Learning Instructor, Waypoint Academy

• Dripping Springs, TX (near Austin): full-time, on-site position
• $100,000 annually, weekly pay; comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage from day one
• Relocation assistance provided

The most powerful support you can offer a struggling student is maintaining high expectations. If that principle resonates with you — and if you'd prefer to demonstrate it with a student group outdoors rather than discuss it in a classroom — read on.

This role differs from traditional teaching. Waypoint Academy students don’t attend conventional lectures in seated rows. They progress through adaptive learning software independently while you provide coaching on concentration, perseverance, and achievement. You’ll guide them through outdoor experiences: one‑hour life‑skills sessions covering public speaking, collaboration, leadership, and critical thinking, delivered through adventure‑based, experiential methods designed to challenge and engage. Every session concludes with a Test2

Pass mastery assessment — students must exhibit the specific skill in practical application before completion.

Your remaining time centers on motivation sessions: brief, personalized coaching dialogues informed by Coachbot analytics, where you engage students and advance their academic objectives. You’ll observe students evolve from hesitant participants to self‑assured performers — visibly and quickly. Your performance metrics are transparent: student satisfaction scores (90% benchmark) and weekly goal completion rates (100% benchmark).

High achievers advance to senior coaching positions: leading teams and influencing the school's approach to student motivation and development. Beyond that lies complete school leadership — accountability for outcomes, organizational culture, everything. Dripping Springs sits 30 minutes from Austin’s technology sector, live music venues, and culinary landscape, offering 300+ days of sunshine and year‑round Hill Country outdoor opportunities.

• Facilitating 1‑hour outdoor life‑skills sessions (public speaking, focus, leadership, teamwork) through nature‑based, adventure‑oriented activities following Waypoint’s curriculum and playbook
• Conducting motivation sessions with individual students, leveraging Coachbot analytics and student profile information to guide them toward their weekly academic objectives
• Completing each workshop with a Test2
  
  Pass mastery assessment: students must exhibit the targeted life skill in authentic context before session conclusion
• Exercising outdoor safety judgment prior to every session: evaluating routes and weather conditions, inspecting gear, and following Leave No Trace principles according to Waypoint's field guidelines
• Enlivening sessions through narrative techniques, creative adaptation, and the enthusiasm required to maintain engagement from K‑12 learner cohorts both indoors and outdoors

• Presenting academic lectures or teaching from a whiteboard. Students acquire course material through adaptive EdTech software; you coach them through obstacles, not teach curriculum.
• Supervising students at computer stations. You’ll be actively leading outdoor workshops, conducting motivation sessions, and coaching students facing challenges.
• Evaluating assignments, creating lesson plans from the ground up, or preparing students for standardized examinations.
• Reducing expectations for struggling students. Goals remain authentic, mastery defines the standard, and your responsibility is coaching students to success — not adjusting requirements.
• Handling parent correspondence or administrative school functions. These duties fall to the Campus Lead.

Support K‑12 students at Waypoint Academy to develop enthusiasm for learning, accelerate their progress, and acquire enduring life skills.

• Bachelor’s degree in any field
• Minimum 3 years of direct experience with K‑12 students in educational, camp, coaching, or outdoor instruction environments
• Documented history of exceptional personal achievement: competitive sports, academic distinctions, or outstanding professional accomplishment
• Effective public…