Every decision we make centers on one question: “How does this better serve our families?” This isn’t just rhetoric—it’s our value to parents.
Let’s be honest here, the top teachers in the market deserve the best pay, compensation, culture, and growth opportunities.
Our program fee is the same as the industry average—but instead of maximizing profit, we purposefully keep our margins lower and pay for the top teachers and student resources the world has to offer.
That’s exactly why we offer the top salaries and compensation packages in education.
This investment in talent directly translates to better student results for the families we serve, more experienced support, and long-term consistency.
That’s how we’ve earned families’ trust—and sustained 18 years of industry-leading results.
Every career advantage we offer you translates directly into better outcomes for the families we serve:
We view money not as the end goal, but as a way for you to be your best self without constantly worrying about finances—so we can unlock and support your talents at the next level.
As an exceptional educator, you’ve likely spent years worrying about bills and side hustles, limiting your potential. Our philosophy is simple: Remove financial stress so your brilliance can shine unobstructed.
When you’re not calculating grocery budgets or stressing about car repairs, you can focus completely on success, innovate without worry, take calculated risks, invest in development, plan confidently, and bring full energy to meaningful work.
We want you to be here for years, not months. That means all of our team members have a strong work-life balance.
For those who want to step up and do more, there are opportunities for leadership roles, special projects, mentoring newer team members, and advancement into management positions.
For those who want more of a stable balance, we have roles that allow you to focus on your student portfolio while maintaining excellent boundaries between work and personal life.
The choice is yours. We support both paths because we understand that different life stages and circumstances call for different approaches. What matters most is that you can sustain excellence while enjoying your life outside of work.
We invest in exceptional talent because exceptional talent delivers exceptional results. While competitors treat educators as costs to minimize, we treat you as the valuable professional you are—and compensate you in a way that unlocks your full potential.
As a TFA alum, you understand that real educational impact comes from developing the whole student, not just test scores. At Zenith, this isn’t just our philosophy—it’s our operational reality.
We’ve been in operation for over 18 years because our approach works: we begin with students as early as 6th grade and work with them for an average of 5 years.
Why does this matter to you as an educator?
Because we believe in organically and naturally growing their strengths—the same approach you used in your classroom when you saw a struggling student’s potential and invested the time to nurture it.
We don’t rely on hacks, tricks, or quick fixes. We never guarantee a college acceptance letter—no ethical counselor can. What we do guarantee is to develop a deep understanding of each student’s capabilities, then systematically nurture their authentic strengths, desires, and interests.
When you optimize for the child first—not the admission letter—their results naturally improve substantially.
This is undeniably the harder approach—it requires more time, more expertise, and more commitment than promising quick results. But this is exactly why we’ve thrived for nearly two decades while others have come and gone.
You’ve lived this challenge: How do you create meaningful lifelong student change while dealing with parents’ and students’ short-term focus and goals?
As TFA alumni, you know the frustration of wanting to revolutionize education while working within existing structures. At Zenith, we’ve mastered this balance: connecting with parents’ college aspirations while delivering the heart-centric, holistic development that truly transforms students from the inside out.
We could lecture families about ideal educational philosophies from an ivory tower, or we can meet them where they are and create actual change in their children’s lives. We choose impact over ideology.
Our marketing speaks to parents’ college aspirations because that’s how we meet families where they are. But our actual work focuses on authentic student development—the same way you met your students where they were academically while pushing them toward their full potential.
Our 95% client renewal rate confirms that parents want both results and holistic growth—so we meet them where they are and deliver both.
The result is powerful: All parties WIN
This is why our work feels meaningful rather than transactional. You’re not just helping students get into college—you’re helping them discover who they are and what they’re capable of becoming.
This holistic approach is why exceptional educators choose Zenith—and why they stay. You’re not just changing career paths; you’re finding a place where your educational values can create even greater impact.
In every strong relationship, we believe the best relationships are NOT 50/50, but 60/40 with each side trying to be the 60.
We’ve built something extraordinary: a workplace where the best admissions consultants thrive and innovation drives every decision. Our environment naturally attracts excellence and talent that chooses meaningful work over just another paycheck.
