What are the responsibilities and job description for the Teacher: 1st Grade - Highland Community Elementary (2024-25) position at Oakland Unified School District?
More than ever, we appreciate our Oakland educators. We can agree that we have experienced an unprecedented year in education as our students, communities and families have returned to in-person school. We are continuously learning that we are stronger together - Oakland educators are passionate, equity-focused, and resilient. Oakland Unified is an incredible place to build and develop your career in service of our core values: students first, joy, equity, excellence, integrity, and cultural responsiveness.
Our Mission and Vision
The Oakland Unified School District’s mission is to build a Full Service Community District focused on high academic achievement while serving the whole child, eliminating inequity, and providing each child with excellent teachers, every day.
Our vision is that all OUSD students will find joy in their academic experience while graduating with the skills to ensure they are caring, competent, fully-informed, critical thinkers who are prepared for college, career, and community success.
Our Strategic Plan
The four key initiatives of our current district wide strategic plan are:
Ensuring Strong Third Grader Readers (Catalyze citywide effort to guarantee literacy for all third graders)
Supporting Powerful Graduates (Develop essential skills to secure post secondary success),
Creating Inspiring Schools (Redesign schools to be places of joy, inclusion and beauty)
Growing a Diverse and Stable Staff (Attract and retain staff reflective of Oakland’s rich diversity)
We are seeking educators who believe that:
Building and maintaining caring relationships with students and families is a key part of the foundation of teaching;
Maintaining high expectations for all students is best accomplished through a persistent asset-based lens of what students can do;
Candidates must have a Bachelor’s degree, must be eligible for employment in the US and pass a criminal background check. Candidates must possess, or be willing to earn, a California teaching credential authorizing instruction in core curriculum.
Salary : $32,622 - $88,554
