Early Childhood Specialist, GT School - $100,000/year USD

Alpha School; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Benefits for W2 employees

Job summary

GT School is seeking an Early Childhood Specialist to guide gifted K-3 students, helping them develop life skills, leadership, and confidence through AI-powered coaching rather than traditional lessons.

This full-time, on-site role at GT School's Georgetown, Texas campus offers relocation assistance for exceptional candidates and access to a nationally recruited student body.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with exceptional academic achievement.
• 3+ years of direct work with children aged 4-9.
• Experience coaching and motivating gifted learners.
• Ability to lead structured activities and keep groups engaged.
• Comfort using AI-powered learning while focusing on coaching.

Responsibilities

• Lead life-skills workshops for gifted K-3 students.
• Coach students one-on-one and in groups using analytics and motivation systems.
• Assess life-skill mastery using the framework and coach until true understanding is shown.
• Adapt coaching to developmental needs with high expectations.
• Build relationships that challenge students to persist and excel.

Skills

Coaching gifted K-3 students

Relationship building

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor's degree with a personal record of exceptional academic achievement

Tools

Coachbot analytics

AI-powered learning tools

Job description

Most schools ask, "What should a six-year-old know?" We ask, "What is this six-year-old capable of?"

At gt.school, gifted students don't wait for the curriculum to catch up. They move as fast as they're ready to learn, mastering years of academics through AI-powered instruction while spending the rest of their day developing the confidence, communication, resilience, and leadership to match their intellectual potential. As an Early Childhood Specialist, your role isn't delivering lessons. It's helping exceptional young minds build the habits and character that let exceptional ability flourish.

This is a full-time, on-site role at gt.school's Georgetown, Texas campus, just outside Austin. We recruit nationally, so job boards may display this opportunity in nearby cities that do not have a campus. Relocation assistance is available for exceptional candidates.

What You Will Be Doing

• Lead engaging life-skills workshops that help gifted K-3 students develop communication, focus, leadership, resilience, and other durable skills through active participation rather than lectures.
• Coach students one-on-one and in small groups, using Coachbot analytics, proven motivation systems, and strong relationships to keep every student progressing toward ambitious weekly learning goals.
• Assess life-skill mastery through gt.school's Test2Pass framework, coaching students until they demonstrate genuine understanding and consistent application.
• Adapt your coaching style to the developmental needs of your cohort, combining creativity and playfulness with exceptionally high expectations for what young learners can accomplish.
• Build relationships that challenge gifted students to embrace difficult work, persist through setbacks, and develop the character to match their intellectual ability.

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Delivering academic lessons from the front of the room. Students learn core academic subjects through adaptive, AI-powered software.
• Holding gifted students back because of traditional grade-level expectations.
• Writing curriculum from scratch. You'll personalize proven playbooks rather than create lessons from a blank page.
• Supervising students as they work independently. Your value comes from coaching, motivating, and developing each child.
• Lowering standards when students encounter difficult challenges. You'll help students rise to ambitious goals rather than reducing the bar.

Early Childhood Specialist Key Responsibilities

Develop gifted K-3 students who pair exceptional academic growth with the confidence, character, and life skills to achieve at the highest levels.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with a personal record of exceptional academic achievement.
• A history of outstanding academic performance, demonstrated through accomplishments such as admission to a highly selective university, exceptional grades, prestigious academic awards, advanced coursework, competitive scholarships, academic competitions, or comparable achievements.
• At least 3 years of experience working directly with children ages 4-9 through teaching, coaching, tutoring, camps, youth programs, or similar environments.
• A specific example of leading a structured activity for young children, including the routine you used and how you kept the group engaged.
• A specific example of motivating a young child to achieve a challenging goal, including the goal, your approach, and the outcome.
• A specific example of changing your approach after receiving feedback, including what you changed and the result.
• Comfort using AI-powered learning while focusing your own energy on coaching, motivation, and life-skill development.
• The ability to balance warmth with unwavering expectations for every student.
• Willingness to work full-time on-site in Georgetown, Texas.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States without visa sponsorship.

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Experience working with gifted, accelerated, or highly advanced learners.
• Experience in youth sports, children's theater, camp leadership, Montessori, progressive education, or high-engagement enrichment programs.
• Outstanding storytelling or presentation skills that naturally engage young children.
• A track record of helping exceptionally capable children stretch beyond what they believed they could accomplish.

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.

Working with us

This is a full-time, W2 employee position with immediate access to benefits (https://support.crossover.com/article/7581-w2-benefits-u-s-paychex-paid-only). All roles are year-long positions. The compensation level for this role is $100,000 USD/year. The payment period is weekly. Consult www.crossover.com/help-and-faqs for more details on this topic.