Music Teacher: Grades 6-11 .5 FTE
Music Teacher: Grades 6-11 .5 FTE
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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 Valleys 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
- Inquiry creates ideas and ideas lead to innovation and problem-solving
- Collaboration leads to change we want to see in our school community and world
We are intentionally diverse:
Pinnacles Preps 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 to our school community.
- You authentically value relationships: You are excited to be a mentor 10-15 students daily helping them find their purpose. You look forward to communicating with parents weekly and the idea of looping up with your students from grade 6 to 8 is exciting.
- You have love kids AND have high expectations for all: Your love and empathy dont preclude you from ensuring students meet their growth goals.
- You are excited by Pinnacles Preps 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 your students.
- 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 interdisciplinary projects because you value context over your content.
- You have an urgency for closing opportunity gaps and individualizing instruction: Your purpose in life is to CLOSE THE GAP.
WHAT YOUR SCHOOL YEAR / DAY LOOKS LIKE:
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 youre not the one doing all the talking. You have one non-teaching day at each quarters 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.
Music Teacher General Responsibilities
- Daily Instruction of students
- Serve as a mentor in our Advisory Program*
- 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
- Supervise targeted academic support and tutoring to small groups or individual students based on data from formative assessments
- Communicate regularly and proactively with students and families
- Provide weekly feedback for students that reflect mastery on learning targets standards and competencies
- Collaborate with a grade-level team to develop and implement 9-week interdisciplinary units that have ambitious and standards-aligned lesson plans reflecting the current standards and competencies taught in the foundational blocks for our Place-Based Education block.
- Collaborate with other staff members and actively participate in all professional learning activities
- Work to continuously improve effectiveness in your instructional practices and incorporate weekly 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
- Teach Strings and general music
- Work with students on plays concerts and other events that include music
- Teach students how to read music
- Work with students on music related projects and support students musical passion projects.*
QUALIFICATIONS
- Current WA State Teacher Certificate
- Spanish speakers and persons of color are strongly encouraged to apply
COMPENSATION
Salary is commensurate with WA State teacher salaries depending on experience. This position qualifies for an additional stipend. All employees receive a full benefits package and enrollment into the WA School Employees Benefits program.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
Please submit resume cover letter and contact information for three references to Jill Fineis:
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
Employment Type
Part-Time
