Description
Job Description
POSITION: Bilingual Resident Assistant Principal (Leadership Pathway)
REPORTS TO: Director of Leadership Development and Lead Assistant Principal
POSITION TYPE: 11-month
START DATE: July 8, 2024
COMPENSATION: $70,500
EVERY OPPORTUNITY STARTS WITH A YES
Great schools begin with great people who believe every day is an opportunity to make a difference. At YES Prep, you have an opportunity to join a family of diverse educators who are leveling the playing field by providing opportunities for a high-quality, college-forward curriculum while also ensuring our students feel supported through their academic journey and empowered to lead choice-filled lives. YES Prep is more than a family of public charter schools, it's the future of public education-it's an opportunity to say, "Yes, you can!"
Our campuses are advancing educational equity. Some quick stats about us:
•17,000 Students
•2,100 Team Members
•17 Secondary Campuses
•6 Elementary Campuses
•92% Students Who Qualify for Free/Reduced-Price Lunch
•96% Hispanic & African-American Students
•97% Students Who Are Accepted to a 4-Year University
•88% First-Generation College Students
•Top 100 High Schools in the Nation, U.S. News & World Report
We serve the students of Houston, Texas, the 4th largest city across the United States. There are over 20 public-school districts and other great public charter school options, like KIPP Texas-Houston and IDEA Public Schools, within Houston's city limits serving our increasing population. We are a rapidly growing organization, committed to creating life-changing opportunities for over 23,000 students by 2025.
THE ROLE
The YES Prep Leadership Pathway was created to ensure we are providing leaders with a compelling vision for their continued growth at YES Prep, and to guarantee that we have a strong internal pipeline for talent as we expand and respond to staffing challenges that impact the YES Prep experience for students, families, and staff.
The YES Prep Leadership Pathway exists to pave a compelling path of growth for campus-based leaders, to ensure that we are building an internal bench of high-performing talent. Leaders on the Pathway have access to aligned training, development, coaching, and evaluation, and can use these tools to chart a path of career growth within our organization and beyond.
This residency is a developmental role between manager and director levels. Residents are hired centrally and will have access to the same onboarding and year-long development as Directors who are in their first year of the role. Residents will be placed under the guidance of a Home Office manager while being campus-based under the mentorship of a campus-based Lead Director to shadow and for 1:1 coaching aligned to the YES Prep Leadership Competencies.
Ideal Residents will have:

• Experience as a Dean, Manager, or teacher-leader (Grade Level Chair or equivalent role)
• Invested in professional development and eager for feedback
• Oriented toward agility and flexible regarding work location (ready and willing to be placed at any campus, ready to be considered for mid-year vacancies, understands that on-site manager may change in the middle of the school year)

When you join the YES Prep team, some of the work and responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the progress toward increased student achievement for a cohort of teachers, including helping teachers use assessment data to improve the quality and scope of their instruction;
• Supporting and coaching the campus Interventionists and other leaders responsible for providing one-on-one, small group, and whole class instruction to students identified as needing more intensive and tiered instructional support to achieve academic success, including monitoring and responding to compliance data points;
• Ensuring that students receive outstanding instruction in all classrooms by observing and evaluating a cohort of teachers, including conducting classroom observations, coaching teachers, and monitoring teacher progress;
• Plan and implement the steps necessary, including RTI and MTSS, to establish, launch, and maintain a strong academic mindset and achieve jaw-dropping results for all students on campus both academically and behaviorally;
• Assisting in the planning and delivery of professional learning opportunities to campus teachers and staff during beginning-of-year in-service days, as well as select professional development days throughout the school year;
• Leading campus testing responsibilities to ensure they are executed with accuracy and fidelity;
• Providing leadership, coaching, professional learning, and serving as a resource to teachers, interventionists, and Teacher Assistants on positive school culture, student discipline, team management, social/emotional health, compliance, parent/community relations, and student achievement;
• Developing, implementing, managing and executing effective school behavior systems ensuring incorporation of parent communication in each process;
• Establishing, building and maintaining a positive school culture among students, staff and parents that promotes the YES Prep mission, core purpose, core values, and family engagement duties and events;
• Additional duties as assigned.

THE PERSON
We seek staff with diverse backgrounds, talents, interests, and ideas. Certain traits consistently shine through for our most successful employees: passion for the mission, drive for results, care for students, and resilience. Other traits needed and desired for this role are:
THE MUST HAVES

• Bilingual (Spanish)
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university
• At least two years of exemplary instructional leadership and/or Grade-Level Chair experience
• At least three years of exemplary teaching
• Experience in administration and/or supervision
• Certification in teaching/instruction
• Ability to work outside of normal hours and on weekends

• Belief in and commitment to the mission and core value of YES Prep Public Schools
• Openness to giving and receiving frequent feedback
• Ability to maintain emotional control under stress
• Ability to work urgently in a fast-paced and results-oriented environment
• Creates and maintains positive working relationships on a team and/or in a highly collaborative environment
• A dedication to learn, grow, and develop as a professional
• Ability to juggle multiple tasks and initiatives at once
• Must be willing to work at any assigned YES Prep campus in the greater Houston area (We will keep geographic preferences in mind.)

THE MUST HAVE BELIEFS

• Belief in and commitment to the mission and core values of YES Prep Public Schools
• Desire to disrupt systemic status quos in education
• Willingness to go above and beyond to disrupt said status quos
• Passion to develop resiliency through a relentless pursuit of jaw-dropping results
• Conviction that high expectations high accountability = high performance and high growth

THE NICE TO HAVES

• Master's Degree from an accredited educational institution

• Experience in Elementary schools

THE PERKS

• Compensation - This position is an exempt, salaried position; offers commensurate with experience.

• Health and Supplemental Insurance - A $0 monthly medical option that includes $600 towards a Health Savings Account, in addition to a variety of supplemental benefits including Dental, Vision, Disability, Life, etc. Employees must work 20 hours a week to be eligible for a full spectrum of benefits, and 10 hours a week minimum for medical benefits.

• Retirement Plans - Participation in Teacher Retirement System of Texas and a 457b Retirement Plan.

• Paid Time Off - Employees working 20 hours a week receive 12 days of Paid Time Off in addition to the system closures during the Academic Calendar.

• Paid Leave Programming - In the event you need to be out due to medical needs (including maternity and paternity leave), YES Prep offers paid leave, paid out at 100%, based on eligibility and tenure.

• Professional Development - YES Prep values longevity and performance over time. We invest in developing leaders through high-quality programs, effective coaching, and ongoing professional development.

• Award Winning Culture - The strong cultures of our campuses and Home Office are just one of many reasons we were named Houston's Best Place to Work in 2018, 2019, and 2021. We won the 2012 Broad Prize for Excellence in Urban Education and were a 2016 finalist as well.

WE ARE DEEPLY COMMITTED TO EQUITY & DIVERSITY
YES Prep strives to recruit a diverse team of leaders. We believe there is a transformative academic and social benefit for students when their teachers and leaders reflect a diversity of backgrounds. Ninety-five percent (95%) of staff members agree that the organization provides a welcoming environment given their background and identity according to our latest system survey.
YES Prep is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression, national origin, disability, age, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or parenthood.