SY 26-27 Assistant Dean

Conservatory Lab Charter School; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Conservatory Lab Charter School in Boston, MA seeks a bilingual Assistant Dean for the Upper School (GR3-8). This 11-month role focuses on building a positive school culture, coordinating events, and supporting both academic and social-emotional learning.

Responsibilities include overseeing arrival/dismissal, recess logistics, lunch coverage, family communications, and staff evaluation to foster high achievement for all students.

Qualifications

• 3 years school based experience.
• 2 years management experience.
• Preferred: Fluent in Spanish.

Responsibilities

• Support the arrival and dismissal processes each day.
• Facilitate Recess Protocols and logistics.
• Support the Daily Coverage including the student lunch coverage.
• Support student lunch coverage including communicating norms and expectations.
• Assists in the development, communication and enforcement of attendance, discipline and conduct guidelines.
• Prepare paperwork and reports as required (newsletters, handbooks, board reports).
• Reports directly to the Director of School Culture and Counseling.

Skills

Management experience

School-based experience

Fluent in Spanish

Education

Associate degree

Job description

SY 26-27 Assistant Dean

Conservatory Lab Charter School Conservatory Lab Charter School UPPER GR3-8 - Boston, Massachusetts Open in Google Maps

Job Details

Job ID: 5934308

Application Deadline: Posted until filled

Posted: Sep 21, 2026 12:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

Job Description

Welcome to Conservatory Lab Charter School- a community that stands out in Massachusetts:

The ONLY charter school designated a “School of Recognition” by DESE based on SY22/23 growth metrics across all subgroups.

A finalist for the Pozen Prize in 2019, awarded for strong student growth.

An “El Sistema-inspired” program, where students have music class every day and learn a wide variety of instruments.

An EL Education school where project-based learning, social-emotional development, and rigorous academics are woven together for powerful outcomes.

A place where students implicitly learn to uplift each other, persevere, and cooperate through their experiences in music as well as academic classes.

Come join our community and be part of a unique, dynamic team committed to holistic excellence in urban education!

The Conservatory Lab Charter School seeks a bilingual Assistant Dean of the Upper School who is passionate about collaborating with staff, students, and families to create a strong school and community culture rooted in the 5 school values of Cooperation, Empathy, Perseverance, Reflection, and Responsibility. The Assistant Dean is a community‑oriented leader with strong interpersonal skills, who believes in building a positive school culture that facilitates the progress of academic, musical, and social‑emotional learning school-wide for students; inclusion of and open communication with families; a strong and collegial professional culture for faculty and staff.

This is an 11 month position, August - June.

Responsibilities

• Support the arrival and dismissal processes each day.
• Facilitate Recess Protocols and logistics.
• Support the Daily Coverage including the student lunch coverage
• Support student lunch coverage including communicating norms and expectations.
• Supporting the de-escalation of children as needed
• Contribute to evaluation of school staff to support positive school environment focused on high achievement for all students.
• Contributes to the building and nurturing of a positive school culture including the coordination of school‑wide or grade level events, the implementation of staff and student recognition systems and supporting a school‑wide positive culture.
• Facilitate and translate family meetings.
• Articulate school culture, vision, and mission to families, teachers and students.
• Assist with family communication.
• Operations:
  • Supports the development and logistics of school‑wide events, Family Nights, and New Student Orientations.
  • Supports communications and external relations through parent letters, weekly staff notes, surveys, and visitors.
  • Supports the monitoring of student attendance and tardiness, communicate with families to create plans to improve attendance.
  • Assists in the development, communication and enforcement of guidelines to maintain and follow up on proper attendance, discipline and conduct, as well as assuring that students and parents have supports in place to meet expectations.
  • Works with the leadership team and others to maintain a safe, secure and clean environment at the site including supervising emergency drills, developing emergency response procedures, arranging substitute coverage, supervising students’ lunch/recess and school arrival and dismissal procedures.
  • Prepares paperwork and reports as required (newsletters, handbooks, board reports, etc.) and assists with scheduling.
  • Reports directly to the Director of School Culture and Counseling.
  • Other responsibilities as assigned by Principal and Executive Director or designee.

Qualifications

• 3 years school based experience, early childhood experience preferred
• 2 years management experience
• Preferred:
  • Fluent in Spanish

Job Requirements

• Associate degree preferred.
• Citizenship, residency or work visa required

Contact Information

• Jessica Burgos , Senior Director of Operations
• 395 Columbia Rd
• Boston, Massachusetts 02125
• Phone: [phone] x103
• Email: [e-mail]

Position Type: Full-time

Salary: $65,000 to $70,000 Per Year

Job Categories: Administration > Assistant Principal/Dean/Head

Welcome to Conservatory Lab Charter School UPPER GR3-8

Conservatory Lab Charter School is K1 through grade 8 school that strives to develop scholars, artists, and leaders in our community. Students participate in daily instrumental music instruction throughout their CLCS career. CLCS also believes that students learn the most when they are immersed in a topic, as such, CLCS teachers guide students through project‑based learning to connect content standards to the world around them, but most importantly to their local community.