Monticello Academy West Point
West Point, Utah
Full-Time | In Person
Job Overview
Monticello Academy is an academically rigorous public charter school with two campuses located in West Valley City and West Point, Utah. Our mission is to prepare students for higher education by providing a well-rounded, rigorous liberal arts education and developing the traditional American traits of hard work and strong moral character that lead to academic and life success. Founded in 2006, Monticello Academy has a 20-year track record of achieving excellent results for a diverse student body.
We are currently accepting applications for a Junior High Assistant Director / Dean of Students at our West Point Campus.
This position will play a key leadership role as Monticello Academy West Point continues expanding through junior high. The Junior High Assistant Director / Dean of Students will support a safe, orderly, focused, and academically serious learning environment for students in the upper grades. This role combines student culture and discipline leadership with instructional support, teacher coaching, student academic monitoring, parent communication, and schoolwide systems support.
The ideal candidate is a strong educator who can build trust with students, support teachers in maintaining high expectations, respond effectively to student behavior needs, and help create the conditions for excellent teaching and learning.
Position Overview
The Junior High Assistant Director / Dean of Students is responsible for helping students and teachers succeed in a rigorous academic environment. This person will support student behavior, school culture, classroom systems, academic progress, teacher development, and parent communication.
A major focus of the role is helping teachers and students maintain a safe, respectful, and focused learning environment. The Assistant Director / Dean of Students will respond to behavior concerns, coach students toward better choices, support teachers with classroom management, communicate with families, enforce schoolwide expectations, and help ensure that the junior high program is orderly, purposeful, and aligned with Monticello Academy’s mission.
The role will also include instructional leadership responsibilities, including data meetings, teacher coaching, lesson plan review, observation feedback, academic support systems, and collaboration with the campus administrative team.
Key ResponsibilitiesStudent Culture, Safety, and Discipline
- Support a safe, respectful, orderly, and academically focused school environment.
- Help establish and maintain clear expectations for student behavior, character, uniform compliance, hallway conduct, classroom behavior, arrival, lunch, dismissal, and school events.
- Respond to student behavior concerns in a timely, fair, consistent, and professional manner.
- Work directly with students to correct behavior, restore relationships, and reinforce school expectations.
- Support teachers with classroom management, student accountability, and consistent implementation of schoolwide behavior systems.
- Communicate with parents regarding student behavior, discipline concerns, interventions, and progress.
- Work with the Director of Student Success and campus leadership to support student and teacher behavior needs.
- Assist with supervision of arrival, breakfast, lunch, recess or transition periods, dismissal, and after-school activities.
- Help enforce all schoolwide culture systems and expectations.
- Support a positive junior high culture where students are known, challenged, supported, and held to high standards.
Teacher Support and Instructional Leadership
- Support teachers in creating classrooms where students meet high academic and behavioral expectations.
- Observe teachers regularly and provide clear, action-oriented feedback.
- Meet with teachers to review instructional goals, student progress, classroom systems, and next steps.
- Help teachers use assessment data, student work, and classroom observations to improve instruction.
- Attend planning and data meetings with teacher teams.
- Facilitate teacher collaboration around curriculum, assessment, student work, classroom culture, and instructional improvement.
- Review lesson plans and assessments for alignment to standards, objectives, rigor, and student mastery.
- Review gradebooks and student performance data to identify students of concern and support timely intervention.
- Work with the administrative team and teacher teams to set academic goals and monitor progress.
- Support teachers in developing instructional cycles, reteaching plans, and systems for student mastery.
Academic Achievement and Student Support
- Monitor student academic growth and achievement in assigned grade levels.
- Help identify students who need additional academic, behavioral, or organizational support.
- Participate in student support, retention, and intervention meetings as needed.
- Work with other instructional leaders to understand and support literacy goals in grades 5–8.
- Support implementation of academic plans, interventions, accommodations, and schoolwide achievement goals.
- Review academic IEP and 504 plans as appropriate and provide feedback prior to meetings.
- Attend academic IEP and 504 meetings as needed.
- Review behavior-related IEP and 504 plans and support implementation in collaboration with appropriate staff.
Professional Development and Team Leadership
- Help plan and deliver professional development related to:
- Classroom management
- Student culture
- Instructional strategies
- Observation rubric expectations
- Data-driven instruction
- Small group instruction and intervention
- Attend and support department, team, and administrative meetings.
- Conduct or support department meetings as assigned.
- Supervise assigned teacher teams and relevant aides.
- Help build a professional culture of high expectations, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
School Operations and Community
- Support student and parent satisfaction through clear communication, consistency, and responsiveness.
- Assist with planning community gatherings, school events, and special activities in collaboration with teachers and administrative staff.
- Support supervision of after-school events and activities as assigned.
- Assist with scheduling, special events, and schoolwide systems as needed.
- Partner with campus leadership to ensure that school operations support a safe and focused learning environment.
We Are Seeking a Candidate Who Is
- Strong in student culture, discipline, and classroom management.
- Able to build positive, respectful relationships with junior high students.
- Skilled at supporting teachers with student behavior and classroom systems.
- Calm, consistent, and professional when responding to student or parent concerns.
- A strong instructional thinker with experience in curriculum, assessment, and data-driven instruction.
- Able to coach teachers and give clear, actionable feedback.
- Highly organized and able to manage multiple responsibilities.
- An effective communicator with students, parents, teachers, and administrators.
- Committed to rigorous academics, strong moral character, and a structured school culture.
- Excited to help build a strong junior high program at Monticello Academy West Point.
Preferred Strengths and Experience
- Successful teaching or school leadership experience.
- Experience supporting student discipline, behavior systems, or dean-of-students responsibilities.
- Experience coaching teachers or leading instructional improvement.
- Strengths in curriculum and assessment.
- Knowledge of high-impact instructional strategies.
- Experience facilitating data-driven teacher collaboration.
- Knowledge of Singapore Math.
- Understanding of the Core Knowledge philosophy.
- Spanish-language ability.
Interview Process
Candidates selected to move forward should expect a multi-step interview process that may include:
- Phone screening interview
- In-person interview process, which may include:
- Teaching demonstration
- Instructional coaching session or data meeting simulation
- Panel interview
Job Type
Full-time
Work Location
In person
Monticello Academy West Point Campus
3110 West 300 North
West Point, UT 84015
Equal Opportunity Statement
Monticello Academy is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other legally protected status. We are committed to providing a respectful workplace and serving families from all segments of the community.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $90,000.00 - $105,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Retirement plan
Education:
Experience:
- Teaching: 4 years (Required)
License/Certification:
- Teaching License (Required)
Work Location: In person
