DeVonta Avery
Chicago,IL
Summary
Experienced Assistant Dean focused on maximizing student learning by developing positive student culture and structured, supportive environments. Excellent disciplinarian with compassionate, analytical approach to addressing and solving behavior issues. Skilled in overseeing daily activities and planning special events.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
ASSISTANT HEAD COACH/Varsity Defensive Coordinator
Hubbard High School
Chicago, IL
06.2023 - Current
- Counsels and advises student-athletes on their academic, personal, and physical conditions, consulting with the head coach.
- Plans and organizes the details of the team, including skill teaching and development, practice organization, coaching, and player selection.
- Implements team discipline, decision-making, and independent judgment.
- Directs the work of student workers and volunteer assistant coaches.
- Ensures that student-athletes and athletic representatives are informed of, and comply with, NCAA.
- Develops and implements new instructional, training, and conditioning programs.
- Teaches relevant skills to student-athletes during team practices, games, and individual or small group training sessions.
CULTURE SPECIALIST
Golder College Prep
Chicago, IL
01.2023 - Current
- Greeted students and staff professionally and courteously to cultivate a welcoming atmosphere while making safety a top priority.
- Cultivated core values such as kindness, respect, compassion, and integrity within students. Delivered personalized educational, behavioral, and emotional support to individual students to enable positive learning outcomes.
- Backed up instructors in handling disruptive students, and implemented fair protocols to resolve situations.
- Ensure the safety and security of the building on campus by working in tandem with relevant stakeholders to develop interventions for students who struggle to adhere to the school's cultural vision.
- Enforced clear, school-wide disciplinary procedures to protect students and staff.
- Created strong and authentic relationships with students, families, teachers, and staff, while maintaining high expectations to advance a positive school culture, aligned to the school's cultural vision.
- Maintain the community expectations per the student handbook and the school's cultural vision in all areas of the school community.
- In collaboration with the Dean of Culture, teachers, and other staff, regularly review student behavioral data, identify opportunities to improve, and respond accordingly—continuously developing and executing systems, procedures, and plans to yield positive academic growth and increase positive and productive student behavior.
Assistant Dean of Culture
Chicago Tech Academy
Chicago, IL
04.2019 - 12.2022
- Foster sound and effective interpersonal relationships among students, teachers, parents, and administrators.
- Manage common areas, passing periods, and entry and exit procedures for all students.
- Collaborate with counselors, teachers, administrators, and other school staff in developing and implementing restorative and proactive practices, including interventions, in an effort to create a safe and positive school culture.
- Serve on the school's Behavioral Health and Restorative Justice Teams and oversee the implementation of student interventions.
- Ensure Behavioral MTSS processes, protocols, timelines, and plans are implemented with fidelity.
- Collaborate and confer to develop and follow up on a sequence of interventions for at-risk students.
- Establish and maintain high standards of student conduct and enforce discipline as necessary, ensuring that the rights of students are upheld.
- Support the development of systems and programs to assist students who struggle with the school's expectations regarding attendance, behavior, and academic achievement.
- Consult and collaborate effectively with parents, guardians, teachers, administrators, and other educational or community resources regarding students with identified concerns and needs, and provide resources to support these differences.
- Provide individual counseling and group counseling to help students cope effectively with personal, social, academic, career, and family concerns.
- Other duties as assigned, including but not limited to serving on the Behavioral Health Team, conducting home visits, attending home and away athletic events to ensure student safety and compliance with the SCC, managing morning entry and after-school dismissal, monitoring and supervising hallways and passing periods, and daily participation in the safe passage route after school, etc.
Education
Master of Social Work - School Social Worker
Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD01-2027
Bachelor of Social Work -
Benedict College
Columbia, SC02-2016
Skills
- Restorative Justice Instructional
- Leadership
- Student counseling
- Effective listener and communicator
- Relationship building
- Empathic
- Computer Literacy
- Performance Optimization Strategies
- Equality and Diversity
Timeline
ASSISTANT HEAD COACH/Varsity Defensive Coordinator
Hubbard High School
06.2023 - Current
CULTURE SPECIALIST
Golder College Prep
01.2023 - Current
Assistant Dean of Culture
Chicago Tech Academy
04.2019 - 12.2022
Master of Social Work - School Social Worker
Morgan State University
Bachelor of Social Work -
Benedict College
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