United States Job Openings
YES Prep Public Schools
Manager – Teacher Literacy Development (Bilingual Spanish Preferred)
Houston
December 3, 2024
Job Description
POSITION: Manager – Teacher Literacy Development (Bilingual Spanish Preferred)
REPORTS TO: Director – Elementary Instructional Strategy
POSITION TYPE: 12-month
START DATE: January 2025
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 an equity driven, team-oriented culture.
Our campuses are advancing educational equity. 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
THE OPPORTUNITY
YES Prep needs a dynamic Manager –Teacher Literacy Development with a diverse 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, build transformative relationships, and eliminate educational inequities to advance social justice.
To put it simply, you will play a critical role in improving student outcomes across YES Prep elementary campuses. You will work collaboratively with novice elementary teachers and campus leadership to build knowledge and skill about the Science of Teaching Reading through coaching and professional development. Additionally, you will work closely with local and state entities to ensure compliance with the state of Texas Reading Academies requirements.
THE ROLE
When you join the YES Prep team, some of the work and responsibilities will include:
Required Mindsets
- Committing, aligning, and positively promoting the vision and mission of YES Prep and the Teacher Development program to teachers, administrators, partners, and other team members
- Serving as an exemplary Instructional Leader by building content knowledge and expertise in the following: science of teaching reading, elementary instructional program, and YES Prep instructional strategy
- Daily travel to YES Prep campuses assigned to support
- Work in the field (on campuses) 75% of the work week
- Collaborating with local and state entities to become certified as a Reading Academies facilitator
- Designing a local implementation model for Texas Reading Academies
- Developing the scope and sequence for learning, coaching, and compliance at YES Prep
- Developing and maintaining systems to track teacher enrollment, participation, and completion of Reading Academies
- Grading and tracking completion of all participant assignments
- Maintaining expertise around state requirements and policies regarding the Science of Teaching Reading and Texas Reading Academies
Professional Learning
- Preparing, internalizing, and facilitating all professional learning modules as required by Texas Reading Academies
- Supporting preparation for the Science of Teaching Reading Content Exam
- Collaborating with the Teaching Excellence Team, Elementary Program Team, and YES Prep campus leadership to align content to organizational needs and previous learning
- As needed, hiring, training, and managing supplemental facilitators to support with coursework
- Collecting participant input and make adjustments as a result of feedback
Teacher Development
- Leading multiple coaching cycles with all participants in the Texas Reading Academies
- Conducting in person observations of teachers on caseload and provide developmentally appropriate feedback.
- Conducting additional district-wide professional development for teachers and coaches aligned with Teacher Development initiatives.
- Aligning coaching practices to the YES Prep Instructional Strategy coaching practices.
- Building elementary expertise and content knowledge related to corresponding school level curricular resources.
- Developing teacher content knowledge and expertise of elementary YES Prep Curricular Resources that accelerate the teacher’s development as a content expert of his/her designated course(s).
District Cross Collaboration
- Building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Meeting consistently with campus admin to align on campus priorities and support for teachers enrolled in Texas Reading Academies
- Collaborating with campus leadership consistently to develop coaching packages and determine appropriate supports for teachers enrolled in Texas Reading Academies
- Supporting campuses with additional requests or areas of support in ways that yield accelerated teacher growth and improved student achievement.
- Additional duties as assigned.
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:
MUST HAVES
- Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited four-year educational institution
- Minimum 3 years of exemplary elementary teaching experience, with a record of successfully impacting student achievement and working successfully with diverse students
- A valid Texas Teaching Certificate or equivalent in an elementary specific certification area
- Ability to work outside normal hours and weekends (minimum 4 Saturdays a year)
- Ability to work elementary school hours
- Ability to pass a Science of Teaching Reading screening exam
- Demonstrated knowledge of Science of Teaching Reading
- Effective communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills for building strong relationships.
- Demonstrated strength in time and task management.
- Demonstrated teacher leadership.
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
NICE TO HAVES
- Bilingual in English and Spanish
- Successful completion of Texas Reading Academies as a participant
- Experience with teacher supervision (as a department head, mentor, or coach)
- Experience teaching or implementing Yes Prep Elementary Curricular Resources (Wit and Wisdom, Fundations, and HMM Arriba la Lectura)
- Experience designing and facilitating professional learning experiences for adult learners.
- Master’s Degree
THE PERKS
- Compensation – This position is an exempt, salaried position; offers commensurate with experience.
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Health and Supplemental Insurance – A $0 monthly medical option that includes
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Retirement Plans – Participation in Teacher Retirement System of Texas and a 457b Retirement Plan.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 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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