Principal, MLK Jr Campus, 2025-2026
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.
ABOUT YU MING CHARTER SCHOOL
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 952 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 .
POSITION OVERVIEW
The Principal of Yu Ming Charter School (YMCS) at the MLK Jr 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 G4-8 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.
CORE COMPETENCIES
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES
Leadership Responsibilities, duties may include:
Principal Responsibilities, duties may include:
Yu Ming Professional Culture Responsibilities, duties may include:
This job description and responsibility list in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.
QUALIFICATIONS
EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
TIME COMMITMENT
180-day school year, 8 student-free professional development days for collaboration with colleagues. Common building hours are 8:00am-3:30pm Monday, 8:00am-4pm Tuesday-Friday.
Terms of Employment: 12 Months
SALARY AND BENEFITS
Yu Ming offers a generous salary and benefits package which includes:
TO APPLY
Interested candidates should apply at .
Priority Deadline: March 21, 2025
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, with priority given to those submitted by March 21. The selection process includes a Zoom screening interview, a performance task, and a semi-finalist panel interview. Finalists will be invited to a full-day, in-person interview at one of our campuses in late April/early May.
Yu Ming Charter School is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity at all levels.
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