We are hoping you will help us spread the word that Latitude is hiring for the 2023-2024 school year! As our small school is growing, we are looking for a few dynamic individuals to join our amazing team.
Would you pass this email on to your networks or connect us with individuals who might be a great fit?
With gratitude,
Lillian and the Latitude team
See Latitude in Action!
Learn more about the heart of Latitude: purposeful projects, community inspiration, and powerful relationships
About Latitude High School Latitude High is an innovative public high school in Oakland, California, that thinks creatively about using the Bay Area as our extended classroom. Our students engage in hands-on and minds-on projects that connect them with local issues and changemakers, while expanding their skill sets as designers, communicators, and creative problem solvers. Our team is composed of experienced educators from High Tech High in San Diego--a leader in High Quality Project-Based Learning--as well as amazing educators with deep roots in Oakland. Our team laughs together, celebrates together, and collaborates deeply to build a school that nurtures the students and adults in our community.
Join Our Team of Dynamic, Creative Educators at Latitude High School!
We’re on the lookout for creative individuals who want to join the Latitude team. We welcome candidates who are credentialed teachers and career switchers who want to bring their passions and interests to our students.
The ideal candidate:
Builds strong, supportive relationships with students and creates joyful learning environments
Thrives on a team of designers and changemakers in education
Is excited to co-design and co-facilitate ambitious projects with innovative colleagues
Wants to work together with students to design, build, and make professional quality products
Works well on a team in close collaboration with others
Is reflective and thoughtful about their practice, seeks feedback, and is excited to grow as a teacher, project designer, and educational leader
As our small school is growing next year, we are looking for a few outstanding candidates in:
To apply, email your resume and cover letter to: lillian.hsu@latitudehigh.org
To learn more about our school...read on!
Oaklore Changemakers Podcast
At Latitude High, students tackle meaningful, creative projects that they take pride in for years to come. Twenty years from now, Latitude graduates will look back on their time in high school and remember publishing a book, recording their own podcast, designing a house, building a self-driving car, and so much more.
Oaklore, the signature ninth grade podcasting project, is one of students’ favorites. Students work in teams to interview inspirational changemakers who are working to impact an important local issue. Through this project, students dig into local history and build skills in research, scriptwriting, interviewing, and sound editing using Adobe Audition. Check out their work at 378media.com.
Projects that are Hands-On and Minds-On
Learning at Latitude is creative: both hands-on and minds-on.
In Biology, our juniors designed their own arcade to teach audience members about human body systems. In Design-Engineering, our sophomores built their own underwater ROVs (remotely operated vehicles), with GoPros and trawls attached, to gather underwater video footage and data for Oakland's Harbormaster. Last semester, they designed and coded math video games for 4th and 5th graders at our sister elementary school.
In Physics & Design, our ninth graders are currently designing and building two Tiny Houses that will be donated to the first Tiny House village for homeless youth in the Bay Area. Last year, they also crafted their own wooden and fiberglass boats that they successfully floated in the San Francisco Bay!
Extended Learning Opportunities
Latitude’s tagline is “The City is Our School” because the staff at Latitude is committed to exposing students to the full range of opportunities that exist in the Bay Area. From the time students are in ninth grade, they travel to different companies and non-profit organizations across the Bay Area to connect with creative adults from many walks of life. Latitude students have interviewed music producers at Pandora, architects at Gyroscope Inc., journalists at ABC News, video game designers at Phoenix Labs, art curators at the Joyce Gordon Gallery, engineers at Youtube and Google, pediatric surgeons at Children’s Hospital, and more.
Come meet our team!
At Latitude, collaboration is our lifeblood. PD is dynamic and creative, as we mutually inspire and support each other. Latitude teachers have two hours of prep a day, which makes a significant impact on teaching sustainability and the ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues.
We can't wait to meet you, learn about your passions and dreams as an educator, and work together to make those hopes a reality!
