Chief Academic Officer

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY – CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER

• Position Type:
  Administration / Chief Academic Officer
• Date Posted: 8/28/2025
• Location:
  
  New Beginnings Family Academy

Opened in September 2002 offering grades K-3, New Beginnings Family Academy (“NBFA”) offers active and engaging learning experiences from Pre‑K through 6th grade. NBFA is a tuition‑free, public charter school proudly distinguished by:

• Social, emotional and academic learning steeped in child development best practices
• An emotionally responsive model that weaves trauma‑informed practice into every classroom
• Parental involvement, both in and outside of the classroom

NBFA is located at 184 Garden Street, Bridgeport, CT. NBFA is an equal‑opportunity employer that values a diverse workplace. NBFA respects, values, and celebrates the unique attributes of all stakeholders: employees, students, families, and members of its Board of Directors.

NBFA employees thrive in a collaborative environment of thoughtful, self‑reflective professionals on a mission to change the life outcomes of Bridgeport youth by narrowing the nefarious achievement gap. Our mission is to provide students a meaningful, high‑quality education through experience‑based learning to develop essential social, emotional, and critical‑thinking skills to give all children the foundation to achieve their potential.

Director

• Data, Assessment and Research Administrator
• Instructional coaches
• Interventionists

The CAO, as the instructional leader responsible for driving academic excellence and continuous improvement across the district, must be committed to and advocate for NBFA’s mission to provide students a meaningful, high‑quality education through experience‑based learning that helps develop essential social, emotional, and critical‑thinking skills. This gives all children a foundation to achieve their full potential at every stage of life.

The CAO works in close collaboration with the Director as a thought partner to shape the academic vision of NBFA and leads the development, implementation, and evaluation of instructional programs, curriculum, assessments, and professional development to drive high student achievement. The efficacy of academic programming will be measured and adjusted by the use of reliable data and assessment. Assessment data, in addition to measuring student progress, will be relied upon for evaluating the performance of teachers and administrators.

• Lead the design, selection, implementation, and evaluation of rigorous curriculum resources and instructional materials, ensuring they reflect culturally responsive teaching and address the needs of diverse learners.
• Refine curriculum and instructional materials for continuous improvement by ensuring the consistent use of evidence‑based instructional practices.
• Design and lead the implementation of an evidence‑based Multi‑Tiered System of Support (MTSS‑R and MTSS‑M) to address identified academic needs and improve student learning outcomes.
• Establish and manage assessment systems, lead whole‑school benchmark data analysis meetings and collaborate with principal and teachers to design instructional next steps.
• Provide oversight of multilingual learners (ML) and special education programming to ensure compliance with state and federal regulations.
• In collaboration with the principal, prepare and present academic performance data, reflecting on current results and their relationship to improvement goals, to stakeholders as requested by the Director.

• Along with the principal, monitor and support instructional quality through regular classroom observations, walkthroughs, and feedback cycles to ensure instructional consistency and rigor.
• Develop leadership capacity within teaching staff through embedded coaching, mentoring, and shared leadership opportunities.
• Provide guidance and support to the principal and teachers to ensure data‑driven decision‑making is being used to drive lesson planning and continuous improvement in student outcomes.