Riverdale Country School · 19 hours ago
Middle School Dean - Seventh Grade
Bronx, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$130K/yr - $175K/yrRiverdale Country School is a Pre-K through Grade 12 independent all-gender school dedicated to inspiring students to live meaningful lives. The Middle School Dean is responsible for the academic and personal growth of 7th-grade students, ensuring the efficient execution of programming and collaborating with teachers and families to foster student development.
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Responsibilities
Ensure the efficient execution of all 7th-grade programming, events, and daily routines
Coordinating the team of 7th grade teachers
Creating the program of study for each individual
Assisting the students as they select and engage in co-curricular activities
Helping students discover and cultivate both academic and co-curricular interests
Setting the culture of the class through grade-level meetings, by working with teachers and homebase teachers of the class, and through individual interactions
Partnering with families formally and informally to encourage student growth
Collaborating with the Middle School team in the day-to-day operations of the Middle School
Collaboratively determining and executing disciplinary responses when students violate school rules
Attending school functions, which occasionally are outside of regular school hours, including parent events, student functions, and admission open houses
Run orientation programming for new 7th graders
Qualification
Required
A Bachelor's degree is required; Masters and Doctoral degree holders will receive additional consideration
Extensive experience with Middle School age students and the Middle School experience, particularly with 6th graders
Proven experience and understanding of the social, emotional development of a Middle School student
Classroom teaching excellence
A desire to connect personally with adolescents
The ability both to advocate for students and hold them accountable to high standards
The capacity to work effectively in a fast-paced and sometimes unpredictable environment
Exquisite written and oral communication skills with attention to detail
High organization skills to effectively keep grade records and ability to respond to email in a timely manner
Benefits
Shuttle service is available to/from the 242nd St / Broadway subway station.
A generous professional-development budget provides for conferences, skills training, and onsite training in areas such as mindfulness, coaching, and diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.
All employees are eligible for Frankel Fellow grants, known as “passion grants,” which pay for enrichment activities.
Stipends are available for coaching, affinity group facilitation, advising clubs with significant out-of-school time, and chaperoning trips (including global trips!).
Full time teaching faculty are eligible for a sabbatical after 10 years of employment.
Riverdale offers and subsidizes health, dental, and vision insurance.
In addition, the school offers a flexible spending account through which employees can use pre-tax dollars to pay for health-related expenses.
Employees are eligible to join our Defined Contribution retirement plan through TIAA.
The school contributes 7% of an employee's annual salary to their retirement account.
Riverdale Country School has a generous time-off policy for staff in addition to vacations afforded by the school calendar.
Company
Riverdale Country School
Riverdale CS is a co-educational, college-preparatory day school in New York City that serves students from preschool to twelfth grade.
Founded in 1907
201-500 employees
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