Job Description

Description

POSITION: Director of New Teacher Development

REPORTS TO: Managing Director of Teacher Development

POSITION TYPE: 12-month

START DATE: Immediate

COMPENSATION: $80,942 - $99,154

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, \xe2\x80\x9cYes, you can!

Our campuses are advancing educational equity. Some quick stats about us:

• 17,000 Students
• 1,800 Team Members
• 18 Secondary Campuses
• 6 Elementary Campuses
• 91% Students Who Qualify for Free/Reduced-Price Lunch
• 94% Hispanic & African American Students
• 90% 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 OPPORTUNITY

YES Prep needs a dynamic Director of New Teacher Development with a diverse set of experiences and masterful system management to make our mission a reality. As a YES Prep employee, you will 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, this role requires a master influencer who will leverage relationships, relentless communication, and a keen eye for data and systems to accomplish mind-blowing results in teacher certification and professional development participation within Teaching Excellence. You will be an influential goal setter, achiever, progress monitor, and project manager who collaborates with personnel at various Houston districts to ensure the 350+ Teachers going through Teaching Excellence are on the pathway to certification.

THE ROLE

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

• Setting a vision and planning for expanding teacher development in year 1 at YES Prep, including in depth content mastery, world-class instructional coaching, and best-in-class teacher development opportunities in collaboration with the MD of Teacher Development;
• Maintaining a working knowledge of the Texas Administrative Code (TAC), to ensure ACP program compliance;
• Developing and maintaining systems to progress monitor Instructional Coach and Manager of Coaching and Learning follow-through with certification requirements;
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure internal YES Prep alignment of certification and early-career teacher development programming;
• Overseeing and/or facilitating ongoing professional development targeted at teachers in their first year at YES Prep, including but not limited to Induction, Teacher Development Saturdays, and New Teacher Academies;
• Creatively expanding upon the opportunities for new teacher development at YES Prep;
• Applying expert level influence strategies, management, and coaching of directs and teams to create mind-blowing results in teacher development;
• Maintaining expert-level knowledge and skill in research-based development of new teachers, especially new to the profession;
• Amplifying the impact of instructional coaching for new teachers at YES Prep and partners by tightening the correlation between assessment of new teacher effectiveness and their classroom instruction performance evaluation, ultimately leading to exponential student growth;
• Directly interfacing with campus and Home Office leaders to monitor program progress,
• Directing Priority School support as needed, designing and executing upon differentiated supports aligned with teacher development and certification;

• 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, 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
• Valid Texas teacher certification or equivalent
• At least 3 years of teaching experience
• Proven track record of improving outcomes
• Previous program management experience and team leadership
• Experience as an instructional coach or teacher evaluator
• Outstanding record of organization, and attention to details
• Masterful communication, problem-solving, and collaboration skills
• 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 value 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

• Experience working in an Alternative Certification Program (ACP)
• Experience with compliance in a school district

THE PERKS
- 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

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• 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.

- The strong cultures of our campuses and Home Office are just one of many reasons we were named in 2018, 2019, and 2021. We won the 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.

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