Description
IMPORTANT NOTE: This position requires in-person attendance at our Austin, Texas campus.
Traditional schools focus on what students should think. This position focuses on teaching them how to execute.
Alpha is creating a fundamentally different high school—one where students don't passively absorb lectures or cram facts. Instead, they build, ship, communicate, and advance. They launch projects, validate ideas, and acquire real-world capabilities that elude most adults. Your responsibility is ensuring they follow through and excel.
You will engage directly with high school students as they launch businesses, manage projects, and cultivate the confidence, communication skills, and competence necessary for success beyond the classroom. You are not here to deliver theory. You are here to guide execution. You will establish rigorous standards, maintain accountability, and challenge students to produce work that meets real-world expectations.
This position suits individuals who have accomplished something substantial outside academia—built a product, expanded an audience, operated within a startup, or delivered results in a demanding environment—and wish to leverage that experience developing the next generation. If you seek a conventional teaching position, look elsewhere. If you aim to influence how ambitious teenagers think, act, and perform, this is your opportunity.
If you have achieved something meaningful in your career and want to dedicate your time pushing motivated teenagers toward their full potential, this is your opportunity. Apply now
What you will be doing
- Design hands-on workshops that teach students how to cultivate authentic social media followings
- Guide students on content strategy, spanning ideation through optimization leveraging AI tools
- Support students in transforming their personal expertise domains into marketable brands
- Provide 1:1 and small-group coaching to help students establish goals, maintain consistent execution, and produce tangible outputs
- Maintain accountability to rigorous standards in communication, work quality, and reliability
- Direct students through real-world projects (businesses, marketing, coding, etc.) while demanding concrete results
- Monitor student advancement across the 3 C's and take corrective action when performance declines
- Maintain transparent communication with students and parents regarding progress, deficiencies, and action items
What you will NOT be doing
- Presenting traditional lectures or following a standardized curriculum
- Evaluating large volumes of homework or emphasizing theoretical knowledge
- Coddling disengaged students or compromising standards to preserve comfort
- Functioning within a slow-moving, bureaucratic school system
Key responsibilities
Produce measurable improvement in students' confidence, communication, and real-world capability through coaching them to execute consistently at an elevated standard.
Candidate requirements
- Proven record of exceptional personal achievement in at least one real-world domain: launching a company, expanding an audience, generating revenue, publishing research, competing at an elite level, or equivalent
- Effective coaching and mentoring capabilities, with an aptitude for motivating teenagers
- 3+ years coaching/mentoring teenagers
- Superior communication and presentation abilities
- AI/tech proficiency (ChatGPT, Claude, etc.)
- Willing to work on-site in Austin, TX. Relocation assistance is available
- Able to work in the US without visa sponsorship
Nice to have
- Advanced expertise in at least one real-world discipline (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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