growth opportunities. These include, but are not limited to, funded participation in professional conferences and continuing education opportunities. Athenian provides needed training for CPR/AED certification.
All employees are expected to attend all-school functions relevant to their role and to participate in supporting the student experience with other school duties as requested by their direct supervisor.
NON DISCRIMINATION COMMITMENT
The Athenian School is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to basing judgments concerning the employment of individuals upon their qualifications and abilities. The School is firmly committed to equal employment and advancement opportunities for all employees and applicants in all areas of employment. The School does not discriminate on the basis of an individual’s sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, race, color, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic characteristic or genetic information, physical or mental disability, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
Apply through The Athenian Career Center: https://www.athenian.org/about/get-involved/careers
Please send a letter of interest, current resume, and three references. Please also include the particular source through which you learned about this position: website, referral organization, etc.
