Description
- Houston. 200,000 dollar salary, paid weekly
- Day-one health benefits, HSA, FSA
Are you tired of seeing Houston students limited by a system that prevents you from upholding the standards they need?
Alpha is opening a flagship campus in this city, and we're looking for a leader who already knows Houston's education landscape. You will oversee 15 plus Guides who motivate and coach students while our EdTech platform delivers all instruction. No "teaching". All execution. Pure leadership.
Your goal: make sure every student loves coming to school, learns at twice the pace of conventional classrooms, and develops essential life skills. This is not a conventional Principal position. You will maintain rigorous standards, rely on data to guide decisions, and create Houston's top school from the outset.
Lead through data. Coach toward excellence. Apply now.
What you will be doing
- Open Alpha's flagship Houston campus: Execute Alpha's three core promises for 100 plus students from the first day, ensuring operational excellence in every area.
- Facilitate live workshops with K through 12 students on life skills: Conduct compelling one-hour sessions covering public speaking, growth mindset, and giving and receiving feedback. Use Alpha's playbook to help students master abilities traditional schools overlook while keeping it enjoyable.
- Drive every student to 100 percent goal completion: Develop customized motivational models for each individual student. Apply data-driven methods to address resistance and maintain engagement with the Alpha platform. Success is defined by every student reaching their objectives.
- Develop Guides through coaching: Leverage quantitative and qualitative data to pinpoint performance shortfalls. Provide direct, practical feedback during coaching sessions and monitor progress. Maintain team accountability through logic and objectivity, not empathy that weakens standards.
- Lead campus through data-informed decisions: Examine performance data spanning staff, operations, parent engagement, and culture. Identify issues, perform root cause analysis, consult relevant stakeholders, and execute measurable improvements. Document every decision and revise based on outcomes.
- Uphold excellence without exception: Establish and sustain Alpha's quality standards for both students and staff. Make difficult decisions when performance does not meet expectations. Model the standard as the campus leader.
Candidate requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Business, or related field. Master's preferred.
- At least 7 years of experience in education, learning and development, coaching, business, or related field
- Direct experience building and managing teams of at least 15 people with full hiring and firing authority
- Deep knowledge of the Houston or wider Texas education landscape. This insight into local student needs, community dynamics, and competitive school environment is highly valuable to Alpha's Houston launch.
- Experience working with youth ages 5 through 14
- Strong data analysis skills and experience using metrics to drive decision-making and continuous improvement
- Passion for transforming education. Belief that the traditional system is fundamentally broken.
- Startup mindset: thrives under pressure, adaptable in new situations, comfortable building systems from scratch
- Compelling and energetic speaker who commands attention from rooms full of students or staff
- Able to relate to K through 12 students, understand their interests and culture, serve as a positive role model
- Legally authorized to work in the United States
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