COORDINATOR, SCHOOL CLIMATE DEVELOPMENT

Denver Public Schools; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 56,505 - 67,805; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Time off

Health and wellness benefits

PERA Retirement

Job summary

Denver Public Schools seeks a program leader to partner with Prevention Services and district teams to build equitable behavioral supports and restorative practices across schools. You will guide leaders to create belonging, document discipline data, and share program insights with district leadership to drive system-level improvements.

The role emphasizes coaching, professional development, and collaboration with multiple teams to sustain capacity and equitable outcomes for all students, while

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree preferred.
• One or more years managing programs and processes in an educational setting.
• Commitment to racial and educational equity and serving all students with dignity.
• Live and work with a permanent home address in Colorado.

Responsibilities

• Provides technical consultation and guidance to school teams to apply Positive School Culture, Trauma-Informed Practices, Restorative Practices and Equitable Behavior Supports.
• Guides school leadership in building a culture of belonging and identifying systems impacting the learning community.
• Educates and empowers administrators, instructional teams, coordinators and staff through data-driven conversations to improve discipline outcomes.
• Collaborates with Culture, Equity and Leadership Team, Bully Prevention, Whole Child, Special Education, and Family and Community Engagement to create sustainable systems.
• Helps develop and implement training plans to support improvement of adult experiences by building skills and providing resources.
• Facilitates monthly meetings and ongoing communications to discuss best practices and goals.
• Identifies process problems and provides proactive coaching to build capacity through research-based practices.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Job Description

Applications will be received until August 3, 2026. If the position is not filled by then, we may consider applications submitted after the deadline. Interested applicants must apply online by visiting the Denver Public Schools job board at careers.dpsk12.org.

About This Job

Directly partners with Prevention Services to support schools and educators to build sustainable supports, systems and capacity to move toward equitable outcomes for all students. Provides best practices, coaching, consultation, training and direct classroom support to reduce the number of students exhibiting behavioral and discipline challenges that center Black Excellence, are restorative and trauma informed, and lead to dramatic and sustained improvements in learning by creating safe and welcoming climate and culture.

What DPS Offers You

• A Culture that values Equity, Accountability, Integrity, Collaboration and Fun with a shared vision that Every Learner Thrives.
• Salary Range. $56-505- $67,805 annually. Click here for more information on compensation for these roles.
• In addition to competitive compensation, DPS has other Total Reward offerings such as time off, health and wellness benefits, and PERA Retirement.

What You’ll Do

• Provides technical consultation and guidance to school teams to identify the application of Positive School Culture, Trauma-Informed Practices, Restorative Practices, Equitable Behavior Supports, Discipline, and prevention programs to support the needs of all students.
• Provides guidance to school leadership in building a culture of belonging and identifying systems that impact the learning community.
• Educate and empower school administration, instructional leadership teams, restorative practice coordinators, paraprofessionals, deans, educators and other school based staff through regular, data-driven conversations focusing on improving discipline outcomes and eliminating disproportionate practices. Ensure accurate documentation and reporting of student discipline data in specific schools, compile and distribute appropriate program data to schools and district leadership to inform and support school and network success.
• Collaborate with teams such as Culture, Equity, and Leadership Team, Bully Prevention, Whole Child, Special Education, and Family and Community Engagement to create new systems that are sustainable Implements strategies to engage families, community members and DPS departmental leadership.
• Help develop and implement a training plan that effectively implements components to support the improvement the adult experiences by building skills, giving sources, and using tools.
• Collaborate in monthly meetings and facilitate ongoing communications among team members to discuss best practices and strategies for reaching organizational, program and individual goals.
• Identify process problems of practice and provide proactive coaching while creating systematic sustainability and capacity building through research based practices.
• Assist in designing and facilitating professional development for school-based and central office staff and intentionally develop scope and sequences for long-term, cumulative training.

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor's Degree preferred.
• One or more years managing programs and processes in an educational setting.
• Lead for racial and educational excellence and work to dismantle systems of oppression and inequity in our community, along with believing in and supporting all students so they feel seen and heard with access to high quality education.
• Live and work with a permanent home address in Colorado while working with us.
• Have the ability with or without accommodations to meet the physical demands of the position.

Denver Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender expression, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, or any other status protected by law or regulations. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.