Youth Program Director, gt.school - $100,000/year USD

• Location: On-site in Georgetown, TX (Austin area); relocation support available
• Compensation: $100,000/year
• Schedule: Full-time, 40 hours/week
• Benefits: Health benefits begin day one
  
  

Gifted education typically means a marginally more difficult worksheet. You're familiar with that reality. You experienced it yourself. You've witnessed what these students achieve when someone refuses to settle for conventional limits. This role requires you to drive gifted K-12 students to finish high school 5-10x faster than conventional timelines while building emotional intelligence and life competencies that most adults never develop. Academic instruction is delivered through adaptive software at the school. Your responsibility covers everything the technology cannot: guiding students through obstacles, facilitating mastery-based life skill sessions, and maintaining a baseline where 90% satisfaction and 100% goal completion are not aspirations—they are minimum standards.

Your days are divided between two core functions. First: structured one-hour life skill sessions (topics include public speaking, focus, feedback exchange), delivered through hands-on activities and validated by a mastery assessment students must pass or repeat. Second: individualized motivation work where you analyze Coachbot data, align with students on their personal objectives, and apply age-appropriate motivators (campus currency, leaderboards) to sustain momentum when students are tempted to disengage. Both functions are quantified. Your effectiveness is measured by satisfaction ratings and app progression rates—not by volume of material presented.

The advancement path is clear. High performers transition into senior coaching positions, leading a team while maintaining their own student group. Those who succeed at scale advance to Campus Lead roles, assuming full responsibility for school operations, stakeholder relations, and site-level performance. This is a merit-based track. Your ceiling is determined solely by your results.

If your goal is to be the catalyst for a student who completes high school by 8th grade while mastering time management, processing critical feedback, and presenting with confidence, submit your application. If you require traditional lecture formats and fixed curricula to perform effectively, this role is not suitable.

What You Will Be Doing

• Facilitating one-hour life skill sessions covering topics such as public speaking, focus, and feedback exchange, structured around hands-on, project-driven activities, with each session culminating in a mastery test (Test2Pass) that students must pass to progress
• Conducting daily motivation check-ins: analyzing Coachbot data, aligning on each student's individual objectives, and deploying age-appropriate motivators to overcome resistance and achieve weekly progression benchmarks
• Tailoring your coaching strategy with generative AI platforms (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini) to customize sessions based on individual student characteristics and learning behaviors
• Preparing for each session by reviewing curriculum materials and lesson frameworks to ensure delivery is engaging, adherent to playbooks, and receives strong student ratings
• Monitoring satisfaction metrics and app progression data, then refining your methods when performance indicators reveal disengagement or stalled advancement
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Teaching academic content, providing tutoring, or clarifying curriculum materials — students progress through self-directed applications; your function is coaching and motivating, not instructing
• Experiencing pressure to advance a student who has not shown mastery: standards are maintained irrespective of proximity to passing
• Handling classroom discipline issues: you are working with gifted, self-driven students; behavioral management is not your central challenge
• Creating lesson plans from the ground up: curriculum and playbooks are established; your responsibility is high-quality execution, not curriculum design
• Grading assignments, processing administrative documentation, or attending planning sessions unconnected to student results
  
  

Youth Program Director Key Responsibilities

Guide gifted K-12 students to achieve life skill mastery and reach their academic milestones at gt.school's Georgetown campus.

Basic Requirements

• Able to work on-site in Georgetown, TX — relocation support available
• Bachelor's degree in any discipline
• Proven record of academic achievement (e.g., National Merit Scholar, academic competition participation, accelerated college completion)
• 3 years of direct student experience in a gifted and talented (GT) program, gifted education pathway, or officially designated gifted learner environment (school, district, enrichment initiative, or comparable setting)
• Regular user of generative AI platforms in an educational or professional capacity (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or equivalent)
• Authorization to work in the U.S. without sponsorship requirements
  
  

Nice-to-have Requirements

• History as a competitive athlete, academic competitor, or elite performer with firsthand understanding of high-performance environments
• Experience delivering structured workshops or presentations to youth groups (debate coaching, camp leadership, enrichment instruction, or similar roles)
• Familiarity with mastery-based or competency-driven learning models where student progression depends on demonstrated ability rather than age or elapsed time
• Documented success using AI platforms to tailor coaching or educational plans to individual learners
  
  

About Gt.school

GT School is revolutionizing education with AI, expert coaching, and 50 years of learning science. They blend cutting-edge tech with data-driven insights to unlock every student's full potential.

They're on a mission to disrupt the broken education system and unleash the true potential of gifted minds. Forget the one-size-fits-all approach that leaves brilliant students bored and disengaged.

This school has tossed the rulebook and created a modern learning environment powered by AI and guided by dedicated mentors. Their personalized approach accelerates learning - 2-6 times faster than traditional classrooms.

GT School students explore their passions, develop critical thinking skills, and learn to innovate.

Because that's where genius lies.

GT School is where gifted minds turn potential into power.

There is so much to cover for this exciting role, and space here is limited. Hit the Apply button if you found this interesting and want to learn more. We look forward to meeting you!

Working with us

This is a full-time (40 hours per week), long-term position. The position is immediately available and requires entering into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover as a Contractor of Record. The compensation level for this role is $50 USD/hour, which equates to $100,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly. Consult www.crossover.com/help-and-faqs for more details on this topic.

Crossover Job Code: LJ-5251-US-Minnesot-YouthProgramDi.052