Dean Of Culture (24-25)

WHO WE ARE Intrepid College Prep is a network of free, college preparatory public charter schools located in the Antioch area of Greater Nashville, Tennessee. We educate scholars at two campuses: Opportunity Academy Middle School and Independence Academy High School. Our 5-12 model ensures that scholars have the opportunity to engage in a rigorous, college-preparatory education for eight years prior to their transition to college and the professional opportunities that follow. We are an open-enrollment school, which means that our scholars do not have to take an entrance test or pay tuition to enroll.

Our Mission: Intrepid College Prep is committed to ensuring our scholars, educators, and families have the opportunity to unlock an unlimited future. By providing rigorous academic instruction and creating powerful relationships amongst our community’s members, we ignite passion, seek knowledge, and inspire the bravery needed to have a profound impact in our world.

Our core values are Ignite Passion, Seek Knowledge, and Inspire Bravery. While we ground our instruction in these values, we also strive to live them out as adults in our interactions with one another. We believe that professional development and intentional coaching can allow any person to develop the skills necessary to be an effective team member, but we know that rests upon the bedrock of these essential values.  

WHO YOU ARE Our Core Value: Ignite Passion  What does this core value mean to Intrepid?  You are DISCIPLINED.  You hold yourself to a high standard and you take pride in your ability to take initiative. You have strong personal organization skills and are intentional about how you use your time.  You are MISSION ALIGNED.  You believe in helping to unlock the unlimited potential in all students through a college preparatory education. You believe that each and every student, regardless of race, socioeconomic status, gender identity, religion, or immigration status is deserving of an excellent education and capable of achieving it. 

Our Core Value: Seek Knowledge  What does this core value mean to Intrepid?  You are HUNGRY FOR FEEDBACK.  You want to grow as a person and a professional. You want to learn from your peers and your coaches, even when it challenges you to put aside your ego.  You are NERDY.  You have a deep love for your area of expertise and a genuine excitement to share it with others. 

Our Core Value: Inspire Bravery  What does this core value mean to Intrepid?  You are DRIVEN BY EQUITY.  You are committed to being actively anti-racist in your interactions with fellow staff, students and families. You believe that education is inherently social justice work that requires us to begin with ourselves and our own biases.  You are INTROSPECTIVE.  You are committed to personal development and prioritize your own wellness. You are reflective about your impact on others and feel comfortable acknowledging your own mistakes and quirks.

WHAT YOU’LL DO The Dean of Culture leads the charge on creating and sustaining an achievement-oriented, disciplined, and joyful school culture based on the embodiment of our core values: Ignite Passion, Seek Knowledge, and Inspire Bravery. The Dean of Culture coaches and develops the instructional team to ensure all behavior plans are implemented accurately and in service of student mastery. The ideal candidate leads through a strong commitment to diversity, inclusiveness, and trauma-informed practices and knows how to invest teachers in a bold school culture vision.

Responsibilities:  -Invest teachers in a school culture of consistency by leading school-wide systems, structures, and procedures. -Work closely with the School Principals to establish a positive, disciplined, achievement-oriented, and joyful school culture. -Support teachers to hold all students to high and consistent behavioral expectations. -Support students with behavioral crisis-intervention and acute behavioral issues. -Act as a resource to teachers in their instructional practice, particularly with issues of discipline, relationship with students, classroom management, and school culture. -Engage in a community where your practice is public (i.e. engaging in classroom visits, publication of curriculum, observation and feedback cycles). -Availability and willingness to participate in after-school programs. -Availability and willingness to engage in a limited number of optional, evening/weekend student recruitment and community outreach events. -Other duties as assigned, including bus duty approximately 1 day per month.

Qualifications:  -Holds a B.A./B.S. degree with a minimum G.P.A. of 2.5. -Minimum of two years teaching experience in an urban public school or charter school setting (preferred, but not required). -Minimum of two years school culture experience in an urban public school or charter school setting (preferred).  -Speaks Spanish or has experience working with bilingual students (preferred, but not required).