Teacher Special McClymonds High School

Teacher on Special Assignment (11 Months) - McClymonds High School (2026-27)

Oakland Unified School District, McClymonds High School – Oakland, California

Job : 5825373

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Posted: Jul 09, 2026 7:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

We are looking for passionate and dedicated educators, classified staff, and leaders who wish to create joyful, healing, and liberatory spaces of learning for Oakland students, families, and communities.

Oakland Unified School District is an exceptional place to build a career focused on equity, excellence, and cultural responsiveness.

Our Mission and Vision

Our 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 prepared for college, career, and community success.

Four key initiatives of the district wide strategic plan:

• Ensuring Strong Third Grader Readers – catalyze citywide effort to guarantee literacy for all third graders
• Supporting Powerful Graduates – develop essential skills to secure post‑secondary success
• Creating Inspiring Schools – redesign schools to be places of joy, inclusion, and beauty
• Growing a Diverse and Stable Staff – attract and retain staff reflective of Oakland’s rich diversity

• Building and maintaining caring relationships with students and families
• Maintaining high expectations for all students through an asset‑based lens
• Actively creating more equitable conditions in public schools
• Collaborating effectively with colleagues, families, and students
• Investing in anti‑racist growth through self‑reflection, listening, and incorporating feedback from students, families, and leaders
• Focusing on racial justice by addressing educational systems and policies

• Access to pathway programs including tuition and debt relief for selected teachers
• Supportive affinity spaces and professional development in a learning community
• Professional training, mentoring, and advancement opportunities

• Competitive salaries based on experience, education, and credentials
• Transfer of up to 12 years of full‑time teaching experience on salary schedule
• Full medical, dental, vision benefits, including Flexible Spending Accounts, life insurance, and long‑term disability coverage
• Retirement benefits through the CALSTRS Retirement System

Candidates must have a bachelor’s degree, be eligible for employment in the US, pass a criminal background check, and possess a preliminary or clear California teaching credential authorizing instruction in TK‑12 core curriculum.

Additional requirements:

• Completed online application
• Resume and cover letter
• Two current professional references, including one from a supervisor

Type: Full‑time

Salary: $71,723.80 to $129,327 per year

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The Oakland Unified School District does not discriminate in any program, activity, or employment on the basis of 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.