Academic Dean for MiaPrep Online Academy of Ohio (MOAO)

Miaplaza • Fully Remote, OH

21h • Remote

About The Position

The Academic Dean leads the instructional team and is the school's authority on academic standards at MiaPrep Online Academy of Ohio (MOAO), including student conduct, attendance compliance, and academic integrity. This person is the primary leader for teacher supervision and development, oversees academic data and testing coordination, and works closely with the Student Support team (counselors and advisors), who lead student interventions and support. As a member of the MOAO leadership team, the Academic Dean contributes to schoolwide strategy and helps keep instruction, student culture, and compliance with Ohio requirements working together. The role calls for someone who can coach teachers with warmth and rigor, handle sensitive student and family situations with sound judgment, and use data to make decisions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required
• Valid Ohio teaching license and/or administrator license, or ability to obtain one, to be confirmed against current requirements
• At least 3 years of teaching experience
• At least 2 years of experience in a leadership role such as department chair, instructional coach, dean, or assistant principal
• Experience in virtual school settings or teaching online
• Experience supervising employees and conducting evaluations or performance reviews
• Comfort working in online learning environments and with learning management and student information systems
• Proven leadership experience managing, coaching, or mentoring teachers
• Sound judgment and a steady hand with sensitive student, family, and staff situations; knows when to resolve and when to escalate
• A collaborative approach to working across teams, especially with student support professionals
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including documentation that holds up to scrutiny
• A fair, consistent, relationship-first approach to discipline and accountability
• Comfort with data and the ability to translate it into clear decisions
• Exceptional organization and follow-through across many concurrent priorities
• Resilient, adaptable, and committed to continuous improvement in a fast-paced environment
• Growth mindset with a focus on coaching and constructive feedback
• Ohio residency required

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in education, educational leadership, or a related field preferred
• Experience administering or coordinating standardized testing and working with student assessment data

Responsibilities

• Directly supervise instructional staff, holding weekly 1:1s focused on coaching, support, and goal setting.
• Lead recruiting, onboarding, and training for new teachers.
• Observe live instruction and office hours on a bi-weekly basis and provide actionable feedback.
• Monitor grading practices to ensure students receive timely, high-quality feedback.
• Complete annual and semi-annual walk-throughs and performance reviews as outlined by the ODEW and manage bi-weekly timecard approvals.
• Coordinate instructional and grading coverage for teacher absences.
• Address performance concerns through clear expectations, documentation, and, when needed, formal improvement plans in partnership with People Operations.
• Own the school's student conduct process, from initial report through investigation, determination, and documentation, applying policy consistently and fairly and creating policy where needed.
• Oversee academic integrity cases, including investigating suspected plagiarism, AI misuse, and other violations, and ensuring consistent, well-documented outcomes.
• Own the school's truancy and attendance compliance process, including required notifications, documentation, and filings under Ohio law.
• Partner with the Student Support team, which leads outreach, intervention plans, and ongoing student support. Hand off cases and coordinate so that accountability and support work together.
• Serve as the escalation point for teachers and Student Support on conduct, attendance, and integrity concerns.
• Communicate with students and families about conduct and integrity decisions in a way that is clear, respectful, and focused on getting students back on track.
• Maintain accurate records and report on trends in conduct, attendance, and integrity cases to school leadership.
• Keep handbooks, policies, and procedures current in these areas.
• Analyze course-, teacher-, and school-level data on performance, engagement, and attendance to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Turn data into action by recommending and implementing instructional strategies, and share insights with Student Support to inform their interventions.
• Serve as the school's testing coordinator for Ohio state assessments and other required or school-administered testing, including scheduling, proctoring logistics, test security, accommodations coordination, and make-up testing.
• Partner with the appropriate teams on state data reporting, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Prepare clear summaries of academic and testing data for leadership, teachers, and families.
• Design and lead regular PD sessions for instructional staff, informed by teacher feedback, observation, and student data.
• Build a culture of continuous improvement, reflective practice, and growth for the instructional team.
• Collaborate with school and company leadership on schoolwide professional learning priorities.
• Serve as the primary point of contact between the instructional team and the Content team on curriculum, checkpoint assignments, and MiaPrep platform issues.
• Gather teacher and student feedback and make curriculum recommendations.
• Support consistency in instructional practice and expectations across courses and departments.
• Lead regular instructional team meetings to align resources, expectations, and practices.
• Assist teachers in comparing their curriculum to the OST blueprints to identify gaps, and create a plan to fill these gaps in the short and long term.

Benefits

• health, dental, and vision insurance, inclusive of specialty care options like fertility benefits, mental health services, and chiropractic care
• FSA, HSA
• retirement plan with employer match
• PTO is all-purpose time off, and combines traditional vacation and paid sick leave plans into one flexible, inclusive policy.
• Eligible employees can use PTO for all kinds of absences including: vacation, holidays, illness, injury, family leave, and other personal business.
• Full-time employees receive 16 hours of floating holiday PTO per quarter and accumulate additional PTO at the rate of 1 hour per every 15 hours worked. Annually, this amounts to approximately 200 hours per year or 25 eight-hour days on average.
• Parental leave
• free site memberships
• discounted MOHS tuition for the children in their household, plus two additional memberships for other children in their lives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager