High School Math Teacher (26-27SY)

Lighthouse Community Public Schools • Oakland, CA

5d • $61,500 - $105,000

About The Position

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 High School Math Teacher (26-27SY) Competencies and Qualifications Lighthouse Community Public Schools is looking for a talented High School Math Teacher to join our High School 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:

Requirements

• B.A. or B.S. required; Master’s Degree, preferred
• Appropriate California Teaching Credential or commitment and ability to acquire one
• 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
• Able to work in: 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 and school-sponsored events Air-conditioned and heated environments under fluorescent lighting.
• Ability to: See and hear on a continuous basis and 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. Teachers may need to supervise students outdoors in varying weather conditions and, on rare occasions, move quickly to intervene in situations involving student safety. Repetitive movement of fingers and hands for keyboarding and whiteboard usage. Occasional travel to sites for PD within and outside LCPS.

Nice To Haves

• Experience teaching in a progressive school model; preferred
• Bilingual in Spanish, preferred

Responsibilities

• Teach multiple sections of High School Math, 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”) 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, ANET, MAP, as well as others.
• Additional Duties, as assigned by Supervisor
• 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.
• 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).

Benefits

• competitive salary
• generous health and retirement benefits (100% employee health coverage/50% for dependents; 8% employer-matching for retirement program; medical and dependent FSA, Employee Assistance Program, life insurance, optional 403b retirement plan, and other optional insurance benefits)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees