24-25 Elementary Content Director - STEM

Description

Job Description

POSITION: 24-25 Elementary Content Director - STEM

REPORTS TO: Managing Director of Elementary Academics

POSITION TYPE: 12-month

START DATE: Immediate

COMPENSATION: $74,604 - $89,525, Home Office Grade 7

At YES Prep, work for a mission that impacts the life trajectory of students and their families. YES Prep creates pathways to extraordinary opportunity through best-in-class development, competitive compensation and benefits, and recognition for your impact. Grow as an authentic leader and be part of a team-oriented culture.

Some quick stats about us:

• 19,500 Students
• 2,300 Team Members
• 15 Secondary Campuses
• 9 Elementary Campuses
• 92% Students Who Qualify for Free/Reduced-Price Lunch
• 96% Hispanic & African-American Students
• 90% Students Who Are Accepted to a 4-Year University
• 88% First-Generation College Students
• Ranked in the 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 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 OPPORTUNITY

YES Prep needs a dynamic Elementary Content Director with a robust set of experiences, to make our mission a reality. As a YES Prep employee, you will achieve jaw-dropping results, create pathways to opportunity for our students, and build transformative relationships.

To put it simply, you will ensure our students experience a rigorous academic program that increases achievement and better prepares them for college success by leading a team that creates high-quality, aligned curriculum, assessments, and professional development in your content area.

THE ROLE

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

Vision and Leadership

• Setting, in collaboration with the MD of Elementary Academics, and maintaining equity-driven vision in STEM and actively advocating for its implementation district-wide;
• Investing stakeholders, prioritizing initiatives, developing strategies and processes, and collaborating with the Elementary Academics Team towards exemplary instruction and exemplary student achievement;
• Exemplifying YES Prep Core values and commitment to growth as a leader

Curriculum and Resource Development

• Leading, managing, and developing a team of Content Specialists to create high quality critical resources and development for campus-based staff on urgent timelines;
• Hiring, training, managing, and arranging compensation for teachers in stipend-based roles in a manner that aligns with team and organizational goals and standards;
• Investing stakeholders, prioritizing initiatives, developing strategies and processes, and managing a team of content leaders towards exemplary student achievement in a fluid educational environment;
• Monitoring and sharing updates to standards, pedagogy, and assessment methodology for math, science, and social studies with your team and applicable stakeholders;
• Setting an explicit standard for rigorous, aligned curriculum designed to reach all learners in math, science, and social studies courses;
• Providing feedback and coaching to direct reports to create and implement aligned, effective modules and key resources.

Assessment and Data Analysis

• Maintaining expertise in state and college-ready assessment design to set an explicit standard for rigorous, aligned assessment in all content courses;
• Providing feedback to the team to create summative and common assessments for all courses;
• Synthesizing student achievement data on a regular basis to prioritize and adjust the work of your team.

Support and Develop Fellow Educators and Leaders

• Creating opportunities for collaboration with other Home Office teams, such as Special Populations, College Initiatives, Teaching Excellence, Instructional Leadership, Schools, and Analytics, as well as campus leadership to ensure resource, instruction, and teacher support is aligned;
• Consistently and frequently observing instruction and student output in classrooms that are using instructional technology to better inform curricular or coaching practice as well as to spotlight best practices district-wide;
• Regularly designing and/or facilitating professional development sessions for teachers and/or instructional leaders aligned to Elementary Academic team priorities, teacher needs, student data, and/or instructional technology priorities;
• Setting vision and structure for Content Days aligned to Academic team priorities, teacher needs, student data, and/or content team priorities;

• Additional duties as assigned.

THE PERSON

We seek staff with a multitude of backgrounds, talents, interests, and ideas. Certain traits consistently shine through 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

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited four-year educational institution
• A minimum of 3 years of exemplary teaching experience
• Expertise in current curricular and assessment strategies specific to Math, Science and Social Studies
• A minimum of 2 additional years of academic leadership experience with an emphasis on STEM
• Skills and experience in managing a team and facilitating professional development

• 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
• Ability to juggle multiple tasks and initiatives at once
• Demonstrated ability to work on a team
• A dedication to learn, grow, and develop as a professional

• 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

• Masters' Degree in relevant field
• Bilingual - Spanish

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 15 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.

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.