Counselor, GT School - $100,000/year USD

About the Role

Join GT School in Georgetown, TX, and be part of a revolutionary approach to gifted education. Your mission is to coach gifted K-12 students to complete high school 5-10 times faster than traditional schooling while developing advanced emotional intelligence and life skills. This role focuses on coaching, motivation, and delivering mastery-based life skill workshops, leveraging adaptive software and AI tools to personalize student experiences.

Responsibilities

• Run one-hour life skill workshops on topics like public speaking, focus, and giving/receiving feedback, using hands-on, project-based methods and mastery assessments (Test2Pass).
• Lead daily motivation sessions, reviewing Coachbot analytics, connecting with students' goals, and using incentives to overcome resistance.
• Personalize coaching with generative AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini) to adapt sessions to individual student profiles.
• Review curriculum and lesson plans to deliver engaging, playbook-compliant workshops with high student satisfaction ratings.
• Track satisfaction scores and app advancement metrics, adjusting approaches to ensure student engagement and progress.

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Delivering academic content, tutoring, or explaining curriculum (students use self-guided apps).
• Passing students who haven’t demonstrated mastery.
• Managing classroom behavior (students are gifted and motivated).
• Building lesson plans from scratch (curriculum and playbooks are provided).
• Grading papers, managing administrative paperwork, or attending irrelevant meetings.

Requirements

• Willing to work on-site in Georgetown, TX (relocation support provided).
• Bachelor's degree in any subject.
• Demonstrated history of academic excellence (e.g., National Merit Scholar, academic competitions, early college graduation).
• 3+ years working directly with gifted students in a GT program, gifted education track, or formally identified gifted learner setting.
• Daily user of generative AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or similar) in an educational or professional context.
• Legal right to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• Background as a competitive athlete, academic competitor, or elite performer in a high-performance culture.
• Experience running structured workshops or presentations for youth (debate coach, camp director, etc.).
• Prior experience with mastery-based or competency-based learning environments.
• Track record of using AI tools to personalize coaching or learning plans.

About GT School

GT School is revolutionizing education by blending AI, expert coaching, and 50+ years of learning science to unlock the full potential of gifted students. Their personalized approach accelerates learning 2-6 times faster than traditional classrooms, fostering critical thinking, innovation, and passion-driven exploration.

Benefits

• Day-one health benefits.
• Relocation support provided.

Pay

$100,000/year, paid weekly.

Schedule

Full-time, 40 hours/week.