The award-winning Foundation for Hispanic Education (TFHE) seeks a progressive and strong educational leader committed to eliminating the achievement gap for underserved learners. TFHE serves students, largely from east San Jose, at three comprehensive high schools. It was founded in 1981 and continues its mission to identify, understand, and address the Latino education achievement gap through innovation and collaboration.

TFHE is seeking an experienced, student-centered educational leader for the position of High School Principal. TFHE’s charter comprehensive high schools enjoy serving about 300-400 students, who are primarily English language learners.

Our high schools committed to providing a rigorous academic curriculum that instills a lifelong passion for learning and equips students with the skills for social and academic success at four-year colleges, universities, and local community colleges. In fact, nearly 80% of our first graduating classes are accepted to 4-year universities, and nearly 100% of received high school diplomas.

Through leadership, excellence, responsibility, and resilience, we have no doubt that our graduates will make a positive impact on the East San Jose community and beyond.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

The primary responsibilities of this position are as follows:

• Instructional Leader

• Supervise the school’s educational program

• Supervise and evaluate all certificated, classified, and administrative staff

• Promote and align the school mission, within the school and greater community

• Promote a college and career going culture

• Oversee, implement, and manage a process for analyzing data to increase student achievement and data-driven classroom instruction

• Develop orientation, in-service, collaboration, and professional training for school staff

• Align school budgets to student achievement

• All other duties as assigned

The principal is expected to reflect the mission and organizational values of The Foundation for Hispanic Education which is focused on providing high-quality education to the students our schools serve.

• MA degree and Administrative credential

• 3 years teaching at the secondary level

• 3 years of administrative experience

• Bilingual

• Strong communication skills in both English and Spanish

• Understanding of public charter management

• A mission-driven, innovative, collaborative, and disciplined thinker

• Ability to work effectively with all stakeholders

Benefits

Medical, Dental, Vision, Short/long term disability, life insurance, and CalSTRS.