25-26 Coordinator - Secondary Multilingual Program

Job Description

POSITION: 25-26 Coordinator - Secondary Multilingual Program

REPORTS TO: Director of Secondary Multilingual Program

POSITION TYPE: 12-month

START DATE: Immediate

COMPENSATION: $54,911 - $65,895, Home Office grade 4

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 OPPORTUNITY

YES Prep needs a dynamic Coordinator - Secondary Multilingual Program

with a robust 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, and build transformative relationships.

To put it simply, you will advance the work of the secondary multilingual program by ensuring campuses have the training and resources needed, monitor program implementation and student achievement metrics, and serve as a liaison between various teams that have intersecting workstreams.

THE ROLE 

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

• Organizing and distributing communication to teachers, literacy specialists, and other stakeholders about key actions required and secondary multilingual initiatives;
• Creating and monitoring systems to capture state of implementation of the secondary multilingual program including but not limited to small group EB instruction, EB strategies in Tier 1 instruction, and EB progress monitoring;
• Compiling and synthesizing relevant external and internal research and data related to language acquisition;
• Serving as a liaison within the district between the assessment, compliance, and secondary multilingual teams related to key tasks such as assessment administration (such as common assessments, TELPAS, IOWA Testing, benchmarking, etc.);
• Serving as a liaison within the district between the English, Multilingual Program Secondary, and compliance teams to finalize logistics and communicate plans for effective professional development and assessment norming and scoring days;
• Assisting in creating training sessions and maintaining resource materials; 
• Ordering, submitting, receiving, inspecting counts, distributing, and communicating with campuses related to required material