- Oakland Unified School District
- OUSD Student Work Permits

Work Permit Application
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Students: Congratulations on securing a job!
To obtain a work permit, students must initiate the application.
Note: A student needs her/his guardian's email and employer's email to complete this step. Once the student completes her/his section, s/he routes it to the guardian, after which it gets routed to the employer.
For further guidance on completing your application view this presentation.
To see the OUSD Student Career Opportunity Website Click here. To access these pages you must login with your OUSD Email.
If you need more help, please contact the Work Permit Point Person from your school. See list below:
School
Point Person
Point Person’s email address
R. Bunche Academy
Evelyn Delgado
evelyn.delgado@ousd.org
Madison Park Academy
Yanira Velazquez
yanira.velaquez@ousd.org
Oakland Tech
Muanglium Saechao
Terrance Holliday
muanglium.saechao@ousd.org
terrance.holliday@ousd.org
Oakland High
Gayle Fake
gayle.fake@ousd.org
Oakland International
Dola Abdulla
dola.abdulla@ousd.org
Skyline High
Nicole Smith
nicole.smith@ousd.org
Dewey Academy
Michell McKnight
michell.mcknight@ousd.org
Castlemont
Samantha Odom
samantha.odom@ousd.org
Fremont
Quincy Culpepper
quincy.culpepper@ousd.org
MetWest
Cesar Salgadoramirez
cesar.salgadoramirez@ousd.org
Life Academy
Roderigo Sandoval
CCPA
Amy Boyle
amy.boyle@ousd.org
Community Day
Robert White, Jr.
robert.whitejr@ousd.org
Street Academy
Robert Young
robert.young@ousd.org
Sojourner Truth
Rudsdale
Jenny Romero
Nayiri Donikian
jennifer.romero@ousd.org
nayiri.donikian@ousd.org
McClymonds
Audrey Wade
audrey.wade@ousd.org
Rudsdale Newcomer
Henry Sales-Hernandez
henry.saleshernandez@ousd.org
If you are unable to contact the point person for your school, please reach out to Edith Gambrell at workpermits@ousd.org
Work Permits for Non OUSD Students
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Hello Student Employees, and Employers,
From Saturday, June 25 at 8 AM until Tuesday, July 5 at 8 AM. OUSD we will not be able to process work permit applications due to the system being off-line for its yearly updates.
This will not keep you from applying. We will rezoom processing your application once the system is up and running again on July 5th.Truly,
Ms. Edith Gambrell, CTE Program Manager - District Work Permit Processor
Congratulations on securing employment!
As of June 30, 2020, OUSD is not processing work permits for Charter and Private schools.
Students: To obtain a work permit, please find your school's Work Permit processor here: Oakland Charter and Private School Work Permit Directory.
If you cannot find your school on the directory, or have other questions, please contact Greg Cluster at gregory.cluster@ousd.org.
For Permit Processors
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Hello Wonderful Work Permit Processors!
Thank you for helping keep our working students safe and academically engaged.
Below are guides to support your work:
- Work Permits 101 (Purpose, Child Labor Law, etc.)
- Managing Work Permit Applications in Informedk12
- Creating Work Permits in AERIES
- Entertainment Work Permit Applications
- Sample contract to accompany Provisional Work Permits
- FAQ - State of California
- FAQ - OUSD Internal
If you have a question or concern not addressed in the links above, please reach out to: Edith Gambrell at workpermits@ousd.org or to greg.cluster@ousd.org