Position Overview: Dean of Culture

Location: Los Angeles, CA
Reports to: Principal
Direct Reports: Culture Liaison
Category: Classified
Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA) Status: Exempt
Pay Cycle: 12 months
Salary Range: Starting at $83,000 commensurate with experience
Benefits: Full-time employees of ICEF Public Schools are entitled to Medical, Life Insurance, Dental and Vision plans, and various retirement programs offered by ICEF Public Schools.

ICEF Public Schools is a nonprofit charter school network committed to educating and empowering courageous leaders who embrace their full potential for college, career, and life. Our work is rooted in five mission-aligned pillars:

• Educating and Empowering Courageous Leaders
• Providing a Diverse Community that Honors Each Student’s Uniqueness
• Fostering Academic Excellence
• Nurturing Healthy Minds
• Inspiring Critical Thinkers

To learn more, visit www.icefps.org

Job Description

Position Summary

The principle tasks of the Dean of Culture are to implement  the strategic vision, and provide oversight of our school’s cultural ecosystem. This role works closely with the School Leadership and has the support of Culture Liaisons to ensure a safe, structured and student-centered environment where scholars thrive.

This is an on-site position based at a school site; remote work is not available for this role.

Essential Functions

Strategic Leadership & School Culture 

• Lead the design and implementation of schoolwide culture systems, routines, and expectations that the Culture Liaison reinforces daily.
• Oversee the promotion of core school values—respect, empathy, community, integrity, perseverance, and excellence—ensuring they are woven into the fabric of the campus.
• Analyze school and student data to develop proactive interventions and schoolwide improvements.
• Oversee the planning and execution of major schoolwide incentives, assemblies, and culture-building activities.

Behavioral Health & Restorative Justice

• Oversee the school’s approach to discipline, ensuring that redirection, reflection, and restorative conversations are applied consistently and equitably across the campus.
• Supervise the documentation of major behavior incidents and interventions, ensuring high-quality follow-through on re-entry plans and restorative practices.
• Act as the primary point of escalation for significant behavior concerns or safety issues.
• Lead high-level communication with families regarding behavioral trends and serious disciplinary concerns.

Supervision & Professional Development

• Directly supervise the Culture Liaison(s) and other culture-related staff, providing coaching on student supervision and conflict-resolution skills.
• Train staff on self-regulation, conflict-resolution, and problem-solving techniques to be modeled for scholars.
• Facilitate culture and student support meetings to ensure alignment between teachers, administrators, counselors, and the culture team.
• Set the standards for a calm, safe, and respectful campus environment during high-traffic periods like nutrition, lunch, and transitions.
• Ensure all student-facing systems regarding school expectations, including but not limited to attendance, uniform, and participation are executed with equity and consistency.

Additional Duties

Performs other duties as assigned.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; frequently required to talk or hear; and occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms, and/or use hands to finger, handle, or feel. 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to move and/or lift up to twenty-five (25) pounds. 

Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

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. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Minimum Qualifications

• An earned Bachelor's Degree or higher from an accredited college or university in education, in Education, Social Work, School Administration, or a related field
• At least 3 years of progressive professional experience in a public charter school, charter management organization or public school district
• Demonstrated excellence in writing, editing, and verbal communication
• Strong leadership, team management, and project execution skills
• Ability to work cross-functionally 
• Proficient use of Google-based applications
• Tuberculosis (TB) clearance
• Background check clearance
• Commitment to educational equity and ICEF’s mission

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior professional experience as a Dean or equivalent in a public charter school, charter management organization or public school district
• Proficiency in using school-based information systems and applications
• Bilingual (Spanish/English) a plus

ICEF is an Equal Opportunity Employer

ICEF Public Schools is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, association with a member of a protected class, bereavement leave, color, disability (physical, intellectual/developmental, or mental health/psychiatric.), exercising the right to family care and medical leave related to serious health condition of employee or family member, child bonding, or military exigencies, engaging in protected activity, gender identity or expression, genetic information or characteristic, marital status, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristic), military and veteran status, national origin (includes language restrictions), pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions, Pregnancy Disability Leave (PDL), race (includes hairstyle and hair texture, religious creed (includes dress and grooming practices), reproductive health decision making, sex/gender, and sexual orientation.