Teacher: Science, 8th & 9th Grades - Coliseum College Prep Academy Middle-High School (2026-27)

Oakland Unified School District•Oakland, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Coliseum College Prep Academy in Oakland Unified School District is recruiting highly qualified, caring, and dedicated teachers to develop our innovative secondary school program. 8th & 9th Grade Science Teacher - The position is for two sections of each course with two prep periods. Some sections will be co-taught by a special education teacher to support differentiating instruction. Additionally, you will be responsible for an advisory. This is a group of students you academically monitor, make sure they are reading daily and support in building close relationships with adults on campus including home visits. Expert coaching and planning support is available. For 8th/9thth grade science, the teacher will have two 8th grade classes and two 9th grade classes. They will also have an experienced planning partner and join a strong and stable team of teachers. Our School: Coliseum Prep Academy is a complex community that has the shared values of Community, Curiosity, Persistence, and Achievement. We utilize our strong community to support students in being curious about the world around them and persisting through challenges in order to achieve their unique goals. Our school program will meet each learner's unique needs, value their passions and interests, connect their learning to the real world, and require students to demonstrate what they know and are able to do. Our seven-year program allows us to prepare all of our graduates for entry to four-year colleges - our students go on to UCs, CSUs, and private universities. The stability of our program across middle and high school allows us to build powerful relationships with students and families to support a positive school culture and high student achievement. CCPA is a full service community school, coordinating services from across our community to meet the needs of our students and families. Through partnerships with multiple community groups, we provide supports to help all students achieve high standards. This includes an on-site health clinic, mental health services, a compulsory after-school program including enrichment programs, and a fully functioning Family Resource Center (FRC). Through our FRC we coordinate a full range of supports for families. We have support for basic needs such as ESL classes with childcare provided, food bank, clothes closet, legal and tax services. We also have support with parenting through a variety of workshops and supportive groups. The FRC also builds parents' college knowledge and ability to academically support their child to success in college. CCPA also supports students in the classroom with a strong school culture built to teach social emotional skills and value to students. Concurrently, CCPA is building an innovative and challenging academic program to engage students in their learning and make them competitive college applicants and students. At the high school level, CCPA offers a college and career pathway in Social Justice, and Computer Science called Community Leadership and Innovation Pathway (CLIP) that culminate in our innovative Internship and Early College Enrollment Program and our senior project . This work coupled with the increasing number of Advanced Placement and dual-enrollment college courses and categorical lift in our academic expectations has raised our students' academic readiness for college and drives them in their engagement in their education. Our Special Education population is fully immersed in all of the above aspects of the school. We have worked to fully include all of our mild/moderate special education students across the board from core classes and electives, to pathways and college and career readiness. Our program uses a blend of co-teaching and co-planning between Special Education and General Education teachers, push-in support across disciplines, self-contained intensive support classes, and academic support through pullouts. The Special Education team works to serve all students in the school regardless of official caseload. We aim to serve students in the least restrictive environment using teachers in targeted ways that play to their strengths.

Requirements

Candidates must have a Bachelor’s degree
Must be eligible for employment in the US and pass a criminal background check.
Candidates must possess, or be willing to earn, a California teaching credential.
Candidates must have two current professional references on file, including one from a previous supervisor.
Candidates need to disclose every California school district, County Office of Education, charter school or state special school that they have worked for to satisfy AB2534 requirements.
Demonstrate a record of success
Know content well and have strong instructional skills
Hold a valid CA credential or an out of state credential with reciprocity in CA

Nice To Haves

Have a strong familiarity with NGSS (for Science teachers)
Support differentiation to meet individual student needs
Respect and care for their students
Reflect and always work to improve
Think outside of the box
Meet the diverse needs of learners
Commit to school-wide goals and practices
Value the role of community and family in their teaching and in the school
Participate in school life
Collaborate
Value the diversity of our community
Reflect the cultural and linguistic diversity of the community

Responsibilities

Responsible for an advisory.
Academically monitor a group of students
Make sure students are reading daily
Support in building close relationships with adults on campus including home visits.

Benefits

Oakland Unified has received substantial funding to support Grow Our Own pathway programs including Classified-to-Teacher, Maestr@s, and the Salesforce Recruitment & Retention Initiative for Middle Schools programs.
We are invested in creating and maintaining affinity spaces for educators that support retention and socio-emotional support.
We provide extensive professional development and training for experienced and new teachers , innovative curricula, ongoing mentoring and advancement opportunities.
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, including Flexible Spending Accounts, plus life insurance and long-term disability coverage for teacher and dependents at no cost to full time teachers
Retirement benefits through the CALSTRS Retirement System
BCLAD Stipend
In partnership with TRiO Plus, Oakland Unified Educators have access to more affordable housing.
Consistent time to plan and collaborate
Co-teaching opportunities
A powerful vision that seeks to close the achievement gap by preparing all of our students for entry to college
Decision making roles in all aspects of the school
An opportunity to participate in the growth and development of an innovative small school
A strong professional development program
Supportive family partnerships