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Chief Academic Officer

Boston Renaissance Charter Public School (HOS) – Boston, Massachusetts

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Job Details

• Job ID: 5039928
• Application Deadline: Posted until filled
• Posted: Mar 17, 2025 12:00 AM (UTC)
• Starting Date: Aug 31, 2025
• Position Type: Full-time

Job Description

Boston Renaissance Charter Public School is seeking a Chief Academic Officer to lead and enhance student learning. This key leader will establish a vision for instructional excellence and drive the development, achievement, and maintenance of high-quality educational programs for every student. Working closely with academic Directors, the Chief Academic Officer will evaluate curriculum and instruction, ensuring exceptional classroom practices through data analysis, modeling, collaborative planning, co‑teaching, and constructive feedback. In this role, the Chief Academic Officer will foster a culture that nurtures students’ critical thinking and social‑emotional skills while championing inclusive practices and equitable learning opportunities for all.

Instructional Leadership

• Ensures school vision supports instructional and curriculum services to ensure rigorous and standards‑aligned instruction and instructional support in every classroom.
• Monitors and effectively interprets the latest research, trends and development in all areas of education.
• Applies research and best practices to inform theories of pedagogy and ensure consistent delivery of high‑quality instruction aligned with key standards.
• Coordinates professional development structure on session design related to school‑wide professional development goals.
• Oversees the school‑wide Teacher Induction Program.
• Cultivates a commitment among all staff to enable all students to achieve high standards.
• Operates with a lens of cultural proficiency, sensitivity, and equity to ensure students’ needs are met.
• Assesses the distribution of academic supports with a clear equity lens, ensuring allocations provide the best resources to equitably and effectively meet the needs of all students.

Equity Leadership and Student Success

• Cultivates a commitment among all staff to enable all students to achieve high standards.
• Operates with a lens of cultural proficiency, sensitivity, and equity to ensure students’ needs are met.
• Assesses the distribution of academic supports with a clear equity lens, ensuring allocations provide the best resources to equitably and effectively meet the needs of all students.

Instructional Management and Coordinated Services

• Oversees Data & Assessment Coordinators to implement a coherent approach to assessment and to use data to improve outcomes.
• Sets the vision for coaching and coach leadership development, convening coaches on a regular basis to build a shared understanding of effective teaching.

Continuous Improvement for School Support

• Leads the oversight and development of the annual academic School Improvement Plan by establishing direction for school improvement efforts and monitoring the progress of school performance, student achievement objectives and academic excellence indicators to align strategies for school improvement.
• Analyzes data, identifies trends to ensure high quality educational opportunities for all students.
• Leads implementation of intervention cycles and curriculum usage.
• Creates the conditions that enable all educators to provide rigorous, authentic, and personalized experiences for all students, particularly historically underserved populations.
• Creates opportunities for teachers to reflect on their practice while engaging in the systemic improvement of practice over time in every classroom.
• Builds strong relationships with classroom teachers, student support personnel, and administrators.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Head of School.

Qualifications:

• Must possess a valid Massachusetts Principal/Director License.
• Master’s Degree, minimum ten (10) years’ teaching experience, preferably from more than one grade level.
• Experience as a school administrator, minimum 5-7 years.
• Experienced professional with a track record of proven academic leadership; effective interpersonal skills; time management skills; analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely in both oral and written form.
• Strong organization, analytical and technology skills.
• Broad working knowledge of child development, equity and inclusion, social emotional learning, learning theory, curriculum research, testing and measurement, data analysis, strategic planning and personnel practices.
• Effective interpersonal and leadership skills; experience facilitating group decision‑making and communication.
• Broad experience in developing and implementing Professional development programs.
• Effective administrative and management skills.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to inquiries from groups including staff, parents/caregivers etc.

Job Categories

• Administrator > Assistant Principal/Dean/Head
• Administrator > Assistant/Deputy Superintendent
• Administrator > Development / Marketing

Equal Opportunity Employer

In compliance with state and federal laws, Boston Renaissance Charter Public School maintains a nondiscrimination policy for students, employees and applicants for employment. All educational and employment determinations are based on an individual's qualifications and achievements without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, ancestry, homelessness, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by state and/or federal statute.

Job Requirements

• At least 10 year(s) of relevant experience preferred.
• Advanced Studies degree preferred.
• Citizenship, residency or work visa required.

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