Live Oak School

With the release of our Winter 2024/25 issue of Live Oak Magazine, we're excited to share some of the stories that reflect how the wide-ranging passions within our school community help drive meaningful outcomes. Up first: How Live Oak's Head of Divisions Tanya Susoev translates her love of sports to forge authentic connections and open doors to new opportunities for young female student-athletes! ?? #leadingwithpassion #independentschools #liveoaksf #education #educationleadership

We're #hiring a Lower School Spanish Teacher for the 2025-26 school year! Our Spanish program is expanding and we're looking for our next inspiring educator to join our talented faculty. Check it out here and share it with the creative teachers in your network: https://lnkd.in/gA4WYCPv

A LOT of great information sharing at this morning's Professional Development Symposium. This was the second time Live Oak faculty and staff have engaged in this type of professional development, which provides an audience of peers to exchange the wide-ranging learning, strategies, and tools that our faculty are consistently adding to their practice and showing how they can transcend grade levels and content areas. This symposium featured a variety of faculty-led sessions: ?? Constructivist Music and the Orff Method ?? Outdoor Explorers and NGSS ?? AI Resistant and Assisted Teaching Strategies ?? Multiplication Strategies Across Grades ?? Executive Function Skills ? The Wonderful World of Desmos ?? Notes from Ghandi 3.0 ?? Digital Magazines in the Curriculum ?? Using Lego for Learning ?? Skill Not Will: A Mindset for Understanding Challenging Behavior

It brings us a lot of joy to share about the positive impact our newest Young Alumni Changemaker Award recipients are having in their high school and local communities! Justin Babler-Kuebler ’21 and Nala Urrutia ’21 have become leaders in furthering accessibility and representation within their schools. Keep an eye on these two changemakers as their passions and skills move them towards taking on new challenges in college and their careers. We invited them to campus for Changemaker Day in January so they could educate and inspire our current students, showing them that meaningful impact can be accomplished at any age. In 2014, Live Oak awarded its first annual Alumni Changemaker Award. This was expanded in 2022 by the creation of the Young Alumni Changemaker Award, geared toward recognizing current high school students making positive change in their world. Read more about Justin and Nala on our website: https://lnkd.in/gCBtnTX8?

We're #hiring a new Middle School Math Teacher in San Francisco, California. Apply today or share this post with your network.

Proud to see our Director of Advancement Francisca Guzman contributing her thoughtful insight at a session during the #CASENAIS Independent Schools Conference in Washington D.C. this past week. The session, titled "Using DASL Data in Advancement: Examples from the Field" led by Hilary LaMonte and Cara Giacomini, PhD, centered around showcasing how different schools use data to maximize their advancement work. Francisca's presentation highlighted a variety of ways that Live Oak's careful consideration of various data points is consistently refining and growing the School's fundraising efforts in meaningful and measurable ways. Council for Advancement and Support of Education National Association of Independent Schools

We are pleased to announce that Regina Hardatt and Asha Weber will be joining Live Oak's administrative team this summer, stepping into their respective roles as Lower School Division Director and Middle School Division Director. Their diverse experience as educators, commitment to leading the continued evolution of our robust academic program, and passion for supporting meaningful learning for all students are sure to enable them to hit the ground running for the 2025-26 school year! Welcome to Live Oak, Regina and Asha!

Our Annual Report from the 2023-24 school year showcases the diverse ways #philanthropy at Live Oak is actively contributing to an engaging and deeply impactful learning and teaching experience for our students and faculty. We appreciate the ways our families, alumni, faculty and staff, and the broader Live Oak community support our mission and help make so many life-changing experiences possible! Read the digital version of the Annual Report: https://lnkd.in/gwK9dmEc

Live Oak's contingent had a great time in Denver this past week at the annual National Association of Independent Schools People of Color Conference. The international conference always presents a great opportunity for our faculty and staff to learn, build meaningful networking relationships, and bring back valuable insight into supporting our students, families, and one another in our respective teaching and learning experiences. -- #independentschools #liveoaksf #ProfessionalDevelopment #NAISPoCC

We're #hiring a new Extended Day Program Private Music Instructor in San Francisco, California. Apply today or share this post with your network.