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Get Access To All JobsTitle: Chief Schools Officer
Division: School Support Office
Location: School Support Office
Reports to: Chief Executive Officer
Status: Full-time, Exempt
Salary Scale: $175,000-$210,000 (based on experience and expertise)
- Scales are competitive with other charter school organizations and local districts.
Caliber Schools: Overview
Our mission at Caliber Schools is to shift the experiences, expectations, and outcomes for students in historically underserved communities. We provide students with a challenging and engaging personalized education that equips them with the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in competitive colleges, careers, and communities. Caliber graduates will be academically college ready; have emotional intelligence or ‘EQ’; be critical thinkers, and have the skills and desire to be changemakers in their communities and the world. Caliber’s four graduate pillars - Heart, Smart, Think, Act - guide our work. We are a community-based organization that celebrates the diversity of the communities we serve. Our parents are active partners, frequently engaging through school events, restorative practices, and academic support.
We are looking for educators and leaders who want to use their expertise to strengthen a mission-driven organization. This is an opportunity to join a collaborative team focused on refining practice, improving systems, and delivering an excellent, equitable experience for students and families every day. Caliber’s first school, Beta Academy in Richmond, CA, opened in 2014, followed by ChangeMakers Academy in Vallejo, CA, in 2016. Today we serve nearly 2,000 students between our two campuses. As we continue to mature as an organization, our focus is on excellence that is grounded in our values and unwavering in our commitment to student outcomes.
The Opportunity
Caliber Schools is searching for a Chief Schools Officer to provide strategic direction and leadership towards improving student outcomes, to increase leader effectiveness, and to continue to refine the Caliber model as we move into a phase of sustainable success for students. The Chief Schools Officer will oversee schools and school leaders and will report directly to the Executive Director. They will play a role in the continued development of our schools’ guiding principles, framework, vision, and growth. The Chief Schools Officer will lead the charge to define our measures of academic success at Caliber by coaching and managing Principals and additional SSO-based staff as appropriate. The Chief Schools Officer will be responsible for designing relevant and engaging professional development and developing sustainable systems and structures at Caliber. Working with stakeholders across both schools, this leader will move Caliber along our path to established excellence. The ideal candidate will take initiative and constantly adapt, driving all decisions from a student-centered approach and a dedication to social-emotional learning and equitable practices. Our Chief Schools Officer will have school leadership experience, instructional and coaching expertise, and an exceptional ability to work across and motivate teams.
This position will start before June 2026.
Responsibilities
Managing and Developing Staff
- Manage, evaluate and coach Principals at Caliber: Beta Academy and Caliber: ChangeMakers Academy.
- Oversee school leadership to integrate the four pillars: Heart, Smart, Think and Act into curriculum, assessment, instruction, and school culture.
- Manage, evaluate and coach members of the Education Team including the Managing Director of Social Emotional Learning and Mental Health, the Managing Director of Special Education and Student Services, the Director of ELD and Multilingualism, and the Head of Data and Assessment.
- Develop and coordinate professional development for school leaders and school leadership teams to build instructional leadership capacity in areas such as pedagogy, data analysis, intervention, culture building, and coaching and development of teachers.
Defining and Driving our Vision
- Support the implementation of the Caliber Vision over a 3-5 year period: a curriculum aligned to rigorous standards that foster inquiry, college-readiness and further development of our social emotional learning model: best practices, measurement, assessment.
- Use comprehensive student outcome data, community context, and school performance trends to define Caliber's strategic priorities and set ambitious, measurable goals, ensuring that our vision and the resources we direct toward it are always anchored in the greatest areas of need across both campuses.
- Maintain quality and alignment of teaching and learning, special education, operations, talent, finance, and communications across schools.
Leading Curriculum and Instruction
- Work collaboratively with the education team and schools to plan and oversee the execution of staff training and professional development. This training will align to our instructional design and teaching methods that are grounded in research and best practice.
- Lead the development and implementation of educational policies, procedures and planning to ensure students’ success.
