Middle School Teacher

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Job : 5835206

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Posted: Jul 15, 2026 7:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Aug 1, 2026

Applications are being accepted by the College Place School District for a Middle School Teacher (anticipated assignment is science) starting in the  school year. This position is being posted for internal and external consideration at this time. Interested internal candidates will need to apply online by 4:00 pm Friday, July 17, 2026 to be considered prior to external candidate applicants. The position is open until filled.

Job Title: Middle School Teacher – One Year Only

Reports to: Assigned Building Principal

Bargaining Group: WWVEA

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Position: 8 hours per day, 187 days per school year (10 months)

Salary: $58,977 - $114,490

Anticipated

Start Date:

08/14/2026

Benefits: Medical/Dental/Vision, FSA/DCAP, Life/AD&D through SEBB; and Retirement through DRS for eligible employees

Additional Benefits: Optional 403(b) retirement plan;
Optional DCP (deferred compensation program) retirement plan

Leave: 12 sick days (pro-rated for mid-year hires)

• Valid Washington State Teaching Certificate including appropriate endorsements.
• Ability to work cooperatively with students and their parents who are culturally, racially, and linguistically diverse.

• Successful experience as a K‑8 teacher
• Bilingual and biliterate in the Spanish language
• Interest in and experience with extra‑curricular and co‑curricular coaching and/or advising assignments

• Plan, implement, and evaluate classroom instructional activities consistent with building and adopted district curriculum and State Standards.
• Familiarity with a wide variety of techniques and materials, which may be used in teaching students in a classroom, utilizing course of study adopted by the Board of Directors and other appropriate learning activities.
• Exhibit strong skills and background in instructional methods and strategies.
• Establish and maintain standards of student behavior needed to achieve an environment conducive to learning.
• Diagnose and prescribe learning and training programs for individual pupils based on student aptitude and interest.
• Evaluate student’s academic, social, and emotional growth, using a variety of authentic assessment techniques, keep appropriate records and prepare progress reports.
• Possess the ability to use computers for instruction and assessment.
• Display humor and positive regard to students and colleagues.
• Show the ability to utilize and evaluate interpretive feedback.
• Present a positive attitude about change and an eagerness to implement changes that will enhance student learning.

The usual and customary methods of performing the job’s functions require the following physical demands:

• Occasional lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling; some stooping, kneeling, crouching, and/or crawling.
• Generally, the job requires:
  • ~ 5% lifting ~ 40 lbs.
  • ~ 55% of the work day standing, reaching, bending, stooping, walking
  • ~ 40% of the time working from a sitting position
• This job is performed under temperature variations consistent with indoor and outdoor temperatures.
• This job may require interaction with students displaying aggression, non‑compliance, and other conduct problems.

(~) denotes approximation

College Place School District does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression, or identity, disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups.

El Distrito Escolar de College Place no discrimina en ningún programa o actividad por motivos de sexo, raza, credo, religión, color, origen nacional, edad, condición de veterano o militar, orientación sexual, expresión o identidad de género, discapacidad, o el uso de un perro guía entrenado o animal de servicio, y proporciona igualdad de acceso a los Boy Scouts y otros grupos juveniles designados.

Los siguientes empleados han sido designados para atender preguntas y quejas sobre presunta discriminación:

Título IX y Acoso, Intimidación y Hostigamiento (HIB):
Marissa Waddell, mwaddell

Derechos Civiles y Sección 504, y Coordinador de Escuelas Inclusivas en Cuestiones de Género:
James Fry, jfry  1755 South College Avenue, College Place, Washington, 99324

• Citizenship, residency or work visa required

• Chris Plucker, Principal
• Sager Middle School
• Phone:
• Email: mwaddell