Teacher on Special Assignment (11 Months, 12 Months Pay) - Academics and Instructional Innovation (2025-26) at Oakland Unified School District
Job Summary
Job Summary
Learn more about our district at our next hiring event! We are looking for passionate and dedicated educators, classified staff, and leaders to join us in creating joyful, healing and liberatory spaces of learning for Oakland students, families, and communities. 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; Your actions can directly lead to creating more equitable conditions in public schools; Your work is most effective in collaboration with colleagues, families, and s
Requirements / Qualifications
Candidates must have a Bachelor’s degree, must be eligible for employment in the US and pass a criminal background check. Candidates must possess a Preliminary or Clear California teaching credential authorizing instruction in core TK-12 curriculum. Additional requirements: Completed online application Resume and cover Letter Two current professional references, including from a Supervisor Upon request, must be able to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination or commitment to weekly testing
Requirements / Qualifications
Candidates must have a Bachelor’s degree, must be eligible for employment in the US and pass a criminal background check. Candidates must possess a Preliminary or Clear California teaching credential authorizing instruction in core TK-12 curriculum. Additional requirements: Completed online application Resume and cover Letter Two current professional references, including from a Supervisor Upon request, must be able to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination or commitment to weekly testing
Comments and Other Information
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;
Your actions can directly lead to creating more equitable conditions in public schools;
Your work is most effective in collaboration with colleagues, families, and students;
Developing as an anti-racist educator requires investing time in self-reflection, listening
and incorporating feedback from students, their families, other educators, and school
leaders and is critical to your growth as an educator and leader.
NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY
The Oakland Unified School District does not discriminate in any program, activity, or in
employment on the basis of actual or perceived race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry,
age, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, med
Comments and Other Information
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;
Your actions can directly lead to creating more equitable conditions in public schools;
Your work is most effective in collaboration with colleagues, families, and students;
Developing as an anti-racist educator requires investing time in self-reflection, listening
and incorporating feedback from students, their families, other educators, and school
leaders and is critical to your growth as an educator and leader.
NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY
The Oakland Unified School District does not discriminate in any program, activity, or in
employment on the basis of actual or perceived race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry,
age, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, med
Application Deadline
7/17/2025 12:00 AM Pacific
Date Posted
7/16/2025
Contact
Alicia Arenas
510-493-8113
510-493-8113
Number of Openings
1
Salary
Pay Range
68,762.98 - 120,511.60 Annually
68,762.98 - 120,511.60 Annually
Length of Work Year
205 days / 7.5 hours or duty days and hours as assigned
Employment Type
Full Time