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