Spanish Teacher (High School) (26-27SY)

Lighthouse Community Public Schools•Oakland, CA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Lighthouse Community Public Schools (LCPS) is seeking a dedicated High School Spanish Teacher for the 26-27 school year. LCPS is an educational organization committed to disrupting inequities and providing exceptional educational opportunities. Operating two K-12 public charter schools in East Oakland, LCPS serves over 1,600 students with a mission to prepare diverse students for college, career, and lifelong changemaking. The ideal candidate will be an anti-racist educator, committed to educational justice, and skilled in facilitating cognitively engaging, student-centered learning. They will possess a strong belief in data-driven instruction, community building, and fostering a growth mindset. This role involves teaching multiple sections of High School Spanish, potentially an elective, and an advisory/Crew, demonstrating culturally responsive pedagogy, and planning standards-based curriculum. Teachers are expected to ensure students are at the center of their learning, utilize and analyze student-engaged assessments, and build a supportive classroom culture. Professional responsibilities include engaging in professional development, demonstrating advocacy and flexibility, and adhering to all school and state policies. LCPS is looking for passionate, student-centered, and dynamic teachers to join their educational movement.

Requirements

B.A. or B.S. required
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
Experience teaching in a progressive school model; preferred
Bilingual in Spanish, preferred

Nice To Haves

Master’s Degree, preferred
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
Experience teaching in a progressive school model; preferred
Bilingual in Spanish, preferred

Responsibilities

Teach multiple sections of High School Spanish, possibly an elective, and a grade-level Crew/advisory each day.
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.
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).