Provost

Provost
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SR1 College Preparatory and STEM Academy | Canton, Mississippi | National Search

SR1 CPSA IS SEARCHING FOR ITS NEXT PROVOST: A BUILDER, AN ADVOCATE, AND A CHANGE AGENT

No Mississippi license required. Just an ambitious vision. We have the scholars. We have the scores. What we need now is a Provost who matches that with a commitment to change generations.

SR1 College Preparatory and STEM Academy is conducting a national search for our next Provost, the senior academic leader who owns daily instruction and student outcomes, sets the academic vision, and leads our college-preparatory and STEM mission from the front. The Provost reports to the Vice President, under the Executive Director, and works alongside our research and STEM leadership. This role calls for a leader with a clear, bold vision and a 100 percent commitment, and above all, someone who loves the process of building something great, one day and one scholar at a time.

Why this school is different

SR1 CPSA is being built as a full-service community lab school: a school that serves families like a community hub, studies what works like a research institute, and grows its own educators like a teaching hospital. Research scientists and proven instructional leaders work side by side. If you have ever wished a school were run with the rigor of a research university and the heart of a neighborhood, this is that school.

Good to great

88 percent of our 3rd graders passed the Mississippi ELA reading assessment on their first attempt, more than 10 points above the state average. We did that in four years, in Canton, Mississippi. Now we need a Provost who will lead from that strength, build the college-prep and STEM culture our scholars have already earned, and help shape SR1 CPSA's next campus and the extracurricular life, clubs, athletics, and enrichment, that will fill it.

The leader we are seeking

More than a specific title or career path, we are looking for someone whose character, values, and leadership philosophy align with our mission. The ideal Provost is a builder, advocate, servant leader, educator, and change agent, someone who sees education as more than operating a school and who understands that expanding educational opportunity is civil rights work. This person leads with evidence and leads with people.

They make decisions like a data analyst and show up like a community leader, teaching parents and guardians alongside their children. This person has the courage to advocate for scholars and families, challenge conventional thinking, create opportunities where they do not exist, and develop young people who will lead locally, nationally, and globally.

What you will lead

• Campus culture, student life, and family leadership, on-site, every day. You set the climate every scholar and family feels the moment they arrive. You are also a community leader in the fullest sense: you help educate parents and guardians, in person and in plain language, about what their scholars are learning, how to read their progress, and how to support college and STEM readiness at home.
• Academic affairs and instructional excellence. You own academic standards, curriculum, faculty development, assessment, and outcomes, and you use evidence and data to drive continuous improvement.
• Evidence-driven decisions. You work shoulder to shoulder with our team and think like a data analyst: you read the assessment, attendance, and engagement data yourself, you ask what it is telling us about each scholar, and you make decisions from evidence rather than habit. You partner with our research and learning design staff to turn what works into classroom routines.
• STEM innovation and college pathways. Working with our Director of STEM Innovation and Partnerships, you build the programs, pipelines, and pathways that make "college preparatory" and "STEM" real at every grade level.
• Campus development and co-curricular life. You help plan and shape SR1 CPSA's next campus as it is built, and you grow the clubs, athletics, and activities that give scholars a reason to be here beyond the classroom.
• Faculty, staff, and institutional accountability. You recruit, develop, and evaluate a growing team against a high standard, and you keep the school accountable to its charter, regulatory, and governance obligations.
• Strategic partnerships and advancement. You build relationships with universities, industry, and funders, and you serve as the chief academic voice to our Governing…