Classroom Teacher on Special Assignment, Elementary Language Specialist (11 Months) - English Language Learners Multilingual Achievement (2026-27)

Oakland Unified School District • Oakland, CA

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About The Position

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. 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. 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), and 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. Working for racial justice requires close attention to educational systems and policies, and working to eliminate racism is critical to the educational success of all students.

Requirements

• Candidates must have a Bachelor’s degree
• must be eligible for employment in the US
• pass a criminal background check
• Candidates must possess a Preliminary or Clear California teaching credential authorizing instruction in core TK-12 curriculum
• Completed online application
• Resume and cover Letter
• Two current professional references, including from a Supervisor

Benefits

• tuition and debt relief for selected middle school teachers, Special Education teachers, and for pathway programs, including Classified-to-Teacher, Maestr@s, and the After-School-to-Teacher programs
• affinity spaces for educators that support retention and socio-emotional support
• extensive professional development and training for teachers
• innovative curricula
• ongoing mentoring and advancement opportunities
• Professional Learning Communities within and across schools in the District
• Competitive salaries determined by experience, education level, and credentials
• We accept up to twelve years of full time teaching experience in other school settings on the salary schedule
• Full medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• life insurance
• long-term disability coverage
• Retirement benefits through the CALSTRS Retirement System

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees