Academic Specialist at Keystone Academy (2026-27 School Year)
About The Position
Keystone Academy, located in Belleville, MI, opened in 2003 and serves students from Young5 to 8th grade. Keystone Academy is recognized for staff satisfaction, culture, and safety, with high parent satisfaction rates. The school offers world-class professional development and instructional materials. This role supports, supplements, and extends classroom teaching by implementing a quality, research-based intervention program for at-risk students. The Academic Specialist uses specialized knowledge of assessment and diagnosis to develop, implement, and evaluate academic interventions for individual students. They assess student strengths and needs, providing this information to teachers, parents, and other specialists. The role also involves reviewing test scores and diagnostic assessments to determine eligibility for intervention services, monitoring student progress, and providing feedback. The specialist will group and schedule students based on needs, provide direct instruction to individuals or small groups, manage student behavior to ensure a safe learning environment, and maximize student achievement through effective time management. Additionally, the role requires accurate completion of paperwork, including student plans and service logs, and the collection, analysis, and preparation of data for reporting.
Requirements
- Must hold a valid teacher license in the subject and/or grade level or meet alternative requirements in the state you are applying.
Nice To Haves
- 3+ years of teaching experience, preferred.
Responsibilities
- 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.
- Assesses 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 in order 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 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 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 for the purpose of providing 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 the law and school.
- Collects, analyzes and prepares data for the purpose of interpretation and reporting.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
