Elementary Quest Teacher (Highly Capable) (1.0 FTE) - District-wide Pool
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Elementary Teachers & Certificated Staff/Elementary Quest Teacher (Highly Capable)
Date Posted:
6/24/2025
Location:
District-WideLake Washington School District is looking for qualified Highly Capable Full-Time Quest Elementary Teacher candidates for the 2025-2026 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 2025.
This posting is for the Full-Time Quest service in LWSD's Highly Capable program. The Full-time Quest service provides our most highly capable students the opportunity to engage in rigorous, challenging, integrated, and enriched curriculum with their academic peers. The service 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 adopted district curriculum, the Full-time Quest program accelerates math curriculum by one year and emphasizes advanced academic thinking skills and strategies, strong communication and collaboration skills, and an increased awareness of local and global citizenship.
Full-time Quest programs are located at:
- Alcott Elementary, Redmond
- Baker Elementary, Redmond
- Blackwell Elementary, Sammamish
- Franklin Elementary, Kirkland
- Lakeview Elementary, Kirkland
- Mann Elementary, Redmond
- McAuliffe Elementary, Sammamish
- Smith Elementary, Sammamish
- Thoreau Elementary, Kirkland
Qualifications:
Washington State teaching certificate with elementary 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 LWEA salary schedule posted on website. Full benefit package available for employees working a minimum of 630 hours during the school year.
For more information please visit Careers in Lake Washington School District
FLSA Status: Exempt
APPLICATION PROCEDURE:
External and Internal Applicants: To apply to this posting, all applicants must submit an online application https://www.applitrack.com/lakewashington/onlineapp/default.aspx
FINALISTS WILL BE CONTACTED FOR AN INTERVIEW
Please review LWSD Human Resources Employment Policies, which includes our non-discrimination policy. We are not able to sponsor employment at this time.
- Location:
- Redmond
- Job Type:
- FullTime