Academic Specialist at Keystone Academy

School Information

Located in Belleville, MI, Keystone Academy opened in 2003 and serves students aged Young5-8. To learn more about Keystone Academy, click here.

Why Choose Keystone Academy:

• Recognized for staff satisfaction, culture, and safety.
• Parent satisfaction has been 93% for the past three years, placing us among the top 10 of 102 NHA schools.
• Keystone is a Top Ten Charter Middle School in Michigan.
• Collaborates with colleagues you enjoy working with to serve students.
• Offers world-class professional development and instructional materials.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Believes 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 for developing, implementing, and evaluating academic interventions for individual students.
• Affirms the strengths and needs of students and provides this information to classroom teachers, parents, and specialized personnel such as psychologists, special educators, or speech teachers to facilitate 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.
• Maintains and monitors student progress for the purpose of providing feedback on a regular basis to students, teachers, parents, and determining intervention effectiveness so modifications can be made to student plans as needed.
• Groups and schedules students according to their 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 for the purpose of providing a safe and 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 the law and school.
• Collects, analyzes, and prepares data for the purpose of interpretation and reporting.

Qualifications

• 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.

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National Heritage Academies is an equal-opportunity employer.