Elementary Teacher (26-27SY)

Lighthouse Community Public Schools•Oakland, CA

14h•Onsite

About The Position

Lighthouse Community Public Schools (LCPS) is seeking a dedicated Elementary Teacher for the 26-27 school year. LCPS is an educational movement focused on disrupting inequities and providing exceptional educational opportunities. Rooted in core values of community, integrity, agency, love, and social justice, and utilizing the EL Education Model, LCPS aims to prepare diverse students for college, careers, and lifelong changemaking. Founded in 2002, LCPS operates two high-achieving TK-12 public charter schools in East Oakland, serving over 1,600 students with the goal of being the highest performing schools in the area.

Requirements

B.A. or B.S., required
Appropriate California Teaching Credential required or commitment and verified ability to acquire one (must supply unofficial transcripts to verify eligibility if do not have a valid license in CA or another state or country)
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)
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; preferred
Bilingual in Spanish, preferred

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of California Common Core State Standards, student-centered, mastery-based learning, curriculum planning, and data analysis
2+ years teaching urban youth with transformational results
Experience teaching in a progressive school model
Bilingual in Spanish

Responsibilities

In LCPS’ Elementary instructional model, teachers in grades TK-2 teach all subjects in a self-contained classroom, and in grades 3-5, teachers team teach in a more departmentalized setting ELA/Humanities, Math, Science, Fitness, PE, and Arts, allowing teachers to specialize in fewer content areas taught to two classes of students per grade.
All elementary math and ELA teachers teach small-group phonics/reading instruction.
All LCPS teachers lead an advisory (known as a “Crew”) daily, 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 adopted, effective, grade-level standards-based curriculum, units, and lessons that are learner-driven and maintain rigor.
Differentiate curriculum while still maintaining rigor to provide grade-level access and results for all student subgroups, including students with IEPs, English language learners, African-American, and Latinx students.
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 Schoology, MAP, as well as others.
Build and maintain a 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.
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, and collegiality.
Demonstrate self-awareness, reflect on practice with self and others, and act 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).