- Lead the development and implementation of data systems and structures that build school leaders' and teachers' capacity to regularly analyze student performance data to drive instructional decisions, identify gaps, and design targeted interventions that accelerate growth for all learners, including students with disabilities and multilingual learners.
- Lead the education team and school leadership teams to ensure all courses are aligned to previously agreed upon standards and frameworks potentially including CAASPP (SBAC), iReady, Nextgen science standards, CA state standards, and various critical thinking and CS frameworks.
Overseeing Operations and Growth
- Partner with principals to determine staffing and configuration based on year to year growth.
- Work closely with the SSO Operations & Finance staff to improve Caliber’s operational systems and practices that enable educators and school leaders to prioritize instructional leadership at their sites.
- Partner with talent management to provide support in recruiting, identifying, and promoting excellent teachers, administrators, and SSO staff.
- Respond to staff and parent concerns as appropriate in a progressive appeals and grievances process, and advise the CEO on all related matters when necessary.
Qualifications
Experience
- 3-5 years administrative leadership as a principal in a K-8 high performing charter school.
- Administrative leadership overseeing academic achievement, curriculum and instruction.
- Teaching experience (K-8) with a proven record of success and impact on student learning and growth.
- Experience integrating and developing Social and Emotional Learning Curricula.
- Experience with Special Education program: evaluations, interventions, compliance.
- Experience teaching or working in schools serving a large percentage of multilingual learners.
Skills
- Outstanding organizational skills and high attention to detail.
- Outstanding written and oral communication skills.
- Manages multiple priorities simultaneously to accomplish urgent and important needs.
- Highly collaborative and team-oriented.
- Proactive problem solver who demonstrates initiative.
Mindsets
- Strong work ethic coupled with an enthusiastic and passionate approach to this work.
- Unwavering belief that all children can learn; high expectations for all students.
- Commitment to equitable practices.
- Respect and humility: seeks to understand other perspectives; capacity to respond to new information, adapt, and learn.
- Entrepreneurial energy for an innovative new model.
- Intellectual curiosity.
Caliber Values
Caliber staff…
- are committed to a culture of feedback, development and continuous improvement.
- validate and affirm the identities, strengths and passions of each person.
- know that It is everyone’s collective responsibility to work in service of and alongside our school communities.
- approach situations and people with empathy and kindness.
Education
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Admin credential preferred
TO APPLY
Please go to http://www.caliberschools.org/careers.html to apply.
Caliber Public Schools provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.
If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at careers@caliberschools.org.
Title: Chief Schools Officer
Division: School Support Office
Location: School Support Office
Reports to: Chief Executive Officer
Status: Full-time, Exempt
Salary Scale: $175,000-$210,000 (based on experience and expertise)
- Scales are competitive with other charter school organizations and local districts.
Caliber Schools: Overview
Our mission at Caliber Schools is to shift the experiences, expectations, and outcomes for students in historically underserved communities. We provide students with a challenging and engaging personalized education that equips them with the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in competitive colleges, careers, and communities. Caliber graduates will be academically college ready; have emotional intelligence or ‘EQ’; be critical thinkers, and have the skills and desire to be changemakers in their communities and the world. Caliber’s four graduate pillars - Heart, Smart, Think, Act - guide our work. We are a community-based organization that celebrates the diversity of the communities we serve. Our parents are active partners, frequently engaging through school events, restorative practices, and academic support.
We are looking for educators and leaders who want to use their expertise to strengthen a mission-driven organization. This is an opportunity to join a collaborative team focused on refining practice, improving systems, and delivering an excellent, equitable experience for students and families every day. Caliber’s first school, Beta Academy in Richmond, CA, opened in 2014, followed by ChangeMakers Academy in Vallejo, CA, in 2016. Today we serve nearly 2,000 students between our two campuses. As we continue to mature as an organization, our focus is on excellence that is grounded in our values and unwavering in our commitment to student outcomes.
The Opportunity
Caliber Schools is searching for a Chief Schools Officer to provide strategic direction and leadership towards improving student outcomes, to increase leader effectiveness, and to continue to refine the Caliber model as we move into a phase of sustainable success for students. The Chief Schools Officer will oversee schools and school leaders and will report directly to the Executive Director. They will play a role in the continued development of our schools’ guiding principles, framework, vision, and growth. The Chief Schools Officer will lead the charge to define our measures of academic success at Caliber by coaching and managing Principals and additional SSO-based staff as appropriate. The Chief Schools Officer will be responsible for designing relevant and engaging professional development and developing sustainable systems and structures at Caliber. Working with stakeholders across both schools, this leader will move Caliber along our path to established excellence. The ideal candidate will take initiative and constantly adapt, driving all decisions from a student-centered approach and a dedication to social-emotional learning and equitable practices. Our Chief Schools Officer will have school leadership experience, instructional and coaching expertise, and an exceptional ability to work across and motivate teams.
This position will start before June 2026.
Responsibilities
Managing and Developing Staff
- Manage, evaluate and coach Principals at Caliber: Beta Academy and Caliber: ChangeMakers Academy.
- Oversee school leadership to integrate the four pillars: Heart, Smart, Think and Act into curriculum, assessment, instruction, and school culture.
- Manage, evaluate and coach members of the Education Team including the Managing Director of Social Emotional Learning and Mental Health, the Managing Director of Special Education and Student Services, the Director of ELD and Multilingualism, and the Head of Data and Assessment.
- Develop and coordinate professional development for school leaders and school leadership teams to build instructional leadership capacity in areas such as pedagogy, data analysis, intervention, culture building, and coaching and development of teachers.
Defining and Driving our Vision
- Support the implementation of the Caliber Vision over a 3-5 year period: a curriculum aligned to rigorous standards that foster inquiry, college-readiness and further development of our social emotional learning model: best practices, measurement, assessment.
- Use comprehensive student outcome data, community context, and school performance trends to define Caliber's strategic priorities and set ambitious, measurable goals, ensuring that our vision and the resources we direct toward it are always anchored in the greatest areas of need across both campuses.
- Maintain quality and alignment of teaching and learning, special education, operations, talent, finance, and communications across schools.
Leading Curriculum and Instruction
- Work collaboratively with the education team and schools to plan and oversee the execution of staff training and professional development. This training will align to our instructional design and teaching methods that are grounded in research and best practice.
- Lead the development and implementation of educational policies, procedures and planning to ensure students’ success.
- Lead the development and implementation of data systems and structures that build school leaders' and teachers' capacity to regularly analyze student performance data to drive instructional decisions, identify gaps, and design targeted interventions that accelerate growth for all learners, including students with disabilities and multilingual learners.
- Lead the education team and school leadership teams to ensure all courses are aligned to previously agreed upon standards and frameworks potentially including CAASPP (SBAC), iReady, Nextgen science standards, CA state standards, and various critical thinking and CS frameworks.
Overseeing Operations and Growth
- Partner with principals to determine staffing and configuration based on year to year growth.
- Work closely with the SSO Operations & Finance staff to improve Caliber’s operational systems and practices that enable educators and school leaders to prioritize instructional leadership at their sites.
- Partner with talent management to provide support in recruiting, identifying, and promoting excellent teachers, administrators, and SSO staff.
- Respond to staff and parent concerns as appropriate in a progressive appeals and grievances process, and advise the CEO on all related matters when necessary.
Qualifications
Experience
- 3-5 years administrative leadership as a principal in a K-8 high performing charter school.
- Administrative leadership overseeing academic achievement, curriculum and instruction.
- Teaching experience (K-8) with a proven record of success and impact on student learning and growth.
- Experience integrating and developing Social and Emotional Learning Curricula.
- Experience with Special Education program: evaluations, interventions, compliance.
- Experience teaching or working in schools serving a large percentage of multilingual learners.
Skills
- Outstanding organizational skills and high attention to detail.
- Outstanding written and oral communication skills.
- Manages multiple priorities simultaneously to accomplish urgent and important needs.
- Highly collaborative and team-oriented.
- Proactive problem solver who demonstrates initiative.
Mindsets
- Strong work ethic coupled with an enthusiastic and passionate approach to this work.
- Unwavering belief that all children can learn; high expectations for all students.
- Commitment to equitable practices.
