Camp Director, Waypoint Academy - $150,000/year USD

On-site role based at Waypoint Academy, Dripping Springs, Texas Annual salary of $150,000 as a W2 employee with weekly pay. Health benefits begin day one. Relocation assistance provided The greatest gift you can give a young person is a difficult task and the refusal to do it for them. If that statement unsettles you, this isn't your role. If it resonates, read on. Waypoint Academy structures core academics around self-paced, AI-driven adaptive platforms that condense classroom instruction into a concentrated morning block. No traditional lectures. This design liberates your time for the interventions that genuinely shift student outcomes. Your day may begin with a one-on-one debrief alongside a Guide, analyzing performance data to pinpoint where a group is losing ground. By midday you're outside, facilitating a hands-on workshop that builds teamwork and grit through tangible challenges. Afternoons turn to motivational coaching: working individually with students, uncovering what moves them, and pulling a reluctant learner back into action toward meaningful goals. You maintain your own student cohort throughout, ensuring the skills you develop in others stay grounded in current practice. You begin coaching fellow Guides immediately, and as your results accumulate, the benchmark you establish spreads through the entire cohort and your authority within the program deepens. You witness the impact directly: a doubtful student who begins taking ownership of their trajectory, a Guide who sharpens their approach because you gave them honest feedback, a young person who emerges from an outdoor experience more competent than when they entered. What You Will Be Doing Develop the Guides on your team: analyze their performance metrics, observe their student interactions, and conclude each coaching conversation with clear, actionable steps that address performance gaps. Facilitate one-hour outdoor life‑skill sessions where students in grades K-12 develop leadership, grit, collaboration, and communication through adventure‑based activities. Conduct motivational coaching sessions informed by student analytics and Coachbot insights to ensure every learner progresses toward goals and takes responsibility for their own development. Maintain your own student cohort alongside coaching other Guides, ensuring your leadership stems from active practice rather than past experience. Monitor student engagement, goal attainment, and Guide effectiveness on a weekly basis to identify and address declining performance early. What You Won’t Be Doing Delivering lectures or providing academic tutoring. Students advance through self-directed adaptive software, frequently with minimal adult supervision. Creating original curriculum or designing lesson plans. Established frameworks are in place; your focus is on consistent execution and intensity, not innovation. Training Guides in instructional methods. Since Guides don't teach traditionally, your coaching centers on motivation, accountability, and presence with students. Compromising standards to avoid conflict. You will not advance a student prematurely or overlook a Guide's subpar performance. Confining students indoors or to desks. A significant portion of learning occurs outside through experiential challenge. Camp Director Key Responsibilities Ensure every student within your cohort develops a love for school, achieves academic growth, and cultivates the character and practical skills necessary for long-term success. Basic Requirements Available to work on-site at Waypoint Academy in Dripping Springs, Texas Bachelor's degree in education, psychology, business, outdoor education, recreation, youth development, or related discipline Minimum of 5 years in education, youth development, coaching, outdoor education, or learning and development (L&D) Demonstrated history of managing a team of 5 or more adults, including responsibility for hiring and performance-related terminations Hands‑on experience working with youth aged 5-18 in educational or developmental contexts Created, launched, or substantially expanded a program, team, school, or outdoor initiative from inception, with a concrete and quantifiable example Established record of leveraging data and metrics to establish objectives and inform decisions, beyond simply reporting outcomes Authorized to work legally in the United States Nice‑to-have Requirements Master's degree in a relevant discipline Experience coaching athletics, leading wilderness or experiential education programs, directing camps, or managing youth programs at a scale requiring cohort management and outcome measurement Transitioned from classroom teaching into program development or operations roles in sectors such as EdTech, tutoring, youth nonprofits, or school intervention teams Early‑career history of exceptional individual performance—academic, athletic, or professional—prior to assuming leadership responsibilities Conviction that the traditional education system is fundamentally flawed and personal commitment to redesigning it About Waypoint Academy Nature-based school that blends rigorous academics with real‑world challenges. Working with us This is a full-time, W2 employee position with immediate access to benefits ( All roles are year‑long positions. The compensation level for this role is $150,000 USD/year. The payment period is weekly. Consult for more details on this topic. #J-18808-Ljbffr