Every decision we make centers on one question: “How does this better serve our families?” This isn’t just rhetoric—it’s our strategic framework. We leverage innovative technology and proprietary systems to streamline operations and reduce non-essential expenses, with every dollar saved being reinvested directly into what matters: lower costs for families, additional support staff, and superior resources for our team to deliver exceptional results. Our compensation model reflects this priority: while we pay top-dollar to attract the best talent, we rigorously optimize everything else so families receive maximum value while our counseling team has the tools and support needed to change students’ futures. For example, developing our pre-payment program and referral program to help give discounts to our families, while at the same time using that to achieve economies of scale faster to provide more resources for them, and therefore we continue to win by having decades more of top student outcomes.
At Zenith, integrity isn’t negotiable. In fact, we firmly believe that integrity is something that other companies may choose to sell, but it is not something you can ever buy. The requirements our insurance providers, financial supporters, donors, and United Nations relationship place on us in terms of technology and processes are designed to naturally attract and protect the individuals who give their best every day—and retain team members who share our unwavering commitment to honesty and family success, understanding that their salaries and pay are being paid by these families. We should respect and use our families’ money as carefully as we would our own family’s. Our culture, technology, and processes weed out those whose priorities don’t align with families, and who often find our environment uncomfortable before they even meet with families—not because it’s difficult, but because transparency exposes intentions.
High-performance teams adapt constantly. We test, measure, and optimize continuously, creating an environment where improvement is the norm. This agility keeps us ahead of competitors and creates the margin that allows us to offer superior compensation while delivering exceptional value to families. Career growth and more opportunities come from not being static. If you’re static there is no growth; if there’s no growth there are no opportunities for advancement.
Improvement requires measurement. That’s why we track everything from client success metrics to operational efficiency. Our sophisticated reporting systems don’t just measure performance—they unlock insights that drive continuous optimization and better outcomes for everyone. Therefore we are blessed to have team members who are transparent and accountable. What they do is important—their reporting and data collection lead to their success. Our systems ensure that results and successes are recognized early and support is given correctly.
The no-red-tape culture here is that ideas aren’t buried in bureaucracy. When you identify an opportunity to better serve families or improve efficiency, the path from concept to implementation is direct and immediate. This eliminates the frustration of good solutions getting stuck in endless approval chains.
Innovation happens when great minds are given instant resources to execute. Your insights can be implemented immediately—there’s no bureaucratic lag between innovation and impact.
We’ve carefully built an environment that attracts professionals who could excel in any industry but choose education because of the profound impact. When you work alongside former admissions officers from Ivy League universities and exceptional professionals who specifically chose this mission over tech, consulting, or finance, you know you’re part of something extraordinary. The top compensation is just part of what comes with this role—our team is here because we’re transforming students’ futures and building something meaningful together. The salary follows the mission, not the other way around.
Our fastest path to management isn’t about climbing over others—it’s about creating more positions as we grow. Unlike typical organizations where you wait for someone to leave before moving up, our 95% client renewal rates and growth constantly create new leadership opportunities. We firmly believe the best managers are those who’ve mastered the role firsthand. You don’t need to campaign or play politics—just deliver excellence in your current position and leadership opportunities naturally emerge.
This isn’t a one-sided relationship. We’ve designed a true partnership where mutual success creates exponential results. Your responsibility: bring your absolute best—skills, dedication, and passion. Our responsibility: provide everything you need—tools, resources, support, and guidance—to reach your full potential. When both sides deliver on these promises, the outcome is extraordinary results for the families we serve and unprecedented career growth for you. It’s not about what the company can do for you or what you can do for the company—it’s about what we can achieve together.
We believe in supporting each other and helping each other grow. We have an incredibly giving and supportive management team and colleagues who all understand that when you succeed, the family succeeds—and when the family succeeds, Zenith succeeds.
Former TFA Corps Member, now Senior College Consultant
Daniel joined us from Teach For America as a College Consultant and has grown year after year, now serving as one of our Managing Consultants, leading teams and shaping strategy while continuing to transform student outcomes.
Former TFA Corps Member, now Senior College Consultant
Ian followed a similar path, starting as a College Consultant and advancing through consistent growth and leadership, demonstrating the clear career progression available to exceptional TFA alumni at Zenith.
This isn’t about leaving education—it’s about elevating your educational impact while building the fulfilling career you deserve.
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We work with your 6th–12th grade child to get into an Ivy League / Top 25 university or AT LEAST a tier or 2 better university –
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