Job Description

School:

Job Title: Dean of Culture and Character

Category: Full-time

Classification: Administrator/School Leadership, Operations/Business Office/Administrative, Advisor

Work Year: 2010-2011

School Description
Denver Venture School (DVS) is public charter school that opened in the fall of 2008 with a class of 100 freshmen. Eventually serving approximately 400 students in grades 9 through 12, DVS will offer a small school environment dedicated to academic excellence. We will grow to 200 students, grades 9, 10 and 11 for 2010-2011.

Student Recruitment and Retention
 Recruit and retain a diverse student population and ensure that annual enrollment projections are met
 Intentionally build a school culture that evidences high expectations for integrity, accountability and academic drive for both students and adults through the facilitation of community wide routines and rituals (example Community Meetings)
 Develop, implement intervention strategies and programs for students not meeting expectations in timely manner

Student Discipline
 Ensure a safe, supportive and productive environment for students, staff, and families
 Create discipline policies and standards for implementing those policies
 Support faculty in enforcing discipline
 Track discipline data to support responsive classroom-based interventions
 Support the Crew structure as the primary vehicle to build relationships with students, including the development of character-based, leadership integrated curriculum modules

If you are interested in applying for any of the above positions, please send resume and letter of interest addressing the following questions to Ami Desai, Head of School at Denver Venture School at ami.desai@denverventureschool.org

 How does your personal educational practice resonate with our model of education at Denver Venture School? Give examples from your personal and professional life.

 Describe your vision of the ideal professional community at a school. What should interactions look like between teachers, the teachers and the director, the teachers and students, and teachers and parents?

Date Posted: 2010-02-18

Closing Date: 2010-05-18