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07/01/2024At Gem Prep our building administrators are instructional leaders in our buildings. In addition to traditional principal responsibilities and duties, we ask administrators to spend a majority of their day in classrooms coaching, mentoring and supporting teachers. Our passion is to provide students a transformational education giving them the knowledge, characteristics, competencies and mindsets for success in college and in the workplace. Our leaders are critical to ensure that this happens.
We are looking for a dedicated assistant principal to lead our secondary program, supervise our faculty, and ensure students can grow and learn in a safe and nurturing environment. We are looking for a strong, compassionate leader who has experience setting and enforcing learning opportunities, academic curriculums, and student services that help our scholars realize their full potential.
Summary
Gem Prep has a talented and dedicated staff and an intentional set of structures and systems-all of which focus on student achievement. Gem Prep expects outstanding outcomes from its students and staff and believes every student can excel. We are a growing organization as we continue to expand by adding new grades and new campuses across Idaho. We look to our dedicated staff to support this growth.
Specific Skills
Ability to Articulate a Vision and Drive Results

• Drive the success of all students by creating systems of support and accountability for students and staff
• Have a clear vision for instructional excellence and the skill set to help all teachers and staff achieve that vision
• Possess an understanding and passion for Gem Prep’s beliefs, mission, vision, values, and operating norms and a commitment to working relentlessly in their pursuit
• Have a proven record of past achievement: achieving ambitious, measurable results in academics and leadership
• Strong critical thinking skills: making accurate connections between cause and effect and generating relevant solutions to problems
• Possess the ability to influence and motivate others
• Demonstrate organizational ability: planning well, meeting deadlines, and working efficiently
• Show experience using data to lead others to improve student outcomes
• Possess a continuous learning/growth mindset: see obstacles as opportunity and persevere through setbacks, leading others to do the same, increasingly elevating and improving school-wide outcomes
• Set high expectations and goals, achieve results, demonstrate tenacity and initiative despite tremendous obstacles or challenging situations

Leadership Qualities

• Demonstrate collaborative leadership
• Develop positive relationships with parents, teachers, students and community
• Work in partnership with other school leaders in refining and shaping school culture, recruiting and developing teacher talent and elevating our impact on students’ college readiness
• Demonstrate a commitment to the philosophy that every minute of every day is learning time
• Demonstrate integrity and ability to impact and influence multiple types of stakeholders rooted in the priorities of what is best for students

Working at Gem Prep
Gem Prep focuses on hiring and developing great employees with high expectations and provides robust support to meet those expectations. Gem Prep expects the following:

• Results. Gem Prep works relentlessly to create efficient, measurable, and sustainable results. We strive for excellence and pursue our mission tenaciously. Ideally, you thrive working in a fluid environment where flexibility and tenacity are required.
• Innovation. We embrace new approaches and ideas that have a powerful impact on learning and teaching, achieving success for every student. We believe that today’s students need schools that dramatically rethink the traditional learning and teaching process for the success of every student. The status quo is not acceptable.
• Integrity. We are truthful, fair, and trustworthy in all aspects of our work. We expect the same of you.
• Humility. If you are humble and teachable, this will be a powerful learning experience for you. Your humility will be key to building trusted and authentic relationships as well as the key to your professional growth. We also understand that you bring valuable experiences and knowledge that will lift our team.
• Teamwork. We value each of our team members as individuals but believe that we achieve the greatest results by working together.

Qualifications

• MA., EdD., or PhD. in School Administration, or related field, or working toward achieving this level of education
• Valid Idaho School Administrator Certificate. If you possess the qualities of a strong instructional leader, GP may employ you while you are actively obtaining your School Administrator Certification.
• Data-based evidence of helping students achieve academic success.
• Evidence of prior academic achievements, leadership experience, and organizational skills indicating very high potential to perform at this level.