Elementary Quest Teacher (Highly Capable) - 2024-2025 General Posting

Elementary Quest Teacher (Highly Capable) - 2024-2025 General Posting JobID : 7576

• Position Type : Elementary Teachers & Certificated Staff / Elementary Quest Teacher (Highly Capable)
• Date Posted : 1 / 26 / 2024
• Location : District-Wide

Additional Information : Lake Washington School District is looking for qualified Quest (Highly Capable) Teacher candidates for the 2024-2025 school year.

This general posting will be used to generate an applicant pool for these positions. As specific openings are identified, building administrators will contact you if you are selected for an interview.

If you wish to be considered for one of these positions, please apply to this general posting. We will continue to use this posting through summer of 2024.

This posting is for the Full-time and Pull-out Quest programs . Full-time Quest Program : The Full-time Quest program provides our most highly capable students the opportunity to engage in rigorous, challenging, integrated, and enriched curriculum with their academic peers.

The program is designed to meet the needs of students who have been identified as having exceptional cognitive and academic ability by accelerating and enriching the district curriculum.

Students are enrolled in a self-contained classroom all day, five days a week. Full-time Quest classes are multi-aged with a 2nd / 3rd grade or 4th / 5th grade grouping of students.

The learning pace is faster than in the regular education program; students are expected to perform work that exceeds grade level standards by at least one grade level.

In addition to the accelerated district curriculum, the Full-time Quest program emphasizes advanced academic thinking skills and strategies, strong communication and collaboration skills, and an increased awareness of local and global citizenship.

Pull-out Quest Program : The Pull-out Quest program provides highly capable students the opportunity to engage in challenging, integrated, and enriched project-based learning with their academic peers.

The program is designed to meet the needs of students who have been identified as having exceptional cognitive and academic ability by enriching their elementary curriculum.

Students attend their home school four days a week and the Pull-out classroom one day a week. The Pull-out program focuses on project-based learning with an emphasis on integrated social studies and science themes.

Projects focus on literacy and math, using higher level thinking skills, in-depth learning, collaboration and cooperation, and presentation skills.

Qualifications : Washington State teaching certificate with Elementary Education endorsement. Salary : Paid per teacher salary schedule with Base contract plus additional contracts for LEAP days, and Responsibility.

Additional Technology stipend and Professional Fund. See posted on website. Full benefit package available for employees working a minimum of 630 hours during the school year.

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