High School Language Arts and History Teacher

WHO WE ARE

Pinnacles Prep believes that ALL students, regardless of background, deserve a meaningful education in a culture where every student matters.  We are deeply committed to our mission of cultivating curious, confident, and self-directed students that lead and succeed in college, career, and their communities; with the vision of our graduates becoming the leaders who drive our Valley’s future forward--making it a thriving economic, scientific, and artistic hub for the 21st century. Our school is grounded in the following essential characteristics, which shape the Pinnacles Prep experience for our faculty, students, and families. Our school is small by design. We know every student by name, story, strength, and need. All students meet with their mentor, daily, and we communicate with their parents weekly. 

We have high expectations: Our EPIC core values guide us: 

• Equity | creates a school culture that celebrates equity and inclusion for all 


• Purpose | leads to resilience which builds agency and empowerment


• Integrity | leads to loving accountability and a strong community where everyone belongs 


• Collaboration | leads to change we want to see in our school, community, and world

We are intentionally diverse:
Pinnacles Prep’s students, staff and board is intentionally diverse. We come from different backgrounds and experiences in order to be reflective of the collective diversity of our student body and community. Our staff validates and reflects the multiple identities, intersectionalities and experiences of our students.

We value context over content:
Students engage in 9-week, place-based interdisciplinary projects rooted in the Wenatchee Valley, with a community partner. These projects apply the standards and competencies students are learning in their foundational courses. 

WHO YOU ARE

• You have an asset-based mindset: You see every student, their background and story as an asset 


• You authentically value relationships: You are excited to mentor scholars daily, helping them find their purpose.  


• You love kids AND have high expectations for all: Your love and empathy don’t preclude you from ensuring students meet their growth goals. 


• You are excited by Pinnacles Prep’s Mission and Vision: You believe that ALL students can be fully ready for college, career and to engage with their community.   


• You have a growth mindset: You thrive on feedback so you can grow, and you expect the same for kids   


• You are passionate about student voice and choice: You believe that students should have ownership of their learning and facilitating passion projects is a goal. 


• You are a data geek: You use data to drive decisions in your classroom, and collaborating with staff around data to make our school a better place is refreshing. 


• You love to collaborate: You are craving to work with teachers outside of your content area on projects.

WHAT YOUR SCHOOL YEAR / DAY LOOKS LIKE:

SUMMER INSTITUTE: In order to become fully prepared for Pinnacles Prep’s Interdisciplinary, project-based high school model, you will attend a 2-week summer institute. Here, you learn and practice our values, culture, systems, and curriculum. You will visit each of your mentees through a family visit where you connect with each student, meet their families, make authentic connections, and build relationships. 

INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION  Each week, you meet with the high school team to track team progress towards place-based projects. You meet at least once per week for 30 minutes with the high school special education specialist on UDL modifications for your curriculum. You meet for another 30 minutes with your co-teacher to internalize the lessons for the week and the roles each of you play. Additionally, with your co-teacher, you ensure grades are up to date and entered into the LMS at the end of each week. 

EACH QUARTER: At the end of each quarter you celebrate our student learning through Exhibition Night where students showcase their project creations to our whole community. You meet every parent through student led- conferences, and feel excited that you're not the one doing all the talking.  You have one non-teaching day at each quarter’s end where you participate in a school-wide data day, tracking school-wide growth goals. 

END OF YEAR: At the end of the school year you work with your mentor team to help them figure out their summer plan- for academic, social, and extracurricular growth, until you see them again in August. 

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Daily Instruction of students using democratic classroom techniques


• Serve as a mentor and facilitate High School and Beyond planning with scholars in Basecamp 


• Embody mission and vision of school


• Teach, re-teach and enforce school-wide systems, routines, and procedures


• Provide engaging, motivating, and rigorous project-based  instruction in whole-class and individual settings


• Provide targeted academic support and tutoring to small groups or individual students based on data from formative assessments


• Analyze student data in collaboration with the principal, content team, and grade level team.


• Implement data tracking system and use data to inform instructional development and delivery


• Communicate regularly and proactively with students and families


• Provide weekly feedback for students that reflect mastery on learning targets, standards and competencies  


• Collaborate with other staff members and actively participate in all professional learning activities


• Work to continuously improve effectiveness in your instructional practices, and incorporate feedback from weekly observations by the principal 


• Use feedback to make productive changes in performance


• Participate in additional activities including field trips, intensive academic support sessions, and other required programs as needed throughout the year, such as parent empowerment workshops. 


• Be open to feedback, continue development as professional, and take responsibility for student outcomes and achievement

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

• Co-teach 2 sections of  9-10th grade project-based  Language Arts  interdisciplinary curriculum with the math/sci teacher 


• Teach 1 section of 11th Grade Contemporary World Problems


• Teach 1 section of  12th Grade Civics


• Teach 1 section of Basecamp Advisory on Fridays


• Use competency-based assessment to give feedback on mastery of priority competencies 


• Collaborate with co-teachers  and families to support tremendous academic growth for multilingual learners and students with disabilities


• Curate exhibition nights in collaboration with co-teacher and Pinnacles Prep administrators

QUALIFICATIONS

• Relevant teaching experience and a record of gap-closing results is highly preferred


• Current WA State Teacher Certification 


• Willingness to obtain CTE Certification  


• Spanish speakers and persons of color are strongly encouraged to apply

COMPENSATION

Salary is commensurate with WA State teacher salaries, depending on experience. All employees receive a full benefits package, and enrollment into the WA School Employees Benefits program.   

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY: Equal employment opportunity and respect in the workplace are fundamental principles at Pinnacles Prep. Pinnacles Prep prohibits and does not tolerate harassment, intimidation, bullying, discriminatory, or retaliatory behavior. All aspects of your employment are based upon your personal capabilities and qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion/creed, sex/gender (including pregnancy and gender identity), sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, disability, age, military status, marital status, partnership status, status as a victim of domestic violence, genetic predisposition or carrier status, or any other protected class as established by federal, state, or local law.  The following employee has been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination: Please contact Jill Fineis, Head of School at [email protected].