Special Education Specialist

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.

• 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.

In order to become fully prepared for Pinnacles Prep’s school model, you attend a 2-week summer institute with all other staff e, 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.

You begin your day in mentorship with a 15-20 student mentor group called Basecamp. Here, you teach our purpose development SEL Curriculum by nXu. You get deep and real with kids in conversations where your mentees are exploring what it means to build community, know their stories deeply, expand their perspective, and begin to take initiative on the things that matter most to them.

You are constantly checking in on the “whole child” of each mentee and monitoring their progress toward mastery of academic competencies. After Basecamp you spend your day collaborating with different teachers on specially designed instruction for scholars receiving specialized services. You support scholars with IEPs to reach their daily goals and celebrate the small wins and victories throughout the day.

At the end of each quarter you…