Job Description

Chief Academic Officer

Network Offices - Los Angeles, CA 90015

Chief Academic Officer

Equitas Academy provides a structured, achievement-based community that prepares students to graduate from four-year colleges and universities. We currently operate two elementary schools and two middle schools, with more schools opening in the near future.

We are seeking to identify a leader who will dramatically increase our ability to serve students as we grow by leading and managing a talent and high-achieving group of principals, aligning our academic and student support programs in a way that pursues rigor and maximizing the use of data to further the achievement of all students. The ideal candidate should not only be a model of our core values, but also a talented leader of leaders, but also an academic achievement oriented educator with deeply engrained optimism and zest for student success.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Identify, coach and develop a cohort of principals driven towards creating schools that are centered on college readiness, high expectations and family partnership serving as their primary manager and team leader;
• Create an environment of growth, learning and collaboration amongst principals that results in higher sustainability and success in the role, thus resulting in higher tenure in the position of 3-5 years;
• Manage additional direct reports that oversee academic programming and student support programing in a way that aligns with school needs and student growth;
• Oversee all aspects of the academic program including the K-8 curriculum, making essential changes that promote college readiness and academic success of all students;
• Drive the portfolio of schools towards consistent performance at all campuses which results in the network outperforming both the district and state averages on key assessments;
• Maximize the use of data in informing instruction, making decisions about student learning and access, and ensuring systems are in place for all principals to empower their teachers with data driven conversation;
• Ensure that the plan for student culture is set up to support a culture of achievement and maximizes the right balance of warm and strict;
• Lead a strategy that will increase parent engagement and investment within the campus community ultimately in a way that improves culture and student learning

Reports to: Chief Executive Officer

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Deep, passionate and action oriented belief in our mission to support all of our scholars to and through college
• Demonstrated success in leading large number of students towards academic success, in the K-8 setting
• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage a highly effective team
• Solves problems strategically while weighing the advantages and disadvantages of each approach with a network-wide lens
• Influences others to produce high quality work in the effort to increase student outcomes and culture
• Ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize effectively
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to transition quickly from individual, detail oriented projects to collaborative, people-oriented conversations

Application and hiring process:

To apply, please click on "Apply for job" below. You can upload your resume and cover letter.

Commitment to Diversity

Equitas Academy is actively seeking to build a diverse and experienced team of educators. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, gender identity, disability, age, religion, sexual orientation, or national or ethnic origin. We are an equal opportunity employer.

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Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree preferred
• At least 5 years experience in education
• Previous experience as a Principal

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