K-12 Learning Coach $100,000 USD/year
Description
- Dripping Springs, TX (near Austin): full-time, on-site position
- $100,000 annual salary, paid weekly; health, dental, and vision coverage begins on day one
- Relocation assistance provided
The greatest support you can offer a student in difficulty is to maintain high expectations. If that resonates with you — and if you would prefer to take a group outdoors to demonstrate it rather than discuss it in a classroom — this role may be a fit.
This position differs from traditional teaching. At Waypoint Academy, students do not attend lectures in fixed rows. They progress through adaptive learning platforms independently while you coach them on concentration, perseverance, and achievement. You will guide them outdoors: one-hour life-skills sessions covering public speaking, collaboration, leadership, and critical thinking, delivered through adventure-based experiential methods designed to challenge and engage. Every session concludes with a Test2Pass mastery assessment — students must exhibit the target skill in a real scenario to complete the workshop.
The remainder of your schedule consists of motivation sessions: brief, one-on-one coaching conversations informed by Coachbot analytics, in which you engage students and guide them toward their academic targets. You will observe students shift from disengaged learners to self-assured achievers — measurably and quickly. Your performance is transparently tracked: student satisfaction scores (90% goal) and weekly objective completion (100% goal).
High achievers advance to senior coaching positions: leading a team and influencing the school's approach to student motivation and development. Beyond that lies complete school ownership — accountability for outcomes, culture, and operations. Dripping Springs is located 30 minutes from Austin's technology sector, live music venues, and culinary scene, offering over 300 sunny days annually and year-round access to Hill Country recreation.
If you have long believed there is a more effective method to engage students, submit your application today.
What you will be doing
- Facilitating 1-hour outdoor life-skills sessions (public speaking, concentration, leadership, collaboration) through nature-based, adventure-style programming using Waypoint's structured curriculum and playbook
- Conducting motivation sessions with students individually, utilizing Coachbot analytics and profile data to guide them toward their weekly academic targets
- Concluding each session with a Test2Pass mastery assessment: students exhibit the target life skill in authentic context before the workshop ends
- Exercising outdoor safety judgment prior to every session: evaluating routes and weather, inspecting equipment, and following Leave No Trace principles per Waypoint's field protocols
- Enlivening sessions through narrative, inventive adaptation, and the presence necessary to maintain engagement from a cohort of K-12 students in both indoor and outdoor environments
What you will NOT be doing
- Presenting academic lectures or standing before a board. Students acquire subject content via adaptive EdTech platforms; your responsibility is to coach them past obstacles, not to deliver instruction.
- Supervising students at computer screens. You will be actively leading outdoor sessions, facilitating motivation conversations, and supporting students who encounter difficulties.
- Grading assignments, creating lesson plans from the ground up, or preparing students for standardized examinations.
- Reducing expectations for a student facing challenges. Objectives are meaningful, mastery is the benchmark, and your responsibility is to coach students to success — not to adjust the standard.
- Handling parent correspondence or administrative duties. Those functions are the responsibility of the Campus Lead.
Key responsibilities
Support K-12 students at Waypoint Academy to enjoy school, accelerate their learning, and develop enduring life skills.
Candidate requirements
- Bachelor's degree in any discipline
- Minimum of 3 years of direct experience working with K-12 students in educational, camp, coaching, or outdoor instruction environments
- Documented history of exceptional personal achievement: competitive sports, academic distinction, or elite professional accomplishment
- Engaging public speaker capable of energizing and maintaining attention from large student groups, both indoors and outdoors
- Innate capacity to relate to K-12 learners as an inspiring role model who challenges them to excel, not as a peer who permits underperformance
- Legal authorization to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship
- Available to work in-person at the Waypoint Academy campus in Dripping Springs, TX (near Austin)
Nice to have
- Background as an athletic coach, outdoor expedition leader, camp director, or wilderness program facilitator
- First aid or wilderness safety credentials
- Knowledge of adaptive learning systems such as Khan Academy or IXL
- Experience in youth development, experiential education, or outdoor youth programming
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