Honors Program Mentor, GT School

On-site:
Austin (Georgetown), TX (relocation assistance available)

$150,000/year, paid weekly | Health, dental, and vision benefits from day one

Full-time, 40 hours/week

You understand what gifted students can achieve — because you were one yourself. If you've witnessed that potential wasted by reduced expectations and standardized lesson plans, consider this alternative.

ool, you'll guide a cohort of 15–20 K–12 learners through curriculum at 5–10x the pace of conventional classrooms.

Your role is to continuously elevate performance: facilitating one-hour life skills workshops covering public speaking, focus, and feedback, and conducting personalized motivation sessions that use Coachbot analytics to align each student's objectives with measurable progress in learning applications. You'll observe students who once struggled with communication complete the Test2

Pass and leave prepared to present confidently in any setting. Your own academic credentials inform every interaction. No script is provided.

This is not traditional classroom instruction. No grading backlog, no classroom discipline issues, no teaching to the middle. Those who establish strong performance records here — sustained student satisfaction, 100% goal-completion rates, proven skill mastery — are considered for leadership positions, where they develop a small team while continuing to mentor their own cohort.

What You Will Be Doing

• Facilitating one-hour life skills workshops on public speaking, focus, and feedback for a cohort of 15–20 K–12 students using gt.school's curriculum alongside your own academic background
• Conducting personalized motivation sessions, leveraging Coachbot analytics to monitor each student's progress in learning apps relative to their individual goals
• Administering Test2
  
  Pass mastery-based assessments to validate student skill acquisition
• Adjusting delivery dynamically through storytelling, established credibility, and AI-personalized instruction to maintain challenge and engagement for gifted learners
• Monitoring progress toward 100% goal-completion and 95% student satisfaction targets

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Running a traditional classroom — every student in this program has chosen to participate
• Grading assignments, preparing report cards, or managing the administrative tasks typical of standard teaching roles
• Teaching to standardized tests or meeting external assessment requirements
• Simplifying content — students here are ready to engage with the full complexity of your expertise
• Working with unmotivated or average-paced learners

Honors Program Mentor Key Responsibilities

Mentor a cohort of gifted K–12 students to achieve mastery in critical life skills and advance academically through individualized, high-expectation coaching.

Basic Requirements

• Willingness to work in-person in Austin (Georgetown), TX
• Bachelor's degree from a top-tier university (Ivy League or equivalent)
• Documented record of academic excellence (e.g., National Merit Finalist, academic Olympiad medalist, or early college graduation)
• At least 3 years of experience coaching, mentoring, or teaching students
• At least one elite academic signal: prestigious fellowship or scholarship (Rhodes, Fulbright, NSF GRFP, Gates), PhD, Mensa or Triple Nine Society membership, or university-level teaching experience
• Daily self-reported usage of generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or equivalent)
• Legal right to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Master's degree from a top-ranked research university
• Background as a participant or coach in competitive academic programs (MATHCOUNTS, Science Olympiad, national debate, or equivalent)
• Experience coaching high-achieving students toward elite outcomes (college admissions, fellowship applications, competitive exams)
• Background in cognitive science, educational psychology, or gifted and talented (GT) education

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…