Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Acceleration Academies is dedicated to transforming the lives of students through innovative educational practices. The Regional Vice President, Charter Operations is responsible for overseeing the operations, performance, compliance, and student outcomes of charter schools, ensuring excellence in meeting various goals while collaborating with leadership teams across multiple states.
Responsibilities
- Directly supervise Charter Academy Directors and other assigned team members
- Hold academy leaders accountable for achieving enrollment, retention, engagement, credit accumulation, graduation, and financial performance goals
- Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and student-centered decision-making
- Recruit, develop, coach, and retain high-performing academy leaders
- Ensure consistent implementation of the Acceleration Academies model across all charter academies
- Partner with academy leadership teams to achieve enrollment growth targets across the charter portfolio
- Drive strategies that improve student retention, attendance, engagement, credit accumulation, and graduation outcomes
- Monitor leading and lagging indicators of student success and implement interventions when performance falls below expectations
- Ensure academy teams effectively execute student support, re-engagement, and persistence strategies
- Collaborate with Enrollment, Student Services, and Academic teams to maximize student outcomes and organizational growth
- Ensure compliance with charter contracts, state regulations, federal requirements, and organizational policies
- Lead preparation for audits, monitoring reviews, charter renewals, and accountability evaluations
- Develop systems and processes that support operational consistency and compliance across multiple states
- Monitor compliance, operational, and academic risk areas and implement corrective actions as needed
- Ensure academies meet all reporting, documentation, attendance, assessment, and accountability requirements
- Partner with the RVP, Board Relations & Strategic Partnerships to provide governing boards and authorizers with accurate operational, academic, financial, and compliance information
- Support the preparation of board reports, accountability updates, performance dashboards, and governance documentation
- Implement board-approved policies, charter commitments, and strategic initiatives across academies
- Collaborate on charter renewal, expansion, and strategic growth initiatives
- Support successful authorizer reviews, site visits, and charter performance evaluations
- Oversee charter school operations across multiple states
- Develop expertise in state-specific accountability, compliance, and operational requirements
- Support the successful launch and integration of new charter schools and partnerships as the organization grows
- Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency, scalability, and student outcomes across the charter portfolio
Skills
- Bachelor's degree required
- Minimum 7 years of educational leadership experience
- Minimum 3 years supervising multiple schools, sites, or educational programs
- Demonstrated success in managing multiple charter school locations
- Strong preference for experience overseeing charter schools across multiple states
- Experience driving enrollment growth, student retention, and academic performance outcomes
- Experience with charter accountability, compliance, governance, and operational management
- Experience leading cross-functional teams and managing organizational change
- Strong leadership presence with the ability to inspire, coach, and hold teams accountable
- Strategic thinker who can translate vision into execution
- Ability to effectively manage competing priorities across multiple states and academies
- Data-driven decision-making
- Strong operational and project management skills
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
- Ability to build systems and processes that drive consistency and scalability
- Deep commitment to serving non-traditional learners and improving student outcomes
- Belief in accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement
- Passion for expanding high-quality educational opportunities through charter school partnerships
- Master's degree in Education, Educational Leadership, Public Administration, Business Administration, or a related field
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