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Date Posted 3/20/2025 Contact Mauricio AmaralNumber of Openings 1 Salary Pay Range
58000 - 100000 Annually Add'l Salary Info From $58,000.00 to $100,000.00 per year Length of Work Year 190 days Employment Type Full Time Job Description / Essential Elements: Print CTE Health Science Pathway Founding Lead Teacher Lighthouse 6-12 Band (Upper School) | Oakland, CA | Full Time | From $58,000 to $100,000 per year Job Description
The Organization 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 nearly 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 OpportunityCTE Health Science Pathway Lead Teacher
Competencies and Qualifications
Lighthouse Community Public Schools is looking for a talented health science educator to join our team who is relentlessly committed to ensuring that traditionally underserved students of color have the opportunity to learn about health and well-being in school and have the knowledge, skills, opportunities, and confidence to pursue careers in the health care field.
The Health Science Pathway is a new and eagerly anticipated program in our high schools and we are excited to hire a lead teacher who will turn this vision into reality. As lead teacher, you will teach several classes and help facilitate the development and growth of the program, including curriculum development, community partnerships, work-based learning, and public relations.
If this opportunity inspires you and want to be a changemaker in students’ lives here in Oakland, then please apply and join us!
Competencies and Qualifications
To be an effective change agent, you will embody the following Core Competencies:
Be a visionary, innovative, culturally responsive, and equity-focused urban educator
Facilitate deeply engaging student-centered learning
Demonstrate a keen ability to create, collect, and analyze authentic 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
Are you ready to join an educational movement that is bigger than one classroom?
Your responsibilities will include:
INSTRUCTIONAL VISION
Teaching student-centered and project-based courses aligned to the CTE Health Science and Medical Technology standards.
Collaborate with school leaders and staff around Health Pathway planning, development, and data collection
Identify and maintain professional, business, and industry networks to promote work-based learning aligned to pathway content
Advisory: Lead or co-lead an advisory of students (Crew)
Plan, internalize, and implement effective, 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.
Additional Duties, as assigned by Supervisor
CLASSROOM & SCHOOL CULTURE
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.
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES/STAFF CULTURE
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).
Are you ready to join an educational movement that is bigger than one classroom?
If you are excited about the opportunity to foster and facilitate a progressive growth mindset in students and engage in transformational teaching, we are actively looking for student-centered, dedicated and dynamic teachers.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
We would love to hear from you if your educational toolbox includes the following:
B.A. or B.S. or Valid Clear CTE Credential required; Master’s Degree preferred
Valid California CTE credential in Health Science and Medical Technology or ability and willingness to attain this credential through relevant coursework and a minimum of 3000+ hours of industry experience in Health Science and Medical Technology industry area (must supply unofficial transcripts and/or proof of 3000+ industry hours to verify eligibility if do not have a valid CTE 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)
Deep knowledge in one or more of the following disciplines:
Biotechnology
Patient Care
Health Care Administration and Operations
Public and Community Health
Mental and Behavioral Health
A strong network of connections within the healthcare industry
2+ years teaching urban youth with transformational results
CTE Pathway experience preferred
Bilingual in Spanish preferred
Environmental Requirements:
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
Airconditioned and heated environments under fluorescent lighting.
Physical Demands:
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. Repetitive movement of fingers and hands for keyboarding and whiteboard usage. Occasional travel to sites for PD within and outside LCPS.
SUPERVISION
This position will report to School Principal or principal’s designee
TIME COMMITMENT:
This position is 1.0 FTE (full-time exempt) and follows a 10-month (190 day) work year with significant student-free days for professional learning and collaboration with colleagues and interaction with families. All new instructional staff will report in late July/early August 2025 (exact calendar TBD).
Common Building Hours: All teachers are expected to maintain common building hours for their school site. These may be subject to change for the 2025-26SY:
Campus Building Hours: 8:00 - 4:00 pm M, Tu, Th, Fri and 8:00-5:00 on Wednesdays for Professional Development.
Occasional evening events during the year including start of year Icecream Social, Back to School Night, Expo, and other events identified by the school calendar in advance
OUR COMPENSATION PACKAGE
At Lighthouse Community Public Schools we take good care of our employees. We provide a competitive compensation and benefits package, including a competitive salary and generous health and retirement benefits (100% employee health coverage/50% for dependents; 8% employer-matching for retirement program; medical and dependent FSA).
TO APPLY:
People of color and/or bilingual candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
Interested candidates should submit:
Resume.
Cover letter describing your interest in this exciting position and why you are an optimal fit, including how your teaching philosophy, approach to student learning, and educational expertise would contribute to Lighthouse Community Public Schools.
3-5 Professional References: Name, position, phone number and email address. (Two of which should be current or previous supervisors of your role).
A list of all prior school-based employers: In accordance with Education Code section 44939.5, Lighthouse is required by law to request information from your former school-based employers about your employment history, including verification of credentialed and/or classified experience and whether you were ever the subject of a credible complaint, substantiated investigation, or discipline for egregious misconduct at your school.
Application submission screening and initial phone interviews will be completed on a rolling basis. In-person interviews and performance tasks will take place on-site.
Lighthouse Community Public School is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity at all levels.
Requirements / Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: We would love to hear from you if your educational toolbox includes the following: B.A. or B.S. required; Master’s Degree, preferred Appropriate California Teaching Credential or commitment and ability to acquire one 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
Requirements / QualificationsMINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: We would love to hear from you if your educational toolbox includes the following: B.A. or B.S. required; Master’s Degree, preferred Appropriate California Teaching Credential or commitment and ability to acquire one 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
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