25-26 Elementary Principal

Description

Job Description

POSITION: 25-26 Elementary Principal

REPORTS TO: Head of Schools

POSITION TYPE: 12-month

START DATE: 25-26 School Year

COMPENSATION: Starting at $100,000

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 high-performing, team-oriented culture.

Some quick stats about us:

• 24,700 Students
• 2,400 Team Members
• 15 Secondary Campuses
• 10 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 ROLE

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

Strategy, Planning, and Leadership

• Managing effective school leadership team members and other team leaders on campus, utilizing individual management plans to track growth in performance;
• Developing Campus Strategic Goals that address most pressing growth areas for the school and manage staff buy-in and periodic check-in on goal progress;
• Implementing school leadership team structure and master calendar to most effectively reach Campus Strategic Goals and academic outcomes;
• Utilizing effective communication structures for teams and school community (staff, students, and parents);
• Developing leadership "bench" to ensure solid succession plan for central school leadership;
• Understanding and overseeing immediate and long-term strategy with respect to relationships and sustainability (i.e. community development, parent engagement, budget management).

Student Achievement

• Managing progress towards increased student achievement, analyze grades and common assessment results to facilitate timely academic interventions;
• Driving intervention systems to meet system expectations for growth and objective achievement on STAAR and MAP tests;
• Managing progress on RTI and academic student interventions.
• Managing a high performing leadership team that leads to your campus meeting its student achievement goals of producing college-ready students
• Ensure high quality early childhood programming as evidenced by CIRCLE assessments to ensure students are kindergarten ready

Student Demographics and Persistence

• Monitoring student attendance, focusing on maintaining desired attendance levels and recruitment of low-income students;
• Facilitating student persistence (K-12th grade) analysis, focusing on intervention strategies and increasing persistence for all students and sub-populations (at-risk, SPED, EB);
• Achieving student culture goals on a yearly basis as indicated on the Campus Improvement

Staff Support, Development, and Leadership

• Facilitating hiring process and select high-caliber, diverse teachers and staff;
• Managing high-quality PD that leads to well-developed staff, as measured by staff survey and student achievement results;
• Developing instructional goals for the year with the leadership team and facilitate periodic goal analysis throughout the year;
• Managing appropriate progress on instructional observations and pathway process, from initial placement to end-of-year placement;
• Maintaining high retention rates of staff, avoiding regrettable teacher and staff attrition.
• Managing effective school leadership team members and other team leaders on campus, utilizing individual management plans to track growth in performance;
• Developing leadership "bench" to ensure solid succession plan for central school leadership;

Campus Health

• Maintaining strong school culture that meets high YES Prep standards as outlined in the YES Prep culture rubric;
• Evaluating and achieve strong student and parent satisfaction, as measured in periodic student and parent surveys;
• Facilitating management of discipline systems to maintain safe and inclusive school culture;
• Analyzing student discipline incidents and rates to adjust intervention strategies.
• Ensure compliance with all state and federal laws, local board policies, administrative guidelines, and the Texas Educators' Code of Ethics.

Financial Health

• Submitting an annual budget to the Head of Schools based on program needs, estimated enrollment, staffing, and other fiscal needs, implement programs within budget limits, maintain fiscal control, accurately and responsibly report all fiscal information;
• Able to clearly and convincingly describe decisions based on the core purpose, core values, and vision;
• Managing the use of the campus plant and grounds, supervise the maintenance to the physical plant and grounds to ensure a clean, orderly, and safe environment

Professional Growth and Development

• Identifying areas for own personal/professional growth;
• Participating in meetings, workshops, seminars, and conferences to enhance knowledge/skills, address areas for personal/professional growth, and further develop school goals and staff;
• Applying knowledge and insights gained through professional development. Share this knowledge with staff, campus, and district leaders as appropriate;
• Keeping well informed about current trends in area(s) of expertise and provide leadership in incorporating such trends into everyday practices.

THE PERSON

We seek staff with a multitude of 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, resilience, and humility. Other traits needed and desired for this role are:

THE MUST HAVES

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited four-year educational institution recognized by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB)
• At least 2-3 years of experience as a teacher of record
• At least 1 year of campus leadership experience as a Director or Assistant Principal by June 2025 at a K-12 school.
• Must be willing to work at any assigned YES Prep campus in the greater Houston area
• A strong desire to be a YES Prep Principal for at least 3-5 years, if hired
• Have a track record of consistent, high-performance in leadership role(s) held
• Demonstrated people management experience - directly managing an individual or full team(s)
• Demonstrate behavior that is professional, ethical, and responsible
• Ability to communicate effectively and appropriately with others

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

• At least 1 year in a Principal role or completed 1 year of the YES Prep Principal Residency with demonstrated performance at a high level
• Graduate degree in education or related field preferred
• Bilingual in 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.