Middle School STEM Teacher (26-27SY)

Lighthouse Community Public Schools•Oakland, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Lighthouse Community Public Schools (LCPS) is seeking a Middle School STEM Teacher committed to educational justice and preparing diverse students for college, careers, and lifelong changemaking. LCPS operates two K-12 public charter schools in East Oakland, serving over 1,600 students. The ideal candidate will be an anti-racist educator who fosters student-centered learning, utilizes data to drive student outcomes, and builds strong community relationships. This role involves teaching STEM courses, potentially an elective, and a grade-level advisory (Crew), along with morning/afternoon duty and potentially a guided study hall or ELD course. The position emphasizes culturally responsive pedagogy, rigorous standards-based curriculum, and student engagement to foster agency and self-direction. Teachers are expected to utilize and analyze various assessment platforms to monitor student progress. Additionally, responsibilities include building a supportive classroom culture, fostering positive relationships with students and families, and engaging in professional development and collaborative practices. All policies and procedures mandated by LCPS and state/federal agencies must be administered professionally.

Requirements

B.A. or B.S. required
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

Nice To Haves

Master’s Degree, preferred
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
Bilingual in Spanish, preferred

Responsibilities

Teach multiple sections of Middle School STEM, possibly an elective, and a grade-level Crew/advisory each day.
In addition to 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.
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).