THE OPPORTUNITY
Start date: August 19, 2026
A Dean is a leader (also mentor, cheerleader, confidant, and occasional tough-love-giver) who supports students' wellbeing and partners across Avenues and with their families to support each student to thrive. A dean works with an entire grade level of students and moves with those students from grades 6 through 8 or grades 9 and 10. This allows deans to build powerful, lasting relationships with students and nurture their development and wellbeing. Deans and teachers work together closely to make the secondary experience a rewarding one for each student.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
Nurture students' growth and development
- Advise and guide a total of 100-130 students and their families in grades 6-10 each year. Your students will feel known and well supported; their families will rave about you.
- Teach, and help develop, a socio-emotional learning curriculum
- Develop strong, ongoing relationships with parents and students
- Monitor and guide students' academic progress and social and emotional well-being
- Uphold high standards of personal conduct by students
- Be the primary point of contact for parents and colleagues about individual students
- Lead daytime and/or evening programs for parents and students on special topics
Be a leader and collaborator
- Partner with faculty, associate division heads, and members of the student success team to build strong communities of students
- Develop plans to support students' success in school, and follow through with colleagues and families to ensure student needs are met
- Be relentlessly resourceful and highly collaborative, guiding colleagues on how to best support each individual student's success, growth and happiness
- Enthusiastically contribute to a deans team dedicated to all Avenues students' wellbeing