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 its flagship campus in the city, and we're looking for a leader who already knows this region's educational landscape. You'll oversee 15 plus Guides who support and inspire students while our EdTech platform delivers all instruction. No "teaching". All action. True leadership.
Your objective: make certain every student enjoys school, progresses at twice the speed of conventional classrooms, and develops essential life competencies. This is not a conventional Principal position. You'll maintain rigorous standards, rely on data to inform decisions, and construct Houston's premier school from the start.
Lead through data. Coach toward excellence. Apply now.
What you will be doing
- Launch Alpha's flagship Houston campus: Execute Alpha's three core commitments to 100 plus students from the outset with operational precision throughout.
- Facilitate live workshops for K through 12 students on life skills: Conduct compelling one-hour sessions covering public speaking, growth mindset, and feedback exchange. Implement Alpha's structured approach to ensure students acquire competencies traditional schools overlook while remaining engaged.
- Drive every student toward 100 percent goal achievement: Develop personalized motivational frameworks for each individual. Apply data-informed strategies to address reluctance and sustain engagement with the Alpha platform. Success is defined by every student reaching their objectives.
- Develop Guides toward peak performance: Leverage quantitative and qualitative metrics to pinpoint capability gaps. Provide precise, implementable feedback during coaching conversations and monitor advancement. Maintain team accountability through logical assessment and objectivity, not empathy that weakens standards.
- Execute data-informed campus leadership: Examine performance across team members, operational systems, parent engagement, and campus culture. Identify issues, perform root cause evaluation, engage stakeholders, and deploy measurable solutions. Document each decision and modify approaches based on outcomes.
- Uphold excellence without exception: Establish and sustain Alpha's performance benchmark for students and staff. Execute difficult decisions when results fall below expectations. Model the standard you expect across your campus.
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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