Description
IMPORTANT NOTE: This is an in-person position based at our Austin, Texas campus.
Traditional schools focus on telling students what to think. This position focuses on teaching them how to execute.
Alpha is creating a fundamentally different high school—one where students don't attend lectures or memorize information. Instead, they build, ship, communicate, and grow. They launch projects, validate ideas, and acquire real-world capabilities that many adults never obtain. Your responsibility is to ensure they execute effectively and consistently.
You will engage directly with high school students as they create businesses, manage projects, and cultivate the confidence, communication skills, and competence needed to thrive beyond the classroom. You are not hired to deliver theory. You are here to coach implementation. You will establish rigorous standards, maintain accountability, and challenge students to produce work that holds up in professional contexts. As the program scales, your impact expands; your workshops become integral to the school's operational structure, and the students you mentor become evidence of what this approach produces.
This position suits individuals who have accomplished something substantive outside traditional academic settings—developed a product, expanded an audience, worked in a startup environment, or delivered results in a high-velocity setting—and wish to channel that experience toward developing the next generation. If you seek a conventional teaching position, this is not the right fit. If you want to influence how driven teenagers think, operate, and perform, this is the opportunity.
If you've achieved something tangible in your career and want to dedicate your time to driving motivated teenagers toward their full potential, this is the place. Apply now
What you will be doing
- Create and facilitate practical workshops (40% of your time) covering subjects including entrepreneurship, financial literacy, personal branding, and other applied domains; leveraging your own professional background
- Provide 1:1 coaching (60% of your time) as students execute real projects across specific areas such as businesses, marketing initiatives, and software products, using strategic questioning to identify obstacles and drive measurable advancement
- Maintain rigorous standards for confidence, communication, and competence; stepping in when performance declines and establishing clear commitments during each session
- Train students to leverage AI platforms (ChatGPT, Claude) for content generation, refinement, and efficiency
- Maintain direct communication with students and parents regarding progress, challenges, and action items
What you will NOT be doing
- Conducting traditional lectures or following a standardized curriculum
- Evaluating large volumes of homework or emphasizing theoretical concepts
- Supporting disengaged students or compromising standards for the sake of comfort
- Working within a slow-moving, bureaucratic educational system
Key responsibilities
Generate quantifiable improvement in students' confidence, communication abilities, and practical capability by guiding them to execute consistently at an elevated standard.
Candidate requirements
- Verified record of significant personal accomplishment in at least one practical domain: launching a company, building an audience, generating revenue, producing research, competing at an elite level, or equivalent
- Documented ability to guide teenagers through resistance or evasion
- 3+ years experience coaching/mentoring teenagers
- Direct, transparent communication approach: confident presenting to groups and providing candid feedback to teenagers and parents
- 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 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 integrate into sessions and workshops with depth
- Background working in a startup or rapid-growth organization at any capacity
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