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James Baldwin School Hiring Position a Dean of Transformative Practices (7-12)

Founded in 2005, the James Baldwin School is a blended environment, accepting both incoming 9th graders and students who have spent at least one semester at another school who identify our community as a better fit. With small class sizes, individualized postsecondary counseling, and advisory groups that meet three times per week, the James Baldwin School creates a nurturing environment that focuses on the development of the whole person - their strengths, their hopes, interests, curiosity, and their areas for growth. 

Operating from a Transformative Justice lens, JBS aims to disrupt systemic racial inequities in education by creating restorative, humanizing, justice-seeking teaching and experiences. It is an inclusive community, where staff and students are welcome as their fullest selves to inhabit all of their intersectionalities. All staff are invited to participate in Fairness and are expected to guide students in living the core values: Respect for Humanity, Diversity, Intellect, and Truth and Commitment to Peace, Justice, and Democracy. 

As a NYC Outward Bound school, JBS implements the nationally recognized EL Education model, featuring rigorous learning experiences and hands-on learning with real-world applications. Leadership, active citizenship, and character development go hand-in-hand with academic rigor and challenge.

JBS has a literacy-based culture that focuses on extensive reading, writing, and discussion across content areas. As a member of the Consortium, assessment tasks grow out of the work of the classroom and are not imposed on curriculum. Rather than complete Regents exams at the conclusion of every course, teachers and students design and work on performance based assessment tasks (PBATs) tasks that are completed only after students and teachers have studied the material, discussed and debated it, and subjected it to their questions and writing. 

With a democratic structure of governance, featuring both a Principal Co-Director and Teacher Co-Director as central to the small leadership team, leadership and initiative is encouraged and sought from all staff.  

Responsibilities include:

  • Developing authentic and robust relationships with all students 

  • Active collaboration with the restorative justice team to implement our tiers of support 

  • Facilitate restorative circles, peer mediations, re-entry meetings, etc as needed. 

  • Monitor hallways to build a positive school culture and prevent/minimize student conflict

  • Conduct investigations regarding student behavior and enter findings into OORS

  • Communicate with students’ families around behavior

  • Run group circles as needed to support students improving their social-emotional skills and individual development

  • Manage cell phone collection and the implementation of our electronics policy 

Interested candidates should submit a résumé and cover letter, addressing their qualifications and interest to the parties below:

Principal Co-Director, Melissa Jacobs mjacobs26@schools.nyc.gov 

Teacher Co-Director, Robert Reyes rreyes17@schools.nyc.gov

Candidates invited to interview will be asked to submit a work sample (original task and two pieces of student work) and a short pre-interview task. 

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