Mission Statement: St. Paul’s prepares students to be confident and skilled learners, cultivates in them a strong sense of purpose, and inspires them to be generous and active citizens of the world. 

St. Paul’s Episcopal School, located across from Lake Merritt in Oakland, enrolls approximately 350 students from diverse backgrounds in Kindergarten through 8th grade. St. Paul’s provides an education that is intellectually challenging, culturally pluralistic, and morally and spiritually enriching. Caring, committed faculty members, in partnership with parents, serve as role models, mentors, and guides. St. Paul’s has an academically talented and ethnically diverse student body and seeks the same in its faculty. 

St. Paul’s seeks to fill a  Middle School Grade Math Teacher position, for the 2026-27 academic year, with an experienced, dynamic individual who: 

• has the ability and experience to teach Algebra 1
• has attained a BA degree (mandatory) and a credential (preferred) 
• has 3-5 years of experience teaching middle school Math
• can create a developmentally appropriate cooperative learning environment 
• has experience integrating thematic units across the curriculum 
• has interest and/or experience integrating community-engaged learning into the curriculum 
• has interest and/or experience in integrating equitable grading practices
• can expose students to a multicultural perspective of universal human experience 
• has interest and/or experience teaching social-emotional curriculum to middle school students 
• has excellent communication skills with both children and adults 
• has experience collaborating with a team of teachers to deliver curriculum 
• values collegiality with other teachers and administrators 
• has a warm and energetic personality and a good sense of humor 
• has experience working in a private/independent school setting (preferred) 
• has experience co-teaching 

This teacher will share a classroom with a Science Teacher and work closely with a grade-level team consisting of Humanities, Math, Science, and Spanish teachers, and a group of specialists in physical education, music, and art. 

This is a full-time position and the compensation range is $68,000 to $100,000 based on years of experience. Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, resume, and references addressed to Marcus Chang, Director of Middle School. Please send the materials electronically in PDF format to Ryan Louie at rlouie@spes.org.

St. Paul’s is an equal employment opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, age, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. St. Paul’s is dedicated to ensuring the fulfillment of this policy with respect to hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, recruitment advertising, pay and other forms of compensation, training, and other terms and conditions of employment.

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