Job Details

Position Type:
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION/Dean of Students

Date Posted:
9/4/2025

Location:
Westdale Middle

Job Title: Dean of Students

Reports To: Immediate Supervisor

Prepared By: The Division of Human Resources

Board Approved Date:

Pay Grade Range: UR308 to UR112

Summary: The Dean of Students will assist students, parents/caregivers, teachers, faculty, and administrators in understanding and relating to the school objectives and missions. In general, the Dean of Students will serve as a link between students and administration.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Facilitates academic and behavioral intervention responses.
• Conferences with students, parents/caregivers and teachers where individual student academic and behavioral problems are involved.
• Uses and interprets formative and summative assessments
• Provides knowledge and guiding teachers in the use of appropriate standards, content, materials, and resources
• Works with teachers to assure continuity and articulation of the instructional program throughout the school
• Facilitates the use of research-based teaching strategies and best practices to address the needs of teachers, students, and school goals
• Provides leadership for teachers by planning, collaborating, organizing, and mentoring to support the improvement of the instructional program
• Organizes and facilitates ongoing, school-based professional staff development
• Demonstrates the appropriate use of instructional technology and other educational tools to enhance and extend instruction
• Works collaboratively with the librarian and other appropriate staff members to promote informational literacy to provide resources and staff development
• Reviews and analyzes school-wide data and assisting the teachers in its interpretation to measure and improve student achievement and/or program effectiveness
• Assists teachers and school counselors to better understand and work more effectively with students having school-related problems
• Acts as resources for teachers, and school counselors regarding student achievement, attendance, behavior, and other problems
• Arranges workshops or other types of in-service meetings for all areas of the curriculum for teachers, supervisors, and resource personnel.
• Guides curriculum study and coordinating the curriculum between grade levels, departments, and buildings.
• Completes walk-throughs and observations working with students, faculty, staff, and administration for classroom alignment with expectations for student conduct and for effective teaching
• Develops and implements effective community relations programs
• Provides educational leadership by creating an environment conducive to teaching and learning
• Administers and supervises all school activities
• Plans, prepare, and distribute student and teacher handbooks
• Interprets and administer policies, rules and regulations, established by the legislature, by state and local boards of education, school district administration, and school administration
• Establishes and maintains process for daily accounting of attendance of all students
• Assists in monitoring teacher duty post
• Assists in administering the total school health program, including student insurance, school immunization records, student and employee accident reports, and providing basic first aid until professional care is available
• Assists in providing plant and campus security
• Prepares and submit reports as required for the effective operation of school facilities

Other Duties:

Other duties as assigned that are related to the functions of the position.

Essential Functions/Qualifications/Requirements:

Education and Experience:

Bachelor's degree in a job related area from an accredited university with three years teaching experience and Effective Compass Evaluation scores and evidence of leadership ability. The Dean of Students should meet the minimal certification requirements for the State of Louisiana for a teacher as outlined by the Louisiana Department of Education.

Work Environment Conditions:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Professional Conduct:

The Employees are required to maintain a high standard of professional conduct. Breach of said professional conduct includes, but is not limited to, neglect of duty, dishonesty, engagement in acts that are contrary to East Baton Rouge Parish School System policy, unlawful activities, or any other conduct which is seriously prejudicial to the school system.

Technological Abilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be proficient in general use of a computer, the use of Email as a form of communication, and other job-specific equipment, software, and/or applications.

Note: New employees coming to EBRPSS/current employees new to a position, must use the Verifent website to verify qualifying years of experience (outside of EBRPSS) aligned to the job description. All new employees to the district/current employees new to a position will receive 0 years of experience aligned to the job description until the verification of previous experience aligned to the job description is received.

Verifient Link

Experience verifications must be received in the Office of Human Resources within the first 6 months of employment in order to be eligible for a retroactive payment.