Reports to: Head of School or designee
Position Status: Full-Time
Location: Aurora School, Oakland, CA
Start Date: August 1, 2025
About Aurora School
Aurora School is an independent, progressive K–8 school in Oakland committed to academic excellence, emotional intelligence, and social engagement. Our inclusive community nurtures creativity, leadership, and a genuine love of learning, developing self-aware, confident students who advocate for themselves and others.
Aurora’s Lower School program is grounded in inquiry, experiential and project-based learning, authentic relationships, and a deep understanding of child development. We believe rigor emerges through deep thinking, meaningful engagement, and authentic application of skills and concepts. We also believe children learn best when they feel safe, known, challenged, and inspired. Our classrooms foster creativity, social-emotional growth, interdisciplinary exploration, collaboration, critical thinking, and hands-on learning within a culture of both academic challenge and belonging.
Aurora’s Lower School is intentionally designed around multi-age classroom communities (K/1, 2/3, and 4/5), where students learn through collaboration, mentorship, differentiated instruction, and relationship-centered teaching. We believe multi-age learning environments foster confidence, empathy, leadership, and deeper academic growth while encouraging students to learn from and alongside one another.
As Aurora continues to grow its Lab School model, we value educators who see themselves as lifelong learners and reflective practitioners. Our classrooms serve as spaces of inquiry, innovation, and professional learning, where teachers collaborate, reflect on practice, and contribute to the evolution of progressive education.
We are especially excited to partner with educators who are warm, grounded, collaborative, and eager to bring creativity, curiosity, and passion to our community.