Description
IMPORTANT NOTE: This position requires in-person attendance at our Austin, Texas campus.
Traditional schools focus on telling students what to think. This position is designed to show them how to execute.
Alpha is creating a new kind of high school—one where students don't passively absorb lectures or memorize facts. Instead, they build, ship, communicate, and grow. They launch projects, experiment with ideas, and acquire real-world capabilities that most adults never obtain. Your responsibility is to ensure they follow through and perform at a high standard.
You will engage directly with high school students as they launch businesses, manage projects, and cultivate the confidence, communication skills, and competence needed to thrive beyond the classroom. You are not here to deliver theory. You are here to guide execution. You will establish high expectations, maintain accountability, and challenge students to create work that holds up in professional environments.
This position suits individuals who have accomplished something substantive outside academic settings—built a product, expanded an audience, worked within a startup, or generated results in a demanding environment—and are ready to apply that expertise to mentor the next generation. If you seek a conventional teaching position, this is not it. If you aim to influence how driven teenagers think, behave, and deliver, this is the opportunity.
If you've achieved something tangible in your career and are prepared to dedicate your time to pushing motivated teenagers toward their full potential, this is the place. Apply now
What you will be doing
- Design practical workshops that teach students to build genuine social media followings
- Provide coaching on content strategy, covering ideation through optimization with AI tools
- Support students in transforming their personal areas of expertise into marketable personal brands
- Mentor students individually and in small groups to establish goals, maintain consistent execution, and produce concrete deliverables
- Enforce high standards for communication quality, work output, and follow-through
- Shepherd students through practical projects (business ventures, marketing initiatives, coding, etc.) while demanding measurable outcomes
- Monitor student development across the 3 C's and step in when performance declines
- Provide clear communication to students and parents regarding progress, areas for improvement, and action items
What you will NOT be doing
- Teaching traditional lectures or following a standardized curriculum
- Grading large volumes of homework or emphasizing theoretical understanding
- Supporting unmotivated students through excessive assistance or compromising standards for comfort
- Working within a slow-moving, bureaucratic school structure
Key responsibilities
Produce quantifiable improvements in students' confidence, communication abilities, and practical competence by guiding them to execute consistently at an elevated level.
Candidate requirements
- Proven record of significant personal accomplishment in at least one practical domain: launching a company, building an audience, generating revenue, publishing research, competing at an elite level, or similar
- Effective coaching and mentoring abilities, with demonstrated skill in motivating teenagers
- 3+ years experience coaching/mentoring teenagers
- Strong communication and presentation capabilities
- Proficiency with AI/tech tools (ChatGPT, Claude, etc.)
- Available to work on-site in Austin, TX. Relocation support is provided
- Authorized to work in the US without requiring visa sponsorship
Nice to have
- Specialized expertise in at least one practical field (entrepreneurship, medicine, sales, technology, creative industries, finance, athletics) that you can apply directly in sessions and workshops
- Background working in a startup or high-growth organization at any capacity
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