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English Teacher

Lighthouse Community Public Schools
Oakland, CA
Full-time

English Teacher (24-25SY)

The Organization

Lighthouse Community Public Schools

At Lighthouse Community Public Schools we are engaged in an educational movement that goes beyond our classrooms working to disrupt inequities by providing our students and families exceptional educational opportunities every day.

Grounded in our core values of community, integrity, agency, love, and social justice rooted in the EL Education Model, LCPS is a leader in fostering innovative schools achieving exceptional student outcomes where each child is at the center of their own learning.

Our mission is to prepare diverse students for college, a career of their choice, and to be lifelong changemakers. Founded in 2002, LCPS operates two high-achieving K-12 public charter schools Lighthouse and Lodestar serving over 1,600 students in East Oakland.

Lighthouse is a beacon for public education and our graduates fulfill the promise of a better, brighter Oakland.

Learn more at www.lighthousecharter.org.

The Opportunity

English Teacher Competencies and Qualifications

Lighthouse Community Public Schools is looking for a talented English Teacher to join our team who is relentlessly committed to ensuring that traditionally underserved students of color achieve our mission of completing college, securing a career of their choice, and becoming lifelong changemakers in their communities.

LCPS teachers believe that this important mission is not only attainable; it is essential to transforming our Oakland community.

If you are inspired by our mission and vision and want to be a changemaker in students’ lives here in Oakland, then please apply and join us!

You will embody the following Core Competencies to be an effective change-agent :

Be an anti-racist educator committed to educational justice as evidenced by respectful and supportive relationships, well-planned instruction, rigorous daily assessment, and daily opportunities for students to revise and refine their work.

Facilitate cognitively engaging student-centered learning.

Demonstrate a keen belief in and ability to create, collect, and analyze achievement data to drive student learning and outcomes for all students

Be a strong community builder and team collaborator

Model and foster a growth mindset with agency, persistence, and flexibility

Be a collaborative and responsible professional educator

Your responsibilities will include :

INSTRUCTIONAL VISION

Specific teaching responsibilities of this role include :

Teach multiple sections of English, possibly an elective, and a grade-level Crew / advisory each day

In addition to your content courses, all LCPS teachers are assigned an advisory (known as a Crew ), morning or afternoon duty (yard supervision) up to 2 times per week, and either a guided study hall or designated ELD course depending on the need of the school and the teacher’s specific licensure.

Demonstrate culturally responsive pedagogy which gives students the skills, practice, and daily opportunity to grapple with rigorous content each day and includes unrelenting high expectations and an assets-based approach for every student.

Plan, internalize, and implement effective, grade-level standards-based curriculum, units, and lessons that are learner-driven and are modified or differentiated while maintaining rigor to provide access and results for students with IEPs, African-American and ELL students.

Ensure that students are at the center of their own learning and deeply engaged in ways that foster agency and self-direction.

Utilize, collect, and analyze rigorous, student-engaged assessments, both formative and summative, to identify and address students’ areas of growth and mastery of learning objectives.

To include Altitude, Schoolology, MAP, as well as others.

Additional Duties, as assigned by Supervisor

CLASSROOM & SCHOOL CULTURE

Builds and maintains classroom culture that is supportive and learning-centered, undergirded by strong management, efficient procedures, and systems, but most evident in the full inclusion of African-American boys, students with trauma, and students with IEPs in the social and learning community.

Create positive relationships by building nurturing and affirming teacher-student, student-student, and teacher-family partnerships with a focus on building a community of risk-taking, collaborative learners.

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES / STAFF CULTURE

Grow and contribute as an educator, colleague, learner, and community member including engaging in professional development and your own growth as a teacher in service of student learning and outcomes.

Demonstrate advocacy, flexibility, autonomy, and collegiality.

Demonstrates self-awareness, reflects on practice with self and others, and acts on feedback.

Demonstrate flexibility and ownership of our collective results.

Administer all policies and procedures in a professional and timely manner as mandated by LCPS, and state and federal agencies (i.

e., attendance records, dress code, reporting of sexual / physical abuse).

Are you ready to join an educational movement that is bigger than one classroom?

If you are excited about the opportunity to foster and facilitate a progressive growth mindset in students and engage in transformational teaching, we are actively looking for student-centered, dedicated and dynamic teachers.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS :

We would love to hear from you if your educational toolbox includes the following :

B.A. or B.S. required; Master’s Degree, preferred

  • Appropriate California Teaching Credential or commitment and ability to acquire one (must supply unofficial transcripts to verify eligibility if do not have a valid license)
  • Valid Certificate of Clearance verifying professional fitness for all CA teachers of record, required (if have never held a COC must obtain one before can be fully hired and cleared to start)

Deep knowledge of California Common Core State Standards, student-centered, mastery-based learning, curriculum planning, and data analysis, preferred

2+ years teaching urban youth with transformational results, preferred

Familiarity navigating educational platforms

Experience teaching in a progressive school model

Bilingual in Spanish, preferred

Environmental Requirements :

Loud environments such as cafeterias, playgrounds, classrooms, and large professional settings

Indoor / Outdoor adaptability to all weather conditions related to outdoor activities and or travel to field trips / school sponsored events

Airconditioned and heated environments under fluorescent lighting.

Physical Demands :

Ability to : See and hear on a continuous basis as well as speak frequently. Sit and stand for extended periods of time.

Stop, extend, kneel and reach. Lift up to 25 pounds. Walk for long periods of time. On rare occasions would need to move quickly or run over smooth to uneven surfaces indoor / outdoor.

Repetitive movement of fingers and hands for keyboarding and whiteboard usage. Occasional travel to sites for PD within and outside LCPS.

SUPERVISION

This position will report to School Principal or principal’s designee

TIME COMMITMENT

This position is 1.0 FTE (full-time exempt) and follows a 10-month (190 day) work year with significant student-free days for professional learning and collaboration with colleagues and interaction with families.

All new instructional staff will report in late July / early August, 2024 (exact calendar TBD).

Common Building Hours : All teachers are expected to maintain common building hours for their school site. These may be subject to change for the 2024-25SY :

Lighthouse Campus Building Hours : 8 : 00 - 4 : 00 pm M, Tu, Th, Fri and 8 : 00-5 : 00 on Wednesdays for Professional Development.

OUR COMPENSATION PACKAGE

At Lighthouse Community Public Schools we take good care of our employees. We provide a competitive compensation and benefits package, including a competitive salary and generous health and retirement benefits (100% employee health coverage / 50% for dependents;

8% employer-matching for retirement program; medical and dependent FSA).

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