Principal, Mendez High School

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Thursday, October 31, 2024 by 5:00 pm

ABOUT MENDEZ HIGH SCHOOL

Felicitas & Gonzalo Mendez High School is located in the heart of Boyle Heights just blocks from Mariachi Plaza. Mendez is a Community School that serves approximately 700 9th-12th graders and prides itself on the breadth of opportunities offered to students. As a Community School, Mendez is designed to serve the whole student, including meeting their academic, physical, and social-emotional needs. This is done through collaborative leadership on the part of the principal, Local School Leadership Council, and active engagement of families, students, and staff. As part of its high academic expectations for students, the school has made a commitment to Advanced Placement course access for all students. In 2023-24, Mendez won an AP School Honor Roll recognition as well as the AP Access Award from College Board. Beyond academics, there are numerous sports, art programs, and clubs, which ensure that every Mendez student can find a place to flourish. The vast majority of students report feeling safe and happy on campus, which is a testament to the relationship-oriented approach of the Mendez staff. Further, there are a host of community organizations that partner with the school. The campus is home to the new Sylvia Mendez Wellness Center, which is accessible to students as well as to the broader community. You can read more about Mendez at .

THE PRINCIPAL ROLE IN THE PARTNERSHIP FOR LA SCHOOLS NETWORK

The Partnership for Los Angeles Schools seeks a transformational school leader who is committed to every student and family in the Mendez community. This school leader must have a desire to foster high levels of academic achievement and strive to ensure all students can reach their highest potential.

Our Vision for Transformation:

We believe that the goal of a school’s transformation journey is reaching Powerful Schooling. A powerful school is one where a unified staff engages in sustained, intentional work to create a professional culture where they feel affirmed, supported, and can thrive in their practice. As a result, educators ensure students experience joy as they learn and grow, in an environment where students develop a positive sense of their identity, where student voice is empowered, where culturally responsive pedagogy and practice is enacted, and where students and families see the school as a liberative force within the community. By enacting those things, a powerful school has high functioning systems, strong student academic performance, and a robust college-oriented culture.

Further, Partnership network principals are responsible for meeting all obligations as described in the LA Unified School Leadership Framework . Leading a school in the Partnership network means that our principals and their staff have access to our robust team of support-providers in areas from Literacy and Math instruction to school operations to family engagement and community partnerships. You can learn more about our teams here !

BENEFITS OF JOINING THE PARTNERSHIP NETWORK

Partnership principals belong to a tightly-knit network of like-minded transformation leaders who desire to learn from one another. All principals report to a School Transformation leader who supervises and coaches 4-6 principals, so each principal gets the attention and support they deserve.

Partnership schools are LA Unified schools, and administrators earn the same competitive pay, benefits and Associated Administrators of Los Angeles (AALA) membership as in any District school, AND there are additional opportunities for Partnership school leaders.

Partnership principals have higher earning potential than for most LA Unified schools, as our principals are paid to work the year-round calendar and may be recognized and rewarded for their impact and tenure.

We offer an additional signing bonus for principals who join our network with significant prior principal experience and proven impact with students.

ABOUT YOU

• You have a deep belief in the power of the Boyle Heights community as well as respect and love for the students and families we serve, who are primarily Latinx and Black/African American.
• You believe in the Partnership's mission, and are committed to improving academic achievement and growth for all students.
• You believe in the Community Schools model and are committed to shared decision-making with stakeholders.
• You foster an anti-racist culture that promotes diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging for all.
• You communicate frequently, openly, and accurately with all stakeholders.
• You have humility and respect for the hard work of school leaders, teachers, parents, and students, and will foster a safe and thriving school culture for all.
• You possess an unmatched work ethic and the highest level of integrity.
• You seek to continuously improve your leadership practice through peer collaboration and reflection.
• You have experience and demonstrated ability with managing multiple teams and resources.
• You are relentless in your pursuit of excellence for yourself, your students and teammates.
• You have experience planning and implementing quality professional development, as well as experience successfully coaching teachers and school administrators.

More about the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools

Launched in 2007, the Partnership is a nonprofit organization that serves 13,500 students across 20 schools in the LA Unified School District (LAUSD). The Partnership is one of the largest, in-district public school transformation organizations in the U.S. We manage our school sites directly. We are not a charter organization, and the employees of our schools are LA Unified employees.

Over the past decade, our high schools have seen their graduation rate skyrocket from 36% to 87% and college acceptances have risen by 17 percentage points from 32% in 2015 to 49% in 2020. Suspension rates across the network are at less than 1%, compared with 21% when we first started. Learn more about us at .

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

All minimum requirements must be met on or before the filing deadline. It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that documentation of minimum requirements is on file with the LAUSD HR Administrative Selection Unit. For questions about submitting documentation, please call (213) 241-6886.

Minimum Requirements:

• A valid California Administrative Services Credential.
• A valid California teaching credential requiring a Bachelor's degree and a program of professional preparation, including student teaching.
• At least 8 years of successful full-time public school certificated service, including:
• At least 2 years of successful service in an administrative or supervisory position utilizing an administrative credential, such as a Principal or Assistant Principal position.
• At least 3 years of successful experience as a teacher in a K-12 public school program (5+ years preferred).
• Master’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university.
• Multicultural coursework (candidates have one year to complete).
• District Master Plan requirements (candidates have one year to complete).

For all school based administrative positions, it is preferred that candidates be in the appropriate LAUSD eligible pool for the position or that they are currently serving in the class for which they are applying. In order to be placed in the eligible pool, candidates must successfully complete the appropriate LAUSD Aspiring Administrator Program. Qualified applicants not in an eligible pool from within or outside LAUSD may be considered if fewer than five applicants from the eligible pool apply for the position.

COMPENSATION:

Total first year salary ranges from $152,618 -$190,324.

Compensation comes from two sources: LAUSD provides the base salary (between $136,830-$170,636 - 46G, E-Basis, 234 paid days) and the Partnership supplements the principal’s salary for working a year-round school calendar (equivalent to the A-Basis calendar of 260 paid days). The Partnership may offer an additional signing bonus for administrators who join our network with significant prior principal experience and proven impact with students.

Employees who have been issued a below standard Performance Evaluation, or Notice of Unsatisfactory Act(s) and/or Suspension shall be ineligible for application to any promotion process for one calendar year following the issuance of such a Notice.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Thursday, October 31, 2024 by 5:00 pm