Description
IMPORTANT NOTE: This is an in-person position based at our Austin, Texas campus.
Traditional schools train students on what to think. This position exists to train them on how to execute.
Alpha is creating a fundamentally different high school—one where students don't attend lectures or memorize material. Instead, they build, ship, communicate, and grow. They launch projects, validate ideas, and cultivate real-world skills that many adults never acquire. Your responsibility is to ensure they execute effectively and meet high standards.
You will engage directly with high school students as they launch businesses, manage projects, and build the confidence, communication ability, and competence needed to thrive beyond the classroom. You are not here to deliver theory. You are here to coach performance. You will establish rigorous expectations, maintain accountability, and challenge students to create work that meets real-world standards.
This position is designed for individuals who have achieved meaningful outcomes outside academia—built a product, cultivated an audience, worked in a startup, or delivered results in a demanding environment—and want to leverage that experience to develop the next generation. If you seek a conventional teaching role, this is not that. If you want to influence how driven teenagers think, operate, and perform, this is your opportunity.
If you have accomplished something substantive in your career and want to invest your time pushing motivated teenagers toward their full capability, this is your opportunity. Apply now
What you will be doing
- Design hands-on workshops that teach students how to build authentic social media followings
- Mentor students on content strategy, covering ideation through optimization with AI tools
- Support students in transforming their personal expertise into marketable brands
- Provide 1:1 and small group coaching to help students establish goals, maintain execution discipline, and produce tangible outputs
- Maintain accountability to rigorous standards in communication, output quality, and follow-through
- Facilitate real-world projects (business ventures, marketing campaigns, coding initiatives, etc.) and drive toward concrete results
- Monitor student development across the 3 C's and take corrective action when performance declines
- Maintain transparent communication with students and parents regarding progress, performance gaps, and action plans
What you will NOT be doing
- Teaching through traditional lectures or following a standardized curriculum
- Grading large volumes of homework or emphasizing theoretical content
- Supporting unmotivated students or compromising standards for comfort
- Working within a slow, bureaucratic educational system
Key responsibilities
Produce measurable improvement in students' confidence, communication, and practical capability by mentoring them to execute consistently at elevated standards.
Candidate requirements
- Proven record of significant personal achievement in at least one practical domain: launching a company, building an audience, generating revenue, publishing research, competing at an elite level, or equivalent
- Effective coaching and mentoring capabilities, with demonstrated ability to motivate teenagers
- 3+ years 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 visa sponsorship
Nice to have
- Specialized knowledge in at least one practical field (entrepreneurship, medicine, sales, technology, creative industries, finance, athletics) that you can integrate into sessions and workshops with depth
- Background working in a startup or high-growth organization at any capacity
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