Coach, Alpha - $150,000/year USD

• On-campus at an Alpha location: Atlanta, GA
• Oklahoma City, OK
• Tulsa, OK
• Austin, TX
• Keller (Fort Worth), TX
• The Woodlands (Houston), TX
• $150,000 annual W2 salary, distributed weekly. Health benefits begin day one.
• Relocation assistance provided
  
  

Telling a student who achieved 99% that they haven't passed is the most supportive action you can take. If that statement causes discomfort, this role isn't for you. If you agree, continue reading.

Alpha students complete their academics in two hours daily using AI-driven self-guided applications. There are no teachers, no lectures, and no classroom content management. This structure allows you to focus on what genuinely shifts student outcomes: facilitating high-impact workshops on communication, concentration, and constructive critique; using live analytics to drive students toward complete goal achievement; and developing the Guides who support you in this work.

A typical morning may begin with individual coaching for a Guide, analyzing performance metrics and pinpointing cohort gaps. By midday you're running a structured workshop with students, executing a playbook exercise on feedback exchange. Afternoons involve motivation work: engaging individual students, identifying their intrinsic drivers, and applying Alpha's incentive framework to re-engage a reluctant middle schooler. You maintain direct responsibility for your own cohort, ensuring you continue refining the competencies you're teaching others.

You're likely the outlier in traditional education settings: overly metric-oriented, excessively outcome-focused, too ready to question conventional approaches with students. Alpha may be your first genuine fit. You'll begin coaching Guides immediately, and as you produce measurable results across cohorts, your authority over campus-wide program quality expands.

Maintain the standard. Transform the student. Submit your application.

What You Will Be Doing

• Facilitating one-hour structured workshops on essential skills (communication, concentration, feedback exchange) for K-8 cohorts, adhering to Alpha's established playbook rather than creating content independently
• Conducting motivation sessions leveraging student data and Alpha's incentive architecture (campus currency, performance boards) to achieve 100% goal attainment across your cohort
• Developing Guides in program adherence and standards maintenance, ensuring each coaching interaction yields concrete next steps
• Managing your own student cohort while simultaneously advancing other Guides' capabilities
• Monitoring student satisfaction metrics, goal completion percentages, and Guide effectiveness indicators weekly to identify performance gaps before they escalate
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Teaching or tutoring academic content to students. Academic learning happens through self-directed apps without adult instruction.
• Creating curriculum or developing original lesson materials. The playbook is established; success depends on execution fidelity, not creative innovