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May 16, 2013

We're hiring: Jobs at GO Public Schools Leadership Center

We are hoping you can help us find talented people to join the staff of our sister organization, GO Public Schools Leadership Center.

Today we announced three new full-time positions on our team - if you, or someone you know, is a good fit for one of the roles, we hope you'll let us know.

The three roles are described briefly below and you can click through to see the full job descriptions and application instructions. You can also visit http://www.goleadershipcenter.org/about/jobs/ for more information.These positions are available immediately.

Director of Community Engagement - this person will be a high-level leader on our team and will manage a team of GO staff to lead efforts to strengthen the movement of parents, educators, and civic leaders working for quality public schools for each and every Oakland student.

Director of Special Projects - this person will also be a high-level leader on our team. They will provide leadership and project management to key strategic initiatives, including our Oakland Achieves project, in support of quality public schools for each and every Oakland student.

Manager of Finance & Administration - this person will ensure that our organization is operating with best practices within our financial systems, human resources systems, and administrative management.

Please be in touch if you have anyone in your network that might be a good fit to join our work to support a coalition of Oakland families, educators, community, and civic leaders united around a positive, student-oriented vision for public education in our city. We envision an Oakland where all children receive the schooling and support they need to live successful, fulfilling lives, and we need fantastic team members to help us reach this vision.

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May 13, 2013

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Who will represent District 4?

We need your help to identify a leader with both a strong commitment to children and public schools--and the skills to be an effective member of the school board.

As you may know, due to Gary Yee's appointment as Acting Superintendent, there is a vacancy for District 4 on the Oakland Unified School Board. Rather than hold a special election--with an estimated cost exceeding $250,000--the school board voted to accept applications, interview, and then appoint a new Director to represent District 4 for the year and a half that remains of the current term (until January 2015).

This is an excellent opportunity for our GO community to help identify and encourage District 4 leaders to apply for the position. As you know, school board members have a tremendous impact on students by helping set policy priorities to better serve students and ensure that OUSD makes progress toward its goals. The board also approves, renews, and denies contracts and charters, and sets priorities for a $600 million dollar budget. In addition, the new school board member from District 4 will have an important role in selecting the next permanent Superintendent for OUSD.

Applicants must be District 4 residents. Click here to determine if you are a resident of District 4. Note that City Council Districts are the same as School Board Districts.

The process will move quickly over the next several weeks with applications due by Friday, May 17th and the final appointment scheduled to occur on June 12th.

The full process adopted by the Board is as follows:

Friday, May 3 - Application form posted
Friday, May 17, 5:00 P.M. - Deadline for receipt of the Candidate Applications (note, cannot be faxed or e-mailed)
Wednesday, May 29, 6:00 P.M. - Board of Education screens applications and selects candidates to be interviewed
Wednesday, June 5 - The Board of Education interviews identified candidates
Wednesday, June 12 - The Board of Education makes a Provisional Appointment

Click here to view the Notice of Vacancy.
Click here view the official application.

We hope the GO community can help our school board find a great leader to serve Oakland's students on the Board. If you have any questions or comments, please be in touch.

Best,

Jonathan Klein

Executive Director

Great Oakland Public Schools

P.S. - I have been deeply flattered by the number of people who have encouraged me to apply for the position. However, I have decided, for a number of reasons, that this is not the right time for me to seek a school board seat. Thank you, as always, for your support.

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