[School Year 2026- 2027] Elementary School Assistant Dean of Culture at DREAM Charter School – New York, New York
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About This Position
Reporting to the Dean of Culture, the Elementary School Assistant Dean of Culture sets a positive school and student culture with a focus on student achievement and social-emotional development, aligned with DREAM’s approach to whole-child support. The Assistant Dean of Culture also provides direct supervision, data input, and intervention services to students.
Respond to students in crisis, support students through crisis, and provide de-escalation intervention;
Provide input and insight regarding effective strategies for positive school culture and supporting specific scholars;
Monitor class transitions, lunch, recess, and students otherwise out of class;
Facilitate community building in the school;
Support the implementation of restorative circles;
Input school culture data into information systems;
Monitor and track school-wide systems such as positively based incentive systems and individual support plans;
Partner with families around student support plans;
Implement school-wide expectations, behavior systems, routines, and procedures through daily, weekly, and monthly review of individual student, class, grade and school culture practices;
Uphold all school-wide expectations and behavior management systems, ensuring all students’ social emotional development;
Other duties related to the running of the school as assigned.
Associate’s Degree required, Bachelor’s Degree, preferred;
Experience working directly with elementary students, preferably in a school-based environment, required;
Bilingual (English/Spanish), preferred;
Special education degree or training, preferred;
Experience using responsive classroom or restorative practices, strongly preferred;
A deep sense of urgency to increase student achievement;
Ability to foster open communication with the school community and effectively convey high expectations for student learning and behavior;
Success in working collaboratively with staff on culture and instruction;
Strong work ethic and solutions-oriented mindset, with a desire and ability to solve problems;
Strong organizational skills, including attention to detail;
A strong belief in the mission and values of DREAM, including the desire to make a difference in the lives of our students, families, and community.
- We offer comprehensive benefits including:
- Flexible Medical Health Plans, subsidizing the majority of costs for the employee, their spouse/domestic partner and children;
- The ability to select between a variety of medical plans according to what best suits the employee’s needs;
- Dental and vision plans;
- Disability benefits;
- Life insurance;
- Up to 12 weeks fully paid of Parental Leave;
- Flexible spending account options;
- Pre-tax commuter benefits (parking and transit);
- Fitness and entertainment discounts;
- A variety of support through our employee assistance program (EAP);
- 403(b) retirement plan with employer match starting at 4% after one year, with increases tied to DREAM tenure;
- Referral, performance, and tenure milestone bonuses;
- Discounted school meals through our in-house Scratch Food Program;
- Tuition reimbursement support;
- Access to a professional development fund;
- School-based 12-month employees have approximately 48 days off throughout the school year including holidays, school breaks, personal days, and wellness days.
- Benefits are subject to change.
- DREAM offers a competitive salary commensurate with relevant experience with the potential for an annual performance-based increase. The incoming salary range for this position is $65,000 to $75,000 per year. New hires are typically brought into the organization at a salary closer to the start of the range depending on qualifications, internal equity, and the budgeted amount for the role. All staff are eligible for annual performance-based increases. Because we value staff tenure in each role, we do not currently cap salary ranges.