High School Assistant Dean of Student Success

High School Assistant Dean of Student Success

Location: Aug Prep South Campus

Schedule: Full-time, Year-Round 

Reports To: High School Dean of Student Success

Desired Start Date: ASAP

More Than a Job, A Mission

Aug Prep is more than a school, it's a community where excellence, faith, and holistic education come together. We’re not only about high standards but also creating a place where people love to grow, learn, and inspire! We currently serve over 2,400 K4-12 students in our ninth year at our South Campus. 

Why You’ll Love Working Here 

• Living Faith: Jesus is at the center of all we do.
• Join a team where you can pray together, worship together, and anchor your work in hope. 
• Award-Winning Workplace: Recognized as a “Best Place to Work” by the Milwaukee Business Journal six times in a row, standing out as the only school on the list in most years!
• High Expectations that Open Doors: We foster a dynamic culture of growth and development for students and staff alike. Our students regularly surpass expectations on state assessments and our graduates have a 100% college acceptance rate and a cumulative $85million+ in scholarships! 
• Outstanding Resources: From a “classroom supplies” fund to top-notch curriculum to field trips to advanced technology, we shower our team with the tools they need to succeed. Our state-of-the-art facilities include advanced sports complexes, performing arts centers, top-notch classrooms and two swimming pools.
• Whole-Child Approach: From arts to athletics to character education, we nurture students’ minds, bodies, and souls.
• Joy Factor: This work is hard, but we work hard to bring JOY in all we do! Things like silly staff competitions, praise and worship sessions,team social events or learning a new skill like pickleball or gardening during a professional development day, we ensure our staff finds JOY with one another too!
• Benefits: Aug Prep offers a robust benefits package including medical/dental/vision, a 401(k) with employer match and employer-sponsored disability coverage. Full-time employees each receive $2500/year for college courses or professional development. For a more complete list of our benefits, please clickHERE.

In This Role, You Will serve the whole child. Aug Prep is looking for an Assistant Dean of Student Success who loves engaging students and families - particularly those struggling most - and loves building a strong and positive culture. The Assistant Dean of Student Success is responsible for shaping and sustaining Aug Prep's high school culture and ensuring that the students internalize Aug Prep's values for academic excellence and behavior expectations in partnership with the Dean. The Assistant Dean of Student Success develops preventative interventions and ensures students who are not yet meeting expectations are provided with wraparound support and follow-through.

A St. Augustine Preparatory Assistant Dean of Student Success Will:

Student Support 

• Promote positive attitudes, behaviors, and skills that support academic success, attendance, and character development.
• Encourage and strengthen parental involvement in student achievement and faith-based school culture.
• Collect and manage school culture metrics, including attendance, academics, graduation progress, social-emotional well-being, and behavior data.
• Intervene and mediate student behavior situations in collaboration with teachers, social workers, advisors, and families; draft behavior plans and document interventions in Infinite Campus as appropriate.
• Serve as a point of contact for staff and families regarding student behavior, attendance, and culture-related concerns.
• Promote and maintain strong home–school relationships and support parent engagement initiatives.
• Oversee systems related to tardiness, absences, and uniforms.
• Work collaboratively with parents/students as well as social workers, advisors, and teachers to bring resolution to situations where policies/protocols have been breached.
• Report to the principal to highlight gathered data, gain approval for proposed solutions/resolutions to data/issues, and evaluate the effectiveness of systems/protocols put in place.
• Serve as a point of contact for teachers, advisors, and parents who present issues/situations related to student behavior and attendance.
• Promote and maintain positive home/school relationships as well as facilitate parent events.
• Oversee tardies / absences / uniforms
• Act in accordance with federal, state and local laws, statutes, and/or policies that related to students and families, and consult with school personnel to ensure compliance in those areas
• Be open to coaching and feedback to continuously improve teaching practices and support positive student outcomes.
• Collaborate as a team player

Whole Child

• Serve as a role model for students by demonstrating professionalism, integrity, and positive behavior.

• Monitor and support students during morning arrival, lunch, recess and dismissal.

• Serve with a flexible, open heart that recognizes no duty is outside the scope of your role, we are a team that is stronger together in service of our students. 

Professional Responsibilities

• Communicate proactively with students, families, and colleagues.
• Collaborate effectively with faculty, administrators, and community members.
• Engage in continuous professional growth through meetings, professional development, coursework, and training.
• Fulfill school duties such as supervision or extracurricular involvement as assigned.

What We’re Looking For 

• The candidate must be mission-driven, demonstrate the highest integrity, and be able to live the values, beliefs, and culture of Aug Prep.
• Bilingual, written and spoken (Spanish and English).
• Bachelor's Degree, including any other requirements for accreditation, (Master’s degree a plus). State teaching license preferred but not required.
• Minimum 2 years experience teaching or social work, with a strong track record of successfully impacting student achievement and working successfully with students who have the greatest needs.
• Proven ability to work cooperatively and effectively with colleagues, including the ability to create and nurture a professional community of adult learners.
• Demonstrate leadership qualities, including the ability to see the big picture while working directly with students/families and staff to influence the details driving the overall direction.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including high impact facilitation of meetings and presentations, and giving and receiving constructive feedback.
• Proven ability in using student-level data to guide instructional decisions.
• Demonstrated teacher leadership with strong pedagogical knowledge and content expertise or clinical experience with adolescent youth.
• Participating member of a church
• Lastly and most important, the candidate must demonstrate and possess the highest integrity and be able to live the values and culture of St. Augustine Preparatory School.

*This describes general information about the position, however, should not be considered comprehensive. Aug Prep reserves the right to modify job duties or descriptions at any time.

​Non-Discriminatory Policy

St. Augustine Preparatory Academy is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, sex, national and ethnic origin or any other basis prohibited by law when hiring, promoting, establishing wages, or providing benefits.

As a faith-based institution based on biblical principles, St. Augustine Preparatory Academy hires employees who agree with the school's Mission Statement and Statement of Beliefs and adhere to biblical standards of conduct.