Upper School Principal

Principal, Adeline Campus,

Job Title:

Principal

FLSA Status:
Professional Exempt

Reports to:

Chief Academic Officer

Yu Ming Charter School seeks dynamic, innovative, and experienced educators to join our team, committed to nurturing lifelong learners who are bilingual, bicultural and able to create change in their own lives and in our community. We seek teachers that are excited by the possibility of transforming the traditional model of education to be learner-centered through personalized and project based learning that cultivates both the cognitive and social emotional skills our students need to thrive in school and beyond.

Yu Ming teachers are leaders that thrive on exploration, collaboration, and seek to continuously learn and grow as individuals and team members.

Yu Ming Charter School is a non-profit, tuition-free network of public schools located in Oakland and San Leandro and open to all residents of California. As a leader in Mandarin Immersion education, our mission is to nurture our inclusive and diverse community to become empowered, engaged, and outstanding global citizens. We currently serve 1060 students across three campuses, and continue to grow our enrollment each year.

Our intentionally diverse student body comes from many racial, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds representing 70 zip codes across the Bay Area and 29 home languages. Founded in 2011, Yu Ming is the first Mandarin immersion public charter school in the state.

We believe every child, regardless of their background or zip code, deserves a free, high-quality education that prepares them today to succeed tomorrow. Ranked the #7 Elementary School and the #2 Elementary Charter School in California by U.S. News, Yu Ming is a 2019 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence and a 2020 and 2023 California Distinguished School. Yu Ming’s future-forward model prepares young people to succeed and thrive in an interconnected and multicultural world through personalized and rigorous learning experiences, active student agency, whole child and community focus, and multilingual education.

As a result, our students far outperform their peers in the district, county, and state, regardless of socio-economic status, race, language background, and learning differences. We are closing the opportunity gap for our historically underserved students every day. To learn more about our innovative school visit our website (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

The Principal of Yu Ming Charter School (YMCS) at the Adeline Campus collaborates with Yu Ming’s Principal team, Director of Academics, and Chief Academic Officer in the development, coordination, articulation, and evaluation of curriculum, instruction, professional development, and assessment. The Principal will oversee the day-to-day instruction for the TK, G4-5 school; lead the implementation of Yu Ming’s dual-immersion instructional program; find, retain and develop high-quality faculty and staff;

and support all members of this diverse community with cultural competence and an emphasis on respect and inclusion. This person will report to the Chief Academic Officer and will supervise teachers and other staff. This person will work in close collaboration with a team of equity-minded and learner-centered teachers committed to ensuring every child can achieve college and career readiness and become bilingual and biliterate changemakers in their own lives and communities.

• One or more of the following areas of expertise:
  • Personalized learning; service learning;
  • Anti-racist, anti-bias education;
  • "Whole child" education and deep knowledge of social-emotional learning; and
  • Mandarin immersion or dual language immersion.
• Skills to form and maintain relationships with a broad range of individuals and across areas of difference like cultural background, linguistic heritage, race, class, socio-economic status and family structure.
• Ability to balance the urgency of problem solving in the moment with the need to establish enduring systems so the school can run efficiently over the long-term.
• Exceptional people management skills that inspire team members,…