Wonderful College Prep Academy is seeking a leader to foster academic excellence throughout our schools so that we can fully realize our mission of preparing students for the best universities throughout the country to pursue promising careers. The Academy is located on two, new state-of-the-art campuses, Kindergarten through Grade 12 in Delano, serving 2000 students, and Kindergarten through Grade 9 in Lost Hills, serving 400 students. One governing board oversees both LEAs Reporting to the Superintendent, the Chief Academic Officer is responsible for ensuring all academic staff are best positioned to meet their annual outcomes throughout the organization. The Chief Academic Officer sets and maintains strategic vision and direction for the Academy's instructional framework and approach to teaching and learning. The CAO is the leader, spokesperson, and resident expert on curriculum, instruction, pedagogy, and learning. This role will develop the short and long-term instructional vision for the Academy and will work to establish a culture of high expectation and shared responsibility for equitable access to high quality, rigorous curriculum and instruction. The CAO will identify student, school and organizational needs and priorities, and work to ensure closer alignment of Academy resources with these identified needs. The CAO will work with their leadership team to implement an instructional plan for the Academy that ensures effective teaching in every classroom and will create conditions that ensure systemic improvement of practice over time in every classroom.

Here's what you'll do:

Lead a student-focused academic leadership team, including:

• Building Level Principals/Leaders
• Literacy Director
• STEM Director
• Director of Special Education and Student Supports
• Assessment coordinators

Inspire a world-class vision for academic excellence, while tracking, evaluating and supporting continuous improvement that ultimately prepares 100% of our students to thrive and complete degrees at competitive four-year universities.

• Work in partnership with the superintendent to establish a forward-thinking vision for teaching, learning, leadership, achievement and impact that will ensure high levels of success for all students at WCPA and meet our targets for college, career and life success
• Report, analyze and develop action plans for key data metrics to meet annual goals
• Develop a cohesive, action-oriented system of interim and summative assessments
• Ensure a robust student case-management system is fully executed and reviewed regularly
• Ensure and foster consistent opportunities for high-quality instructional feedback to support reflection and action planning toward excellence. Develop an articulated academic program from Kindergarten through Grade 12, which through early college pathways includes awarding of Associates degrees in high school.

• Adopt and oversee implementation of a rigorous college-prep academic program, including annual K-12 pacing plans, in all disciplines
• Continuously support staff to utilize cutting edge and proven learning materials
• Execute most effective research-based inclusionary learning materials for English learners and students with special needs
• Oversee early college partnership with Bakersfield College to support Ag Business and emerging "Prep for All" pathways
• Ensure academic programming at the Academy is compliant with all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. Serve as an integral member of the accreditation, audit and charter oversight teams.

Oversee teacher training, development, and evaluation. The Chief Academic Officer will:

• Foster interaction and collaboration between and among departments to ensure shared resources and supports are prioritized to meet individual school needs.
• Manage annual Professional Development (PD) calendar
• Develop and facilitate professional development for new hires, summer training, staff professional learning communities and ad-hoc training needs, in collaboration with school principals
• Support instructional coaching throughout the schools
• Facilitate and oversee university and higher education partnerships, including supporting new teacher programs, including Teacher Induction Programs, Teach for America Loyola Marymount and others.
• Build pathways for "growing" teachers and instructional leadership at WCPA, including utilizing the current instructional support positions of Instructional Assistants, and Small Group Teachers, supporting them in their professional pathways.

Develop a system of student and family supports that positions every student to reach their full potential and meet ambitious academic outcome goals.

• Set student and school culture and climate, creating supports to meet student needs while driving personal and academic excellence throughout all campuses

Other leadership responsibilities, as assigned.