Special Education Teacher

About Gem Prep

Gem Prep is a K-12 college preparatory school with an ambitious goal: to ensure all secondary students graduate from high school with an associate degree. Our elementary program builds a strong academic foundation for grades 6-12, setting the stage for this rigorous journey.

Gem Prep schools operate as part of the Gem Innovation Schools organization, serving students across Idaho through large brick-and-mortar charter schools, a statewide virtual school, and micro school-like settings known as Learning Societies. Our mission is to prepare students for success in college by providing a high-quality, personalized, relevant, and rigorous education through exceptional teaching, innovative uses of technology, and partnerships with families.

At Gem Prep, we believe in a culture of shared competencies. Both students and staff are expected to develop and embody traits such as being self-aware, self-directed, and self-disciplined; creative problem-solvers; skilled communicators and collaborators; and civic-minded individuals.

About the Role

The Special Education Teacher is responsible for providing and overseeing instruction through both digital and face-to-face components. This role is designed to create a powerful learning experience for every student by utilizing collaboration and data-driven decisions. You will plan, prepare, and deliver instruction tailored to student needs, ensuring the success of all learners in a fluid environment where flexibility and tenacity are required.

In this position, you will hold students accountable for measurable standards of academic achievement while addressing their social, emotional, behavioral, organizational, and time-management needs. You will lead the development and implementation of IEPs for a designated caseload, ensuring all goals are measurable and relevant. Additionally, you will collaborate with general education teachers to ensure students receive their mandated accommodations and modifications in a least restrictive environment, and provide direction and training to paraprofessionals to ensure student needs are met.

Working at Gem Prep

We hire and develop excellent educators and provide strong support. Our culture is built on five core values:

• Results: We work relentlessly to create efficient, measurable, and sustainable results, striving for excellence and pursuing our mission tenaciously.
• Innovation: We embrace new approaches and ideas that have a powerful impact on learning and teaching, believing that the status quo is not acceptable.
• Integrity: We are truthful, fair, and trustworthy in all aspects of our work and expect the same from you.
• Humility: We value being teachable and understand that humility is key to building trusted relationships and professional growth.
• Teamwork: We value each team member as an individual but believe that we achieve the greatest results by working together.

Equal Opportunity

Gem Innovation Schools is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or other protected status. Preference may be extended to eligible veterans in accordance with state and federal guidelines. Gem Innovation Schools is a drug-free workplace, and adherence to this policy is a condition of employment.