High School Spanish 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 15 students daily, helping them find their purpose. You look forward to communicating with parents weekly

• 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.

SPANISH TEACHER GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Daily Instruction of students using democratic classroom techniques
• Embody mission and vision of school
• Teach, re-teach and enforce school-wide systems, routines, and procedures
• Provide engaging, motivating, and rigorous 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
• Be open to feedback, continue development as professional, and take responsibility for student outcomes and achievement

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

• Teach introductory Spanish curriculum for scholars in grade 9 
• Use standards, learning targets and formative assessments to give feedback on mastery of standards in a competency-based grading system
• Use discourse and  real-world conversational tasks to help students make sense of a new language. 
• Collaborate with grade-level team and families to support tremendous academic growth for MLL students and struggling readers

QUALIFICATIONS

• Current WA State Teacher Certification 
• Relevant teaching experience and a record of gap-closing results is highly preferred

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.   

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

If you are someone for whom this job description just made you excited we highly encourage you to apply. Please submit answers to the following questions along with your resume, cover letter, and contact information here or by using the “Submit Application Here” button on our website. 

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, Principal, jill@pinnaclesprep.org.