RESIDENT PRINCIPAL - YES PREP SYSTEMS OFFICE

Resident Principal

POSITION: Resident Principal 2022-2023

REPORTS TO: Managing Director of Leadership Development

POSITION TYPE: 12-month

START DATE: July 2022

COMPENSATION: $84,000

THE CHALLENGE

Across the nation, only half of all students from low-income communities graduate from high school and only 10% earn a college degree. Even though 89% of our students are economically disadvantaged, YES Prep provides evidence that different outcomes are possible. Eighty-three (83%) of YES Prep alumni matriculate to college within one year and alumni like Eddie Zapata are earning their college degrees at four times the rate of their peers with similar socioeconomic backgrounds. How do we do this? YES Prep has 25 campuses serving PK-12, 19 of those campuses serving 6th-12th graders, like Monique Bowie and 4 of those being our newest elementary campuses . The remaining 2 are YES Prep's newest elementary campuses . We will continue adding 2 elementary campuses per year until 2024. This allows us to serve even more families and provide access to a college preparatory mindset from a child's first schooling experience.

Houston is the 4th largest city and growing! There are over 20 public schools 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. YES Prep's student enrollment is estimated to grow from 15,400+ students currently, to 23,000 by the 2024 - 2025 school year.

THE OPPORTUNITY

YES Prep needs dynamic Resident Principals, for both elementary and secondary schools, with a diverse set of experiences, to make our mission a reality. As a YES Prep employee, you will continuously grow as a leader, achieve jaw-dropping results, create pathways to opportunity for our students, build transformative relationships, and eliminate educational inequities to advance social justice.

To put it simply, the Principal Residency exists to build a bench of high-performing leaders who serve to fulfill the YES Prep mission and vision as a potential Principal.

THE ROLE

With the growth of the our organization and our schools, we need high performing talent at the Principal level to ensure we increase the number of students from underserved communities who graduate from college prepared to lead.

The Principal Residency develops leaders through a cohort model that focuses on:

• Connecting data, relationships, ideas and people


• Managing and implementing a vision through a team


• Aligning decision making to vision, goals, values and focus areas


• Deep study of literature on equity, leadership, and instruction throughout residency


• Learning by doing and experiencing school leadership first hand


• Creating a portfolio of resources that can be used once promoted to the Principal role

The Principal Residency consists of four interdependent parts:

1. Summer induction is an opportunity to build strong relationships with your Resident cohort, while gaining knowledge and skills necessary to enter the 2022- 2023 school year as a Resident Principal. This portion of the development program focuses on providing information and a safe space to test methods and new skills.

2. A campus assignment ensures Residents get daily 1:1 coaching and support from a high-performing, experienced Lead Principal for maximum exposure to learning and development of skills that are best learned in the context of a school setting. This experiential learning will serve to expose cohort members to the nuance and detail of the day-to-day Principal experience. Residents are also responsible for certain aspects of the school that will serve to bolster their development in areas they need to build more experience. For example, if you currently have culture and student support expertise you will most likely be matched to a campus where you can develop your academic and student achievement knowledge and skills.

3. Individualized development and coaching not only from a Lead Principal, but also from the YES Prep Leadership Development team. Coaching provides the most customized experience for Resident Principals as the content of coaching conversations are co-created by the Resident Principal, the Lead Principal, and Managing Director of Leadership Development. Residents also attend regular professional development as a cohort and participate in quarterly campus site visits.

4. Mid-year intersession week typically provides Residents with technical skills in functions such as Talent, Operations, Finance, and Programs. This portion of the development program focuses on exposure and practice of processes Residents will be expected to perform once in the Principal role.

Residency Commitments:

• Principal Residency leaders will participate in all required professional learning activities including Summer Induction, Midyear Intersession, coaching sessions, and experiential learning opportunities.


• All leaders will complete activities and requirements aligned to their learning within their current leadership roles. Examples include, but are not limited to, reflections, coaching preparation documents, assignments, etc.


• All leaders will engage in coaching who will support his/her/their development as a leader, which could involve coaching conversations, observations in practice, reflection documents, and other coaching strategies to ensure active development and growth.


• All leaders will execute assigned experiential learning activities, responsibilities and tasks as assigned. Leaders will be held accountable to tasks, responsibilities, and time on their visited campuses.


• All leaders are expected to represent the YES Prep core values to the best of their ability.


• Additional requirements as assigned.

Professional Expectations:

• Demonstrate behavior that is professional, ethical, and responsible


• Participate in workshops, seminars, and conferences to enhance knowledge and skills


• Demonstrate knowledge, and support of YES Prep Schools mission, values, standards, policies and procedures, confidentiality standards, Employee Handbook expectations and code of ethical behavior


• Ensure compliance with all state and federal laws, local board policies, administrative guidelines, and the Texas Educators' Code of Ethics


• Ability to communicate effectively and appropriately with others

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, 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


• At least 2-3 years of experience as a teacher of record


• Atleast 2 years in a Dean/Manager role within a K-12 setting


• Has a track record of consistent high-performance in the leadership role they have held


• Demonstrated people management experience - directly managing an individual or full team(s)


• Must be willing to go to any assigned YES Prep campus in the greater Houston area


• Must be willing to commit to YES Prep through June 2027 (if hired, Principal Residency is a one-to-two-year commitment)

THE NICE TO HAVES

• Graduate degree in education or related field preferred


• At least 1 year in a Director level or Assistant Principal role with demonstrated performance at a high level by June 2022

TIME COMMITMENT

• Length of Program: Principal Residency is a one-to-two-year commitment

• Post-Program: Staying on as a YES Prep Principal for at least 3 years

THE PERKS

• Compensation

- This position is an exempt, salaried position.

• Health and Supplemental Insurance- A $10 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 457 Retirement Plan.


• Paid Time Off- 15 days of Paid Time Off in addition to the system closures of our Academic Calendar for all regularly scheduled employees working 20+ hours a week.


• 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 and 2019. 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.

THE NEXT STEPS

If this sounds like your just right job, please click on the apply button above. If you are not sure this opportunity is for you, are simply curious, or know someone who would be perfect, please reach out to our Talent team to be connected to a recruiter at talent@yesprep.org.

TIMELINE FOR HIRING

• To see updated timelines and the recordings of the two info sessions from October and November, please visit the Principal Pathway webpage.


• The first round of selection, at the end of November/December 2021, is for director-level/Assistant Principal candidates that have applied by our first deadline of November 8th.


• If we still have spots for future rounds, we will consider additional applicants at that time.


• Offers will be made on a rolling basis starting as early as December 3, 2021. (We have a limited number of openings and, as the year progresses, we may continue making additional offers through the start date in July 2022.)

Type : INTERNAL & EXTERNAL

Location : SCHOOLS

Job Family : SCHOOL LEADERSHIP - RESIDENCY

Posting Start : 10/22/2021

Posting End : 12/31/9999