High School Physics Teacher

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$70,000.00/yr - $/yr

Lighthouse Community Public Schools seeks High School Physics Teacher to teach in Oakland, CA. Must have Bachelor’s or foreign equivalency degree, hold or be eligible to hold license in Single Subject Physics from California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, and pass DOJ/FBI background check. Salary $70,000-$110,000/year. Apply at (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./

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 over 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 hthousecharter.org.

High School Physics Teacher-9th Grade

Lighthouse Community Public Schools is looking for a talented Physics teacher to join our team who is relentlessly committed to ensuring that traditionally underserved students of color achieve our mission of completing college, securing a career of their choice, and becoming lifelong changemakers in their communities. LCPS teachers believe that this important mission is not only attainable; it is essential to transforming our Oakland community.

If you are inspired by our mission and vision and want to be a change maker in students’ lives here in Oakland, then please apply and join us!

You will embody the following Core Competencies to be an effective change‑agent:

• Be an anti‑racist educator committed to educational justice as evidenced by respectful and supportive relationships, well‑planned instruction, rigorous daily assessment, and daily opportunities for students to revise and refine their work.
• Facilitate cognitively engaging student‑centered learning.
• Demonstrate a keen belief in and ability to create, collect and analyze achievement 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.

Instructional Vision

• Specific teaching responsibilities of this role include:
  • Teach multiple sections of Physics, possibly an elective, and a grade‑level Crew/advisory each day.
• In addition to your content courses, all LCPS teachers are assigned an advisory (known as a “Crew”) 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.
• Differentiate curriculum while still maintaining rigor to provide grade‑level access and results for all student subgroups, including students with IEPs, English language learners, African‑American, and Latinx students.
• Utilize, collect, and analyze rigorous, student‑engaged…