Wild Oak is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity of all kinds: race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, national origin, neurodivergence, and many other wonderful things that make us unique. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all Wild Oak employees and students.
Important Information for Prospective Wild Oak Staff
Wild Oak strives to implement a team-based model of shared leadership within a culture of support and collaboration.
Collaborative Culture
Wild Oak is a startup nonprofit organization. As such, we are bounding with potential and energy. Being a small startup also means that our teachers must feel comfortable working in a highly collaborative and team-oriented environment. Our teachers will share in “wearing of many hats.” In order for this model to work properly, we must have a balanced representation of skills, interests, backgrounds, and expertise among our teachers, board, and staff.
Teachers and staff build curricula and activities collaboratively, leveraging individual strengths and experience. Wild Oak intentionally hires to ensure expertise across subjects. As a team, our teachers will have expertise not only in the sciences and humanities, but in social-emotional learning, wilderness and nature studies, environmental issues, music, and the arts, among others.
Shared Leadership
Our team model will be one that prioritizes mutual respect and trust as we all participate in creating a positive school culture where individuals thrive.
Just as children and families are expected to collaborate in the creation of educational and personal goals, team members will create both individual and team goals to nurture and enrich their personal and professional growth. Team members should expect to be active participants in creating and supporting this culture by regularly sharing ideas and thoughts, giving and receiving feedback, being mindful of the school’s mission and culture when making decisions, and sharing accountability for Wild Oak’s ongoing success.
We respect the relationships that will inevitably develop between teachers and students in our small model, but in the event that difficult issues arise without clear resolution, teachers should expect to work openly and collaboratively with directors, families, and outside health care and other providers (therapists, etc.) to find solutions.
Commitment to Equitable Opportunity
We believe that some business and organizational practices disproportionately hurt the most marginalized people in society, including people of color, people from working class backgrounds, women, and LGBTQ people. Because we believe that these communities must be centered in the work we do, we warmly invite people of diverse backgrounds to apply.
Role of the Director
The director will provide institutional knowledge, administrative management, and programmatic support for teachers, families, and their students, so that teachers can focus on students, their learning, and growth.
Elementary School
No openings at this time. Please check back for 2026/27 school year.
Seedling School
No openings at this time. Please check back for 2026/27 school year.
Afterschool and Summer Program
No openings at this time. Please check back for 2026 Summer Camp season in February 2026.