Why Work for the Oxnard School District? Our community, our District, and our Department offer a variety of attractive reasons to join our team.
ABOUT THE COMMUNITY
Oxnard is located on the "Gold Coast" of sunny California, halfway between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara and is known as the gateway to the Channel Islands. The setting is unsurpassed in a valley between the mountains and the sea. Named for the Oxnard brothers, who began an agricultural community by opening a sugar beet factory, today Oxnard is a thriving center of commerce, tourism, and industry in Ventura County.
Oxnard is the largest city in Ventura County with its population approaching 200,000 residents. As with many California communities, Oxnard's population is diverse. The 2000 Census identified the following breakdown in population: Hispanic - 66%; Caucasian - 21%; Asian - 8%; and African-American - 4%. New homes are planned in the next several years to accommodate the richly diverse and growing population.
Oxnard offers a balanced blend of agriculture, clean industry, progressive city services, and a variety of recreational opportunities. A wide choice of cultural events, major league sports, and top entertainment is within a short commute.
ABOUT THE DISTRICT
The Oxnard School District serves one of California's fastest growing areas. The K-8 District operates 20 elementary, junior high, special education, and opportunity schools with a current enrollment of approximately 15,000 students and employs 723 teachers and 552 classified support staff. In November 2006, voters passed a $64 million bond issue to finance the construction to house the growing student body.
The mission of the Oxnard School District, a partnership of families, community and educators, which celebrates our cultural diversity, is to guarantee that all students will be academically competitive, successful, lifelong learners and productive, ethical citizens, by providing a safe, nurturing, success-oriented learning environment which implements a curriculum that aligns standards, instruction and assessment while fostering self-esteem and mutual respect.
ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT
The Oxnard School District's Human Resources Department offers effective and efficient customer service to all applicants and employees; recruits and retains that most qualified, diverse and trained staff for the benefit of our children and community; and motivates and developed our employees in an open, fair and compassionate system that emphasizes accountability and responsibility.
Our department is here to serve you. Please feel free to contact us about any question or concern you might have.
