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About the District

Oakland Unified School District is seeking passionate and dedicated educators, classified staff, and leaders to join us in creating joyful, healing, and liberatory spaces of learning for Oakland students, families, and communities. Oakland educators are known for being equity-focused and resilient. OUSD is an incredible place to build and develop your career in service of our core values: students first, joy, equity, excellence, integrity, 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.

What We Offer

Oakland Unified is 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. The district 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.

Additionally, we offer:

• Recognition of 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 teachers and dependents at no cost to full-time teachers.
• Retirement benefits through the CALSTRS Retirement System.
• Access to BCLAD Stipends.
• Affordable housing opportunities in partnership with TRiO Plus.

How to Apply

To learn more about our district, attend our next hiring event. For questions, please email recruitment@ousd.org or fill out our Interest Survey.

Equal Opportunity

The 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.