Academic Specialist; Math at Quest Charter Academy

About Quest Charter Academy

Located in Taylor, MI, Quest Charter Academy opened in 2009 and serves students K-8.
At Quest, you can connect passion with purpose.

• Diverse community with new teacher supports from deans, principal, and instructional coach.
• Collaborative new teacher support from the principal, deans, and instructional coach dedicated to enhancing Quest's excellence through teamwork.
• Safety measures such as all staff equipped with walkies, detailed emergency plan, locked office and classroom doors for visitor safety.
• Employee engagement is strong in purpose, safety, feedback, and values, and prioritizing key aspects at Quest.
• Leadership development offers opportunities for growth within NHA and Quest, fostering personal and professional advancement.
• Consistently outperforming the local district by 16% for the past 8 years and surpassed closest schools by 19%.

• Believe that all children can and will learn at high levels.
• Supports, supplements and extends classroom teaching, and works collaboratively to implement a quality intervention program that is research-based and meets the needs of at-risk students.
• Uses specialized knowledge of assessment and diagnosis to develop, implement, and evaluate academic interventions for individual students.
• Assess the strengths and needs of students and provide that information to classroom teachers, parents, and specialized personnel such as psychologists, special educators, or speech teachers to provide effective instruction.
• Acts as a resource to other educators, parents, and the community.
• Reviews test scores and diagnostic assessments to help determine eligibility for intervention services.
• Monitors student progress, provides feedback on a regular basis to students, teachers, and parents, and determines intervention effectiveness so modifications can be made to student plans as appropriate.
• Groups and schedules students according to student needs.
• Provides instruction to individual or small groups of students using research-based best practices for intervention instruction of core content subjects.
• Manages student behavior to provide a safe and an optimal learning environment.
• Manages allotted learning time to maximize student achievement.
• Completes necessary paperwork (including student plans and logging services) accurately and completely as required by law and school policy.
• Collects, analyzes, and prepares data for interpretation and reporting.

Must hold a valid teacher license in the subject and/or grade level or meet alternative requirements in the state you are applying. 3+ years of teaching experience, preferred.

National Heritage Academies is an equal-opportunity employer.