Case Study: YES Prep Public Schools achieves a positive school climate and higher teacher retention with SchoolMint (Hero & Grow)

Building a Positive School Climate and Culture with Positive Classroom Solutions

YES Prep Public Schools, a Houston-based charter network of more than 20 campuses serving roughly 17,000 students, faced fragmented, manual systems for classroom observations, teacher feedback, and behavior tracking. Teachers often left after one or two years, campuses operated with inconsistent practices, and leaders had no way to collect, organize, or analyze coaching and behavior data—so YES Prep engaged SchoolMint to address these gaps with its behavior and coaching tools.

SchoolMint deployed SchoolMint Hero for behavior management and SchoolMint Grow for teacher coaching, giving leaders easy access to actionable data and streamlined observation workflows. The result: a shift from punitive discipline to positive classroom culture, aligned coaching across all campuses, improved teacher retention, use of Hero data in family conversations and interventions, 48 teachers supported through the Teacher Incentive Allotment, and at least one school raised from remediation into the top five—measurable improvements driven by SchoolMint’s platforms.

YES Prep Public Schools

Rachel Rucker

Director of Teacher Evaluation