Throughout the COVID-19 global pandemic, Tulsa Public Schools has continued to work closely with local health professionals to keep our students, team, and families safe and healthy.
Strong school and family partnerships are critical to students' academic, personal, and social success. We welcome our parents, guardians, and families to be involved with their child's schools as volunteers, advocates, and partners in education.
Tulsa Public Schools teachers are the heart and soul of our work to prepare every student for the greatest success in college, careers, and life. Whether you're a certified teacher or looking to transition into teaching, we're eager for you to join our team of committed educators.
Tulsa Teacher Corps prepares aspiring teachers for the opportunity to join an extraordinary team of educators who work with our community and families to ignite the joy of learning and prepare every student for the greatest success in college, careers, and life.
Our diversity is a community treasure, and we must foster an inclusive environment by examining biases and resolving unfair practices. Valuing equity means that we must provide resources and supports matched to student need, for every student in every school.
We are honest, trustworthy and have high standards of behavior. We make decisions, take action and approach our work based on what is best for our students and their success. We do the right thing even when it is hard.
Tulsa needs and expects world-class public schools. Achieving excellence means striving for it every moment of every day. It means sweating the small stuff while we focus on the big picture with determination and persistence.
We care for one another, support the personal and professional development of one another, and work together to improve our community. Together we celebrate success, learn from struggles and invest in the development of our teams and team members.
We foster exuberant classrooms, schools and places of work where children and adults pursue their passions and are relentlessly curious. Play is invaluable for students and adults alike. Joy at school and at work makes us more productive, because when we create, innovate and imagine, our motivation grows.
"There is a spirit of community and of camaraderie amongst our students that allows them, when they're empowered and pushed in the right direction, to use that spirit of community and use that spirit of resilience to push themselves forward."
Laura Grisham, Monroe Demonstration Academy
2020 Tulsa Public Schools Teacher of the Year
"If I can help create that opportunity and make a difference in just even one child's life, then my work within the education field is not in vain."
Marilyn Ezell, Hawthorne Elementary
2020 Tulsa Public Schools Support Employee of the Year
"It’s important to learn because you’re going to need it in the future if you want to be a good person and have a good job."
Merlyn
Student, East Central Junior High
"We teach our kids you can do anything if you put your mind to it, and you make the right decisions to put yourself in a position to change the world."
Jermaine Watkins
Academic Engagement, John Hope Franklin Elementary
“It’s what I’ve been wanting to do since I was in third grade. I chased my own dream and I couldn’t see myself doing anything else. I feel like I’m at home here.”
This summer, we will launch Ready. Set. Summer!, a summer learning and enrichment program that will give every Tulsa student access to fun, engaging, and supportive summer learning experiences at no cost. Pre-registration is open now!
Estaremos lanzando - En sus marcas. Listos. ¡Verano!, un programa de aprendizaje y enriquecimiento de verano que le dará a todos los estudiantes de Tulsa acceso a experiencias de aprendizaje de verano divertidas, atractivas y de apoyo sin costo alguno. ¡La preinscripción está abierta ahora!