Our School Programs team understands the challenges of raising student achievement. It is hard work to deliver high-quality, engaging instruction that both grows skills and raises scores, especially in an e-learning world. It is our mission to help school leaders and faculty balance these goals through our unique approach to student assessment, data analysis, and instructional action.
Highlights of Services
Test Prep
E-Courses
Engaging online or in-person ACT & SAT test preparation courses taught by Academic Approach instructors giving increased confidence, mastery of high-impact skills, and personalized strategies to use on test day
Formative Assessment Builder
Digital assessment tool that allows teachers to use our research-based content to create their own formative assessments or use our pre-built assessments to test and build students' skills in bite-sized pieces
Assessments & Reporting
In-depth assessment reports that provide faculty key insights into student performance, quickly identify gaps in skills and curriculum, and target key skills for instruction
Teacher Preparation
Customized professional development delivered online or in-person that deepens understanding of standards and assessment, builds a data-driven culture, infuses rigor throughout your school, and supports your teachers in delivering the most targeted skills-based instruction efficiently
Through our customized and integrated test-preparation solutions, we:
Align with your educational mission and growth goals
Adapt to the unique instructional needs of both your students and your faculty
Deliver high-quality educational services and products that raise skills and scores
In designing our solutions, we apply over 19 years as a Company of successful teaching experience in building skills and raising scores for thousands of students.
Every Student is Different
We know our students; each one is unique. That is why our ACT, SAT, and Middle School test prep is customized to each student and school partner.
We improve your students’ standardized testing by tailoring our research-based, expert instruction and curriculum to your needs.
School Programs Team
Will Kazda
Lead Instructor of School Programs
Will Kazda currently serves as a Manager of School Programs. Will joined Academic Approach four years ago as a tutor and in his current role, he teaches SAT and ACT classes at ...
Will Kazda
Lead Instructor of School Programs
Team: School Programs
Will Kazda currently serves as a Manager of School Programs. Will joined Academic Approach four years ago as a tutor and in his current role, he teaches SAT and ACT classes at high schools across Chicago. He also works closely with school partners to implement our classroom courses and provides professional development to teachers to encourage data-driven, SAT-aligned instruction. In addition to his school based expertise, Will trains and supports other Academic Approach instructors and designs curriculum for many classroom course offerings.
Will received a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Psychology at Northwestern University, graduating cum laude. He is also an actor, appearing in theatre productions around the city and spent a year living in Osaka, Japan, working as a performer at Universal Studios Japan.
Rachel Barry
Program Administrator
Rachel Barry currently serves as the Program Administrator on the School Programs team. In her three and a half years in this role, Rachel has been responsible for invoicing, ...
Rachel Barry
Program Administrator
Team: School Programs
Rachel Barry currently serves as the Program Administrator on the School Programs team. In her three and a half years in this role, Rachel has been responsible for invoicing, data analysis, and various administrative tasks. Prior to joining Academic Approach, Rachel worked as a Legal Administrator. In that role, she was responsible for preparing legal documents and providing customer service.
Rachel graduated from The University of Illinois at Chicago with a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology. Her coursework was focused on Archaeology and following graduation she worked as a research assistant at an archaeological site in Peru. In her free time, Rachel enjoys pottery, cooking, spending time with her family, and reading a good book with a cat in her lap.
Meagan Moore
Manager of School Programs
Meagan Moore currently serves as the Manager of School Programs. In this role, Meagan works with our school partners to implement our services and programs. Before joining Aca ...
Meagan Moore
Manager of School Programs
Team: School Programs
Meagan Moore currently serves as the Manager of School Programs. In this role, Meagan works with our school partners to implement our services and programs. Before joining Academic Approach, Meagan was a Social Studies teacher at The Prairie School in Racine, WI. As a teacher, she worked with her team to create an interdisciplinary, project-based curriculum for her students, and created a Mentor Program for new teachers.
After graduating from Boston University with a Bachelor of Arts in History, Meagan moved to Charlotte, NC as a Teach for America corps member where she taught 7th grade Mathematics. She later earned a Master of Science in Educational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In her free time, Meagan enjoys anything related to food, cooking, traveling, or exploring the many new restaurants opening in Chicago.
Our Partnerships
We are proud to work with partners from 133 schools, districts, and organizations across 14 states.
