Teacher: 12th Grade Seminar, Internship Coordinator - Coliseum College Prep Academy Middle-High School

Oakland Unified School District

  • Oakland, CA
  • $62,695-109,878 per year
  • Training
  • Full-time
  • 1 month ago
Ref: 10132Note: Credential area is open - likely Social Science or English.CCPA is hiring for:
  • 12th grade Senior Seminar teacher position - 4 sections
The position is for four sections of the senior seminar course with 2 prep periods. Some sections will be co-taught by a special education teacher, computer science or experienced humanities teacher to support differentiating instruction and course implementation. 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.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. 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 school program meets each learner's unique needs, values their passions and interests, connects their learning to the real world, and requires students to demonstrate what they know and are able to do.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 culminates in our innovative Internship and Early College Enrollment Program and our . 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.We are seeking teachers who. . .
  • Demonstrate a record of success
  • Believe ALL students can succeed
  • Know content well and have strong instructional skills
  • Have a strong familiarity with the California History Framework
  • 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
  • Hold a valid CA credential or an out of state credential with reciprocity in CA
We offer teachers. . .
  • 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
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  • Email a resume and cover letter describing why you want to teach at Coliseum College Prep Academy to Amy Carozza: Email:
  • Phone: (510) 879-3232 Fax: (510) 627-9232
  • Address: 1390 66th Ave, Oakland, California 94621
Our Mission and VisionThe Oakland Unified School District's mission is to build a Full Service Community District focused on high academic achievement while serving the whole child, eliminating inequity, and providing each child with excellent teachers, every day.Our vision is that all OUSD students will find joy in their academic experience while graduating with the skills to ensure they are caring, competent, fully-informed, critical thinkers who are prepared for college, career, and community success.Our Strategic PlanThe four key initiatives of our current district wide strategic plan are:
  • Ensuring Strong Third Grader Readers (
) * Supporting Powerful Graduates (
), * Creating Inspiring Schools (
) * Growing a Diverse and Stable Staff (
)We are seeking educators who believe that:
  • Building and maintaining caring relationships with students and families is a key part of the foundation of teaching;
  • Maintaining high expectations for all students is best accomplished through a persistent asset-based lens of what students can do;
  • Your actions can directly lead to creating more equitable conditions in public schools;
  • Your work is most effective in collaboration with colleagues, families, and students;
  • Developing as an anti-racist educator requires investing time in self-reflection, listening and incorporating feedback from students, their families, other educators, and school leaders and is critical to your growth as an educator and leader.
  • Working for racial justice requires close attention to educational systems and policies, and working to eliminate racism is critical to the educational success of all students.
What we offer teachers:Oakland Unified has received substantial funding to support pathway programs including tuition and debt relief for selected middle school teachers, Special Education teachers, and for pathway programs, including Classified-to-Teacher, Maestr@s, and the After-School-to-Teacher 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 teachers, innovative curricula, ongoing mentoring and advancement opportunities. Our teachers are also given abundant opportunities to work together in Professional Learning Communities within and across schools in the District.In addition to professional development and training, we offer a comprehensive compensation package that includes:
  • Competitive salaries determined by experience, education level, and credentials
  • We accept up to twelve years of full time teaching experience in other school settings on the salary schedule (please see our salary schedule here:
) * Full medical, dental, and vision benefits, including Flexible Spending Accounts, plus life insurance and long-term disability coverage
  • Retirement benefits through the CALSTRS Retirement System
  • Read more about benefits here: https://www.ousd.org/benefits
Qualifications: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 authorizing instruction in core curriculum.Additional requirements:
  • Completed online application
  • Resume and cover Letter
  • Two current professional references, including from a Supervisor
  • Upon request, must be able to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination or commitment to weekly testing
You can also learn more about our teaching opportunities and hiring events here:If you have questions or would like more information, please emailTo hear about news and events to support you in becoming an OUSD educator, please fill out .NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICYThe Oakland Unified School District does not discriminate in any program, activity, or in employment on the basis of actual or perceived race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, gender, sex, or sexual orientation.Job Title : Teacher: 12th Grade Seminar, Internship Coordinator - Coliseum College Prep Academy Middle-High School (2024-25)Primary Location : Coliseum College Prep Academy (Middle-High, grades 6-12)Salary Range : $62,695.25 - $109,878.22 / Per YearShift Type : Full-Time

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