Description
IMPORTANT NOTE: This position requires in-person attendance at our Austin, Texas campus.
Traditional schools focus on telling students what to think. This position focuses on training them how to execute.
Alpha is constructing an unconventional high school—one where students skip the lectures and rote memorization. Instead, they build, ship, communicate, and grow. They launch projects, validate ideas, and acquire real-world capabilities that many adults never attain. Your responsibility is to ensure they follow through and perform at a high standard.
You will engage directly with high school students as they launch businesses, manage projects, and cultivate the confidence, communication skills, and competence necessary for post-graduation success. Theory is not your mandate. Coaching execution is. You will establish rigorous expectations, enforce accountability, and challenge students to deliver work that meets real-world standards.
This position suits individuals who have accomplished something substantial outside academic settings—launched a product, built an audience, worked in a startup, or delivered results in a demanding environment—and wish to leverage that experience to develop the next generation. If you seek a conventional teaching position, look elsewhere. If you aim to influence how driven teenagers think, act, and perform, this is your opportunity.
If you have achieved something meaningful in your career and want to dedicate your time to pushing motivated teenagers toward their full potential, this is your venue. Apply now
What you will be doing
- Develop practical workshops that teach students methods for building genuine social media audiences
- Mentor students on content strategy, spanning ideation through AI-powered optimization
- Support students in transforming their areas of personal expertise into marketable brands
- Provide 1:1 and small-group coaching to help students establish goals, maintain consistency, and produce concrete deliverables
- Enforce rigorous standards for communication quality, work output, and execution discipline
- Shepherd students through practical projects (entrepreneurship, marketing, software development, etc.) while demanding measurable outcomes
- Monitor student advancement across the 3 C's and take action when performance declines
- Maintain transparent communication with students and parents regarding progress, deficiencies, and action plans
What you will NOT be doing
- Conducting traditional lectures or adhering to standardized curricula
- Evaluating piles of homework or emphasizing theoretical content
- Coddling disengaged students or compromising standards for the sake of comfort
- Navigating a slow-moving, bureaucratic educational institution
Key responsibilities
Produce quantifiable improvements in students' confidence, communication abilities, and practical competence by coaching them to execute consistently at an elevated level.
Candidate requirements
- Proven record of significant personal accomplishment in at least one practical domain: launching a business, building an audience, generating revenue, publishing research, competing at an elite level, or equivalent
- Robust coaching and mentoring capabilities, with demonstrated ability to motivate teenagers
- 3+ years of experience coaching/mentoring teenagers
- Superior communication and presentation abilities
- Proficiency with AI/technology tools (ChatGPT, Claude, etc.)
- Available to work on-site in Austin, TX. Relocation support is provided
- Authorized to work in the US without requiring visa sponsorship
Nice to have
- Specialized expertise in at least one practical field (entrepreneurship, medicine, sales, technology, creative industries, finance, athletics) that you can integrate into sessions and workshops with precision
- Background working within a startup or high-growth organization at any capacity
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