Chief Schools Officer - National

Freedom Preparatory Academy Charter Schools

4d • $165,000 - $195,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Freedom Preparatory Academy Charter Schools is a network of public charter schools serving students in Memphis, Tennessee, and Birmingham, Alabama. Our mission is to prepare all students in grades PreK-12 to excel in college and in life. Since opening our first campus in Memphis in 2009 with 96 sixth-grade students, Freedom Prep has grown to serve nearly 2,000 students in Tennessee and Alabama. At Freedom Prep, we believe every child deserves access to a high-quality public education, that character development is essential to long-term success, and that exposure to meaningful opportunities and experiences helps students build the confidence and knowledge needed to thrive in college, career, and in life. We fulfill this mission through a structured, joyful, and academically rigorous learning environment where students develop strong academic foundations, leadership skills, and a deep sense of belonging and purpose. Across all campuses, students are encouraged to embody Freedom Prep’s core values of Respect, Responsibility, Integrity, Excellence, and Community.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution required.
• Experience supporting or leading across at least five schools or two regions required.
• Significant experience in K through 12 academic leadership, school leadership, regional leadership, or network leadership.
• Proven success designing or implementing academic models that improve student outcomes.
• Experience with PreK through 12 curriculum, assessment, instructional systems, intervention, and data driven instruction.
• Strong understanding of special education, student support systems, intervention practices, and compliance requirements.
• Knowledge of charter authorizer expectations, school accountability systems, accreditation processes, academic compliance, school culture systems, and school safety requirements.
• Experience designing professional development, leadership development, playbooks, tools, and implementation systems.
• Strong data analysis skills and ability to translate data into clear decisions, supports, and improvement strategies.
• Experience managing academic staff or cross functional project teams.
• Ability to be in person with a Freedom Prep region at least 10 days per month.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage ambiguity, complexity, and multiple priorities in a growing multi state organization.
• Commitment to educational equity and the belief that all students can achieve at high levels.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in education, leadership, public administration, curriculum and instruction, special education, or a related field preferred.
• Experience supporting schools or regions across multiple campuses, regions, or states preferred.
• Experience in a charter school, charter management organization, school network, or high performing public school system preferred.
• Experience with high school, college readiness, career readiness, alumni support, or postsecondary success strategy preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, document, and continuously improve the Freedom Prep model for teaching, learning, and leading across PreK through 12.
• Define the instructional vision, leadership expectations, academic systems, culture standards, safety expectations, and performance routines that guide regional implementation.
• Research effective school models, instructional practices, curriculum approaches, assessment systems, and school improvement strategies.
• Lead the selection, review, and improvement of standards aligned curriculum across grade levels, content areas, and regions.
• Establish clear expectations for curriculum implementation, instructional planning, classroom instruction, assessment, intervention, and progress monitoring.
• Develop playbooks, rubrics, implementation guides, professional learning materials, dashboards, templates, and quality review tools to support consistent execution across regions.
• Lead the design and improvement of special education strategy, student support systems, academic intervention models, and post high school success strategy.
• Ensure regions have tools and guidance to support students with disabilities, English learners, gifted students, and students requiring academic or behavioral intervention.
• Support regional teams in meeting federal, state, authorizer, and network expectations for special education, student support, and intervention.
• Develop guidance for Individualized Education Plans, intervention plans, related services, accommodations, progress monitoring, and inclusive instructional practices.
• Monitor student group performance and use data to identify gaps, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
• Strengthen high school pathways, graduation readiness, college access, career exposure, alumni support, and postsecondary persistence.
• Define and support Freedom Prep’s school culture model, including expectations for student behavior, adult culture, routines, relationships, Liberation Arts/character development, family partnership, and student belonging.
• Provide tools and training that help regional teams support safe, structured, joyful, and values aligned schools.
• Support regions in monitoring culture data, including attendance, behavior, suspensions, student belonging, family feedback, staff feedback, and student retention.
• Support regional compliance with school safety expectations, academic requirements, discipline procedures, attendance expectations, culture systems, and required reporting.
• Support strong safety practices, emergency response routines, incident reporting, crisis response, safety training, and readiness systems.
• Identify school culture, safety, and compliance risks and recommend tools, training, or system improvements.
• Ensure regions are equipped to meet charter authorizer expectations for academics, school culture, school safety, student outcomes, and required reporting.
• Support regions in preparing for charter renewals, academic reviews, culture reviews, safety reviews, accountability reviews, authorizer oversight, and corrective action processes.
• Lead the strategy for achieving and maintaining accreditation from the appropriate accrediting body.
• Lead the use of data to inform decisions across academics, culture, safety, compliance, student support, and post high school strategy.
• Develop systems for analyzing regional and school performance data across key indicators and translating findings into clear recommendations.
• Conduct quality reviews and use findings to strengthen implementation, support, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Directly manage, coach, develop, and evaluate national academic staff.
• Set clear goals, priorities, deliverables, and performance expectations for national academic team members.
• Ensure the team produces high quality tools, training, resources, data analysis, and implementation support for regional teams.
• Build a team culture focused on service, excellence, clarity, responsiveness, and measurable impact.
• Develop team structures, meeting rhythms, project plans, and accountability systems that support effective execution.
• Support the launch and onboarding of new regions.
• Provide academic, culture, safety, compliance, post high school, and school performance resources for new school launches and regional expansion.
• Define what must be true for a region to successfully implement the Freedom Prep model.
• Partner with the CEO and senior team to ensure growth decisions are aligned to Freedom Prep’s capacity for quality implementation.
• Partner with operations, compliance, people, finance, strategy, and growth leaders to ensure regional teams receive aligned and practical support.
• Build scalable systems that allow Freedom Prep to grow while maintaining strong standards, clear identity, and strong outcomes.

Benefits

• Paying higher, scaffolded teacher salaries from Year 1 to retirement stage
• Zero dollar monthly premium options, including holistic options such as chiropractic or acupuncture care
• Focus on staff well-being and collective care through our Adult Social-Emotional Learning
• Support in obtaining licensure

What This Job Offers

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