- Respect and humility: seeks to understand other perspectives; capacity to respond to new information, adapt, and learn.
- Entrepreneurial energy for an innovative new model.
- Intellectual curiosity.
Caliber Values
Caliber staff…
- are committed to a culture of feedback, development and continuous improvement.
- validate and affirm the identities, strengths and passions of each person.
- know that It is everyone’s collective responsibility to work in service of and alongside our school communities.
- approach situations and people with empathy and kindness.
Education
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Admin credential preferred
TO APPLY
Please go to http://www.caliberschools.org/careers.html to apply.
Caliber Public Schools provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.
If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at careers@caliberschools.org.
How to Get Visa Sponsorship in Chief Commercial Officer
Target companies with existing OPT infrastructure
Large enterprises with dedicated immigration teams process OPT work authorization far more efficiently than startups. Focus on organizations that have sponsored executive-level roles before, as their HR and legal teams already understand CCO-level sponsorship complexity.
Leverage your STEM OPT extension if eligible
If your degree qualifies for the 24-month STEM extension, emphasize this immediately. It gives employers a 36-month runway before H-1B sponsorship is needed, significantly reducing their perceived risk in hiring you for a senior commercial role.
Position internal promotion as the path
Many CCO hires come from within. Join a target company in a VP of Sales or Chief Revenue Officer capacity on OPT, demonstrate measurable revenue impact, and advocate for promotion before your authorization window closes and sponsorship becomes necessary.
Quantify your revenue impact with specific metrics
Boards and CEOs hiring CCOs respond to hard numbers. Lead every conversation with pipeline growth percentages, market expansion results, and ARR contributions. Concrete commercial outcomes make sponsorship conversations much easier to initiate with leadership.
Engage an immigration attorney before salary negotiations
CCO-level sponsorship involves LCA prevailing wage requirements that can complicate offer structures. Consulting an immigration attorney before finalizing compensation ensures your offer meets DOL standards and avoids compliance issues that could delay your start date.
Identify private equity-backed companies in growth phases
PE-backed portfolio companies aggressively hiring commercial leadership are often more flexible on sponsorship than established public firms. Growth mandates create urgency that can outweigh visa complexity, especially when your commercial track record is demonstrably strong.
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Get Access To All JobsFrequently Asked Questions
Can an F-1 OPT student realistically be hired as a Chief Commercial Officer?
Yes, though it's uncommon. CCO roles require extensive senior leadership experience, which most OPT students are still building. The most realistic path is joining a company at VP or Director level on OPT, demonstrating strong commercial results, and transitioning into a CCO role internally before your authorization period ends and H-1B sponsorship becomes necessary.
How does OPT work authorization affect a CCO's ability to sign contracts or act as an authorized officer?
OPT grants standard employment authorization, so you can legally hold the CCO title and exercise all associated corporate authority, including signing commercial contracts. Your immigration status doesn't restrict your legal capacity as a corporate officer. What matters is that your employer has verified your I-20 and EAD, and that your role falls within your degree field.
Where can OPT students find Chief Commercial Officer roles that sponsor work authorization?
Migrate Mate is the best starting point. It's built specifically for F-1 OPT students and filters for employers open to work authorization. CCO-level listings on Migrate Mate are typically at growth-stage companies or divisions where commercial leadership gaps create enough urgency to make sponsorship worthwhile for the hiring organization.
Does a Chief Commercial Officer role qualify for the STEM OPT extension?
It depends on your degree, not your job title. If you hold a STEM-designated degree, such as one in quantitative business analytics, management science, or a related technical field, you may qualify for the 24-month extension regardless of your CCO title. Check the official DHS STEM OPT degree list and confirm with your DSO before assuming eligibility.
What happens to my OPT status if I'm a CCO and the company changes its business model or eliminates the role?
If your CCO role is eliminated, your OPT authorization doesn't end immediately, but you enter a 60-day unemployment grace period. During that window you must either secure a new qualifying role, transfer to another visa status, or leave the U.S. Job changes at the CCO level should always trigger an immediate conversation with your DSO about maintaining valid status.
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