Dean of Students, Tatu Girls Job Nova Pioneer

Responsibilities

Leading School Culture

  • Working with the Principal to articulate a compelling short- and long-term vision for the development of the school’s culture and program
  • Setting and modelling a consistent tone of highest expectations, joy, and growth mindset
  • Leading key school rituals as needed to model and ingrain culture through setting up culture committees and mentorship programs
  • Quickly identifying and responding to classroom/school culture or behavior issues
  • Engaging with the many stakeholders who make up Nova Pioneer community- parents, students and teachers by:
    • Coordinating and planning parent events, fora and seminars
    • Writing parent communication and serving as first point of contact on parent queries and concerns
    • Coordinating 1:1 parent meetings
    • Managing student behavior by  voicing and popularizing school rules and regulations with the intention to build an harmonious school community 
    • Coaching teachers on managing student behavior
    • Coordinating student-related programs within and outside Nova Pioneer networks.

Student Support and Empowering Student Voice 

  • Creating a vision and plan for student leadership development on the campus and systems and structures to support the vision.  
  • Creating and managing the systems and structures to support students’ leadership development.
  • Listening to student concerns and raising those challenges to the administration
  • Reviewing information from student suggestion box 
  • Collecting monthly anonymous feedback from students 
  • Supporting in the running of Town Halls 
  • Supporting the running of student leadership programmes 
  • Running skill development programmes 
  • Meeting with student leaders 
  • Identifying challenges in student leadership at the school and implementing solutions  to those challenges in a timely and effective manner.
  • Identifying and bringing in internal/external speakers to support student leadership 
  • Supporting the running of mentorship and advisory sessions on campus 
  • Managing and supporting the student council
  • Starting the student council on campus, including the student culture committee 
  • Managing the implementation of all clubs, societies and extramural activities both during and after school
  • Serving as liaison between institution administrators and the student body.
  • Staying up to date on important student affairs.
  • Preparing weekly school newsletters and sharing stories about student activities with relevant stakeholders e.g. parents.

Health and Safety

  • Leading and supporting the health and safety committee, serving as the chair to foster a safe and healthy school environment.
  • Organizing monthly fire drills, prioritizing students’ overall safety, and maintaining accurate records of each drill.

Behaviour Management

  • Developing and managing the behavior management system throughout the school
    • Reviewing all student infraction and behavior data, including both yellow and green cards.
    • Meeting with teachers to identify areas of improvement, challenges, and coaching needs.
    • Identifying trends, observes individual and group behavior.
    • Meeting with students.
  • Leading the Behaviour Committee
    • Convening meetings 
    • Ensuring all data is present for meetings 
    • Chair behavior committee meetings
  • Coaches behavior issues with teachers
    • Reviewing issues that teachers are having with behavior and coaches teachers through  observations, meetings, etc. 
    • Developing and coaching teachers diversified strategies of behavior management basing on Positive Behavioural Interventions and Support (PBIS)
  • Leads academic behavior investigations
    • Ensuring strong documentation  
  • Referral to the counselor
    • Knowledge of background of behavior and what behavior has to be referred to the counselor.
    • Follow up with cases referred to the counselor for tracking of support and changes.

Functional Support

  • Work with the parent fee support team to manage the process of gating.

Qualifications

  • You have a Bachelor’s Degree in Education and you are TSC certified
  • A Masters degree in education/ social sciences is not compulsory, it would be an added advantage.
  • You have excellent interpersonal and leadership skills that encompass trust and respect
  • You have excellent communication and people management skills
  • You have the ability to be flexible, adaptable, innovative and creative
  • You understand the complexities of working in a multi-faceted organization
  • You have strong project management skills
  • You have a passion for students character development
  • You have high energy levels and can work in a highly confidential setting
  • You have the ability to be flexible, adaptable, innovative and creative
  • You understand the complexities of working in a multi-faceted organization
  • You have a passion for students character development

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