Culture Associate - High School

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Job description

Overview:
At BAHS, we are looking for educators who believe in restorative practices and teach students to resolve conflicts on their own, understand the impact of their actions, and acknowledge responsibility to the school community. We believe that a true liberal arts education - which fosters and prizes critical thinking and independence of thought-cannot be joined to a no-excuses culture that emphasizes silence and compliance. It is a flagrant contradiction. We prepare students for success in college and in life by fostering agency-our students' confidence that they are in control of their own lives and can act of their own free choices, their conviction that they can assert their voice and power in the world.

We are passionate about educators who are fired up about their lessons-who want to spend their time discussing, preparing, and immersing themselves in the rich content they teach. We value educators who truly listen to what students are saying-who create a space for students to think their way through to answers, and who praise their insights and curiosities along the way. We value educators with a hunger for feedback and professional growth, and a dedication to excellence.

About Ascend

Ascend is the largest Brooklyn-based public charter school serving nearly 6,000 K-12 students in 17 schools. We exist to serve every student - to help them embody their inherent excellence by providing rich, joyful learning experiences that unlock a life of boundless choice.

Our schools honor, nurture, and challenge the whole child. Ascend fosters critical thinking skills and a love of learning through an inquiry-based learning approach, Responsive Classroom model, and anti-racist education. Students at Ascend benefit from a rich and rigorous liberal arts curriculum that nurtures natural curiosity about the world and guides them to think critically and independently.

Ascend invests in employees by providing ongoing professional development, coaching, and career pathways in our schools. We are proud to provide a generous benefits package, which includes flexibility in our healthcare plan, and 403(b) matching starting at year one. At Ascend, we care about our workforce's mental health and offer services covered by insurance and additional time off for our staff to utilize for their personal care.

For more information on Ascend Public Charter Schools' model, approach, and core values, please visit our.

Responsibilities:
The high school culture associate works closely with the dean of community and culture to provide support to scholars and classroom teachers and is responsible for providing behavioral support to students, ensuring students are on task and that the behavior expectations established by the school culture are implemented in a consistent, caring and disciplined manner. Additionally, the high school culture associate will:

Provide classroom management support

Provide 1:1, small group, and whole class assistance as needed to scholars

Help unload bus scholars in the morning; speak to the drivers about behavior; follow up with Deans as needed to enforce bus policy (lower school, only)

Help monitor uniform compliance as scholars enter the building in the morning

Maintain culture office hours during the day to receive scholars who are referred out of the classroom

Input all behavior-related data into the Ascend data system

Report all behavior referrals to the dean of students

Attend and participate in culture team meetings and professional development

Monitor In-School-Suspension scholars

Staff and reporting relationships

The high school culture associate reports directly to the dean of community and culture.

Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree required; master's degree preferred

The ability to create a school environment where students feel safe, supported, and challenged

Strong classroom management skills

Passion and commitment to teaching scholars in underserved areas and to closing the achievement gap

Relentless drive to set and achieve ambitious goals

Strong collaboration and teamwork skills

Growth mindset and ability to use feedback to improve practice

Experience teaching or working with students in underserved areas preferred

Compensation

Initial salary offers for this position range from $58,500 - $70,000. Salaries are determined using an equitable compensation scale that accounts for years of experience and levels of attained education.

Diversity at Ascend

Ascend is committed to building a diverse and inclusive community, both through our hiring practices and our focus on creating a culture and environment where diverse perspectives, ideas, and identities are valued and integrated into our way of working and educating students. Ascend staff represent a wide diversity of racial, socio-economic, gender, religious, and national identities-opening a window to the entire Ascend community on the richness of humanity. We welcome all applicants who share our mission and vision to join us in our deeply consequential work.

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