COORDINATOR, SCHOOL CLIMATE DEVELOPMENT

Denver Public Schools; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 57,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

PERA Retirement

Time off

Job summary

Denver Public Schools seeks a role dedicated to advancing equitable behavior supports and trauma-informed practices. The position partners with Prevention Services to coach schools, reduce discipline disparities, and build capacity for sustainable systems that enable all students to thrive.

The role emphasizes data-driven conversations, collaboration across teams, and ongoing professional development to improve classroom climate and student outcomes in Colorado.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Live and work with a permanent home address in Colorado.
• Ability to meet the physical demands of the position.

Responsibilities

• Provides technical consultation and guidance to school teams onPositive School Culture, Trauma-Informed Practices, Restorative Practices, Equitable Behavior Supports, Discipline, and prevention programs.
• Guides school leadership in building a culture of belonging and identifying impacting systems.
• Educates and empowers school administration and staff through regular, data-driven conversations focused on improving discipline outcomes.
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to create sustainable systems and engages families and community members.
• Assists in designing and facilitating professional development for school-based and central office staff.

Skills

Program management

Educational leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

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.

Students First. Integrity. Equity. Collaboration. Accountability. Fun

About Us

Denver Public Schools is committed to meeting the educational needs of every student with great schools in every neighborhood. Our goal is to provide every child in Denver with rigorous, enriching educational opportunities from preschool through high school graduation. DPS is comprised of nearly 200 schools including traditional, magnet, charter and alternative pathways schools, with an enrollment of more than 90,000 students. DPS has become the fastest-growing school district in the country in terms of enrollment and the fastest-growing large school district in the state in terms of student academic growth. Learn more at dpsk12.org.