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YES Prep Public Schools · 3 weeks ago

Director of Bilingual Programming - Elementary

Houston, TX

Part-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

$75K/yr - $90K/yr

5+ years exp

YES Prep Public Schools is dedicated to creating pathways to extraordinary opportunities for students and their families. The Director of Bilingual Programming - Elementary will lead a team to develop a rigorous academic program in Spanish Reading Language Arts, ensuring high-quality curriculum and assessments to enhance student achievement.

Education

Responsibilities

Setting, in collaboration with the MD of Elementary Academics, and maintaining equity-driven vision in bilingual programming 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

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 Spanish Reading Language Arts and English language development with your team and applicable stakeholders

Setting an explicit standard for rigorous, aligned curriculum designed to reach all learners in our bilingual programming

Providing feedback and coaching to direct reports to create and implement aligned, effective modules and key resources in Spanish

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 in English and Spanish

Synthesizing student achievement data on a regular basis to prioritize and adjust the work of your team

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

Qualification

CurricularAssessment strategiesAcademic leadership experienceBilingual in SpanishTeaching experienceTeam managementProfessional development facilitationEmotional control under stressCollaboration skillsFeedback opennessResults-oriented mindset

Required

Bachelor's Degree from an accredited four-year educational institution

Bilingual in Spanish (reading and writing)

A minimum of 3 years of exemplary teaching experience

A minimum of 2 additional years of academic leadership experience

Expertise in current curricular and assessment strategies specific to Reading Language Arts and English Language Development

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

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

Preferred

Masters' Degree in relevant field

Benefits

Health and Supplemental Insurance – A $0 monthly medical option or a $24 monthly option that includes $50 YES Prep Paid Health Savings Account contribution, 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 an optional 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, 2021 and 2025. We won the 2012 Broad Prize for Excellence in Urban Education and were a 2016 finalist as well.