Chief Academic Officer

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Full Time Senior Management Washington, DC, US 1 Attachments

2 days ago Requisition

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Community College Preparatory Academy

Chief Academic Officer

Department:
Academic Affairs

Reports to:

Chief Executive Officer

Status:
Full-time; exempt

Location:

Washington, DC / campus based

Salary band: $125,000–$150,000 annually

Supervisory responsibilities:

Directly supervises the Director of Academics and Training/Head of School, Director of Student Support Services, Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Assessment Manager, and assigned academic‑administration staff; provides executive oversight for all academic pathways and student‑support functions.

Community College Preparatory Academy (CCPrep) creates an innovative and rigorous learning environment for adults who are under‑credited or have aged out of traditional K–12 pathways. We respond to each learner’s strengths and barriers while preparing students for employment, postsecondary education, industry credentials, and lifelong learning.

Lead the full academic enterprise—from program design and instructional quality to credentials, completion, and continuous improvement—so every learner encounters a coherent path from enrollment to opportunity.

You will shape the conditions in which adult learners persist, master relevant skills, earn credentials, and move into employment or further education. Your leadership should make student outcomes visible, actionable, and shared across the organization.

Cognia connections Culture of Learning, Leadership for Learning, Engagement of Learning, and Growth in Learning | Standards 1–31. These responsibilities apply within this position’s assigned authority.

• Set and execute the academic strategy in alignment with CCPrep’s charter, mission, annual goals, and Board-approved plans.
• Lead, coach, and evaluate academic leaders; establish clear ownership for curriculum, instruction, assessment, faculty development, and student support.
• Use enrollment, attendance, persistence, completion, credential, and post-program data to identify gaps and direct improvement.
• Ensure programs meet applicable academic, workforce, charter, accessibility, and documentation requirements.
• Build employer, postsecondary, and community partnerships that strengthen pathways and keep programs relevant.
• Present concise, candid academic performance reports and recommendations to the CEO and Board committee.
• Plan the academic budget and staffing model; manage resources within approved authority.
• Create a culture of high expectations, adult‑learning excellence, belonging, and shared accountability.
• Establish school wide expectations for instruction that values learners’ cultures, backgrounds, and abilities; includes learner choice and voice; and builds confidence through challenging, achievable work.
• Ensure academic programs combine authentic problem solving, collaboration, creativity, and purposeful digital learning with high expectations and individualized support.
• Lead a balanced assessment system using diagnostics, ongoing checks, and end‑of‑course measures; review valid evidence of individual academic growth alongside persistence, credentials, and transitions.
• Use learner feedback, assessment results, staff input, and service data to evaluate programs and organizational conditions each term; assign improvement owners and review whether changes advance learning.
• Sponsor staff action research through focused improvement questions, planned instructional changes, evidence collection, and…