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

About the role

Location: On-site in Georgetown, TX (Austin area), with relocation support provided. The school pushes gifted K-12 students to complete high school 5-10x faster than traditional schooling while developing emotional intelligence and life skills. Academic delivery is handled by adaptive software; your role is coaching and motivation, not instruction. This is a full-time, W2 employee position with immediate access to benefits.

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. Their personalized approach accelerates learning 2-6 times faster than traditional classrooms.

Career progression: strong performers can advance to senior coaching roles managing a team while continuing their own cohort, and high performers can become Campus Leads overseeing school operations, parent relationships, and site outcomes. The role is performance‑based; the ceiling is set by what you deliver.

Responsibilities

• Running one-hour life skill workshops on topics like public speaking, focus, and giving and receiving feedback, delivered hands-on and project-based, with each session closed by a mastery assessment (Test2Pass) that students must pass to advance
• Leading daily motivation sessions: reviewing Coachbot analytics, connecting with each student's personal goals, and using level-appropriate incentives to push through resistance and hit weekly advancement targets
• Personalizing your coaching approach using generative AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini) to adapt sessions to individual student profiles and learning patterns
• Reviewing curriculum and lesson plans before each session to deliver engaging, playbook-compliant workshops that students rate highly
• Tracking satisfaction scores and app advancement metrics and adjusting your approach when the data shows students aren't advancing or aren't engaged
• Coach gifted K-12 students to master life skills and advance through their academic goals at gt.school's Georgetown campus

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 students in a gifted and talented (GT) program, gifted education track, or formally identified gifted learner setting (school, district, enrichment program, or equivalent)
• Daily user of generative AI tools in an educational or professional context (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or similar)
• Legal right to work in the U.S. without sponsorship

Qualifications

• Background as a competitive athlete, academic competitor, or elite performer who understands what high-performance culture looks like from the inside
• Experience running structured workshops or presentations for youth audiences (debate coach, camp director, enrichment program instructor, or similar)
• Prior experience with mastery-based or competency-based learning environments where students advance by demonstrating skill, not by age or time
• Track record of using AI tools to personalize coaching or learning plans for individual students

Benefits

• Day-one health benefits
• Immediate access to benefits as a W2 employee

Pay

$100,000 USD per year, paid weekly

Schedule

Full-time, 40 hours per week