Youth Development Specialist, GT School

Traditional schools ask, "What should a six-year-old know?" At gt.school, we ask a different question: "What is this six-year-old capable of?"

Gifted students at gt.school don't wait for curriculum to catch up with their abilities. They advance at the pace they're ready to learn, completing years of academic content through AI-powered instruction while dedicating the remainder of their day to building confidence, communication skills, resilience, and leadership qualities that match their intellectual capacity. Your responsibility isn't to deliver lessons from the front of a classroom. It's to help exceptional young learners develop the habits and character traits that allow exceptional ability to thrive.

You'll guide a single K-3 cohort band—either Kindergarten-1st grade or 2nd-3rd grade. Approximately half of your time is devoted to facilitating dynamic workshops focused on life skills such as public speaking, concentration, receiving feedback, and leadership development. The remaining time is dedicated to coaching students individually and in small groups, leveraging learning analytics to ensure every child advances toward ambitious weekly objectives. Many of these students would not yet be recognized as gifted in conventional school settings. They simply require an environment that refuses to impose limits on their achievement.

Families select gt.school not because their children require remediation. They choose us because their children need greater challenges. They seek adults who exemplify curiosity, discipline, and passion for learning. This is why every coach at gt.school possesses a personal record of exceptional academic achievement. Your accomplishments aren't merely résumé items—they're evidence that you've experienced the fulfillment of pursuing excellence and can inspire children to pursue the same.

This is a full-time, on-site position at gt.school's Georgetown, Texas campus, located just outside Austin. We conduct national recruiting, so this posting may appear in nearby cities where we don't currently operate a campus. Relocation support is provided for outstanding candidates.

If helping gifted five- to nine-year-olds achieve multiple years of academic progress while building the confidence and character to match their abilities appeals to you, we want to hear from you.

What You Will Be Doing

• Facilitate dynamic life-skills workshops that help gifted K-3 learners develop communication abilities, focus, leadership qualities, resilience, and other enduring skills through active engagement rather than passive listening.
• Provide one-on-one and small-group coaching, leveraging Coachbot analytics, established motivation systems, and meaningful relationships to ensure every student advances toward ambitious weekly learning objectives.
• Evaluate life-skill mastery using gt.school's Test2Pass framework, coaching students until they demonstrate authentic understanding and consistent practical application.
• Tailor your coaching approach to match the developmental stage of your cohort, blending creativity and playfulness with exceptionally high standards for young learners' capabilities.
• Cultivate relationships that encourage gifted students to embrace challenging work, persevere through obstacles, and build character that matches their intellectual capacity.

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Teaching academic lessons from the front of a classroom. Students master core academic subjects using adaptive, AI-powered software.
• Constraining gifted students due to conventional grade-level expectations.
• Developing curriculum from nothing. You'll customize proven playbooks rather than designing lessons from scratch.
• Simply monitoring students during independent work. Your impact comes from coaching, motivating, and developing each individual child.
• Reducing standards when students face difficult obstacles. You'll support students in meeting ambitious goals rather than lowering expectations.

Youth Development Specialist Key Responsibilities Cultivate gifted K-3 learners who combine exceptional academic progress with the confidence, character, and life skills necessary to excel at the highest levels.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with a personal record of exceptional academic achievement.
• A documented history of outstanding academic performance, evidenced through achievements such as admission to a highly selective university, exceptional grades, prestigious academic awards, advanced coursework, competitive scholarships, academic competitions, or equivalent accomplishments.
• A minimum of 3 years of direct experience working with children ages 4-9 in settings such as teaching, coaching, tutoring, camps, youth programs, or comparable environments.
• A concrete example of motivating a young child to accomplish a challenging goal, including details of the goal, your methods, and the result.
• Comfort leveraging AI-powered learning tools while dedicating your own efforts to coaching, motivation, and life-skill cultivation.
• The capacity to combine warmth with consistently high expectations for all students.
• Willingness to work full-time on-site in Georgetown, Texas.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship.

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Experience with gifted, accelerated, or highly advanced learners.
• Background in youth sports, children's theater, camp leadership, Montessori, progressive education, or high-engagement enrichment programs.
• Exceptional storytelling or presentation abilities that naturally captivate young children.
• A proven record of helping exceptionally capable children achieve beyond what they initially believed possible.

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. There is so much to cover for this exciting role, and space here is limited. Hit the Apply button if you found this interesting and want to learn more. We look forward to meeting you!

Working with us This is a full-time (40 hours per week), long-term position. The position is immediately available and requires entering into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover as a Contractor of Record. The compensation level for this role is $50 USD/hour, which equates to $100,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly. Consult www.crossover.com/help-and-faqs for more details on this topic.

Crossover Job Code: LJ-5684-US-Georgeto-YouthDevelopme