The Dean helps all students benefit from the school’s educational opportunities in the areas of student support, student life, and building safety and management. The work of the Dean, who reports directly to the Principal, is guided by the principles of the Portrait of a Nashoba Graduate as they apply to the assigned middle school grade level. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Seeks ways to develop and sustain a climate of equity, inclusion, and mutual respect between and among the students and adults in the school

• Assists the Principal in the overall management and administration of the school, especially in the area of student discipline, and supports students’ social/emotional development and skill building

• Assists in developing and administering practices dealing with campus supervision, control and security

• Confers with parents, teachers, counselors, support service personnel and students on matters of discipline and welfare, and in implementing procedures for protecting the health and welfare of students

• Performs such record-keeping functions as the Principal may direct

• Uses effective problem-solving strategies to meet student need

• May oversee matters of student attendance, campus supervision and control, counseling students and making appropriate referrals to guidance or counseling

• The omission of specific duties here does not exclude them from the position’s responsibilities if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position