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Teachers

You have the power to change the face of education.

Your Quest adventure begins in September with our Educators Outreach Conference for all interested teachers. Then you develop a clear idea of where you want to go, what your students are passionate about and how you can make a difference. Quest welcomes proposals for a domestic(take out the word domestic and leave national and international), national or international service trip with a specific theme and mission.

Your trip will be evaluated, based upon a rubric designed by Quest. This proposal serves as an application for a support grant from Quest for trip and service project expenses. Generally, six projects are approved by the Quest Alumni Board and Quest initiates a program of sustained support and guidance to each team. The amount awarded is $8,000 for a national trip and $10,000 for an international trip.

Lead teacher: Karimah Williams, Boston Arts Academy’s service to Puerto Rico

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“It has been a challenge to witness the overwhelmingly significant socio-emotional toll this pandemic has had on our students. To know that we were exposing students to the importance of community service and at the same time replenishing their spirits and improving their socio-emotional health was truly heartwarming.”

Lead teacher: Ramon Trinidad, Brighton High’s service trip to Puerto Rico

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“Through this experience, I learned that I have even more love and appreciation for my students than I thought possible. I learned that I had even more to give my students than I thought I was giving them. I certainly feel like a different person today than when I left. I look forward to continuing to grow as a leader and to using what I learned in Puerto Rico to continue to help others.”

-Emily Medina
Madison Park Technical Vocational High School
Dental Program
Team Dominican Republic

“I believe my relationships with my students grew fonder on this trip. We were there on a mission and as educators and advocates of the dental profession. I truly believe that every student left there with a more mature outlook on the profession.”

-Matthew Johnson
Boston Green Academy
Team Puerto Rico

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“I returned home and wonder how we can offer this opportunity to more BGA students, to BGA and to every student in Boston! I yearn for a future in which all young adults have had an immersion-based service learning focused on sustainability, and along with it a greater sense of belonging, compassion and empathy for our natural world and all its inhabitants.”

-Josh Fidalgo
Dearborn STEM Academy
Team New Orleans

“Our students were shocked at the remaining destruction in New Orleans- but ready to serve! We all came back with a new appreciation for life.”

-Nasha-Lee Bailey
Madison Park Technical Vocational High School
Nursing Program
Team Dominican Republic

“Our lives have been forever changed for the good. And we will continue to intentionally spread good around the world because of this life changing opportunity!”

Ready. Set. Go!

Step 1

After your application’s acceptance, you and your team will fundraise for your trip. By raising the money themselves, students learn critical entrepreneurial and leadership skills. Community service at local organizations will help your team develop close relationships and give back to their own neighborhoods. In the spring, Quest Adventures will work with you to reflect on the planning process with your students and host a theme-linked educational retreat. We are with you every step, to provide support and guidance.

Step 2

The hard work pays off when you share in life-changing service work alongside your students! As a part of Quest Adventures, teachers can be sure that the work they are doing is impactful and relevant. If organic farming in Peru, building houses in New Orleans, or reforestation in the Dominican Republic sound like interesting projects, then Quest might be for you! Check out our past trips to learn more about the type of trips our teachers plan. Or read our blog for stories direct from students, teachers and alumni!

Step 3

Together with your students, you will bring service back to Boston. Teams create and implement a community service project often for their school of their neighborhood, that connects with the theme of their trip. These projects are often ongoing and continue year after year. There are many organizations throughout Boston that teams have worked alongside to execute their project such as the Charles River Watershed Association or Habitat for Humanity. Reflection and mentoring are critical elements of the Quest Adventures program. In the time after the service learning trip, students participate in reflection activities and discussions with our alumni mentors.