Description
- Houston. 200,000 dollar salary, paid weekly
- Day-one health benefits, HSA, FSA
Are you frustrated watching Houston students fall behind in a system that prevents you from upholding the standards they need?
Alpha is opening a flagship campus in the city, and we're looking for a leader who knows Houston's education landscape firsthand. You will manage 15 plus Guides who mentor and inspire students while our EdTech platform delivers all instruction. No traditional "teaching". Action-focused. Leadership-driven.
Your objective: guarantee every student enjoys 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, operate on data-driven insights, and establish Houston's premier school from the start.
Lead with evidence. Coach toward excellence. Apply now.
What you will be doing
- Launch Alpha's flagship Houston campus: Execute Alpha's three core promises for 100 plus students from day one, ensuring operational excellence in every area.
- Facilitate live workshops with K through 12 students on life skills: Lead one-hour interactive sessions covering public speaking, growth mindset, and feedback exchange. Follow Alpha's structured approach to help students master skills overlooked by traditional schools while keeping sessions enjoyable.
- Drive every student toward 100 percent goal achievement: Create customized motivational frameworks for individual students. Apply data-informed strategies to address resistance and sustain engagement with the Alpha platform. Success is defined by every student meeting their objectives.
- Develop Guides through targeted coaching: Leverage quantitative and qualitative metrics to pinpoint performance issues. Provide direct, actionable coaching in structured sessions and monitor progress. Maintain team accountability through logic and objectivity rather than empathy that lowers standards.
- Lead campus operations through data analysis: Evaluate staff performance, operational efficiency, parent engagement, and campus culture. Identify challenges, perform root cause diagnostics, engage stakeholders, and execute measurable improvements. Document all decisions and refine based on outcomes.
- Uphold standards without exception: Establish and sustain Alpha's performance benchmarks for both students and staff. Make difficult decisions when performance does not meet expectations. Model the highest standards as the leader of 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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