• Bachelor’s degree in English, Humanities, Teaching, or related subject.
• Three to five years of experience teaching in an Elementary School or Middle School setting. Independent School experience preferred.
• Experience teaching reading, writing, and critical thinking skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development in both subject matter and progressive educational methodology.

• Design and deliver an interdisciplinary humanities curriculum integrating literature, writing, history, and social studies.
• Develop engaging lesson plans that foster critical thinking, inquiry-based learning, and discussion.
• Teach and assess writing skills, including expository, narrative, and analytical writing.
• Introduce students to historical concepts, geography, and diverse cultural perspectives.
• Incorporate diverse texts and perspectives to support equity and inclusion in the classroom.
• Use various instructional strategies, including project-based learning, technology integration, and cooperative learning.
• Differentiate instruction to meet the needs of diverse learners.
• Create a positive, student-centered classroom culture that encourages curiosity, respect, and collaboration.
• Assess student progress through formative and summative assessments, providing feedback that promotes growth.
• Communicate effectively with students, families, and colleagues regarding student progress and classroom expectations.
• Participate in faculty meetings, professional development, and school-wide initiatives.
• Serve as an advisor and mentor for students, supporting their academic and social-emotional development.
• Coordinate and chaperone sixth-grade overnight trip.
• Co-coordinate 6th-grade graduation. 

Oakwood School is a K-12 coeducational day school in North Hollywood, California that opened its doors in 1951. The school has remained faithful to its original mission ever since: to create a diverse educational environment where young people are partners with the adults who teach them and learn from them; where the best means of preparing students for the future is to immerse them in the present; where a healthy learning environment requires joy and humor as well as rigorous intensity; and where students’ intellectual and aesthetic depth – along with their capacity for empathy and moral courage – emerge out of authentic engagement with their teachers, one another, and the world around them.

Oakwood School is an equal opportunity employer committed to cultural diversity in our workforce. With purpose, Oakwood celebrates and affirms diversity of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, faith, family structure, socioeconomic background, age, and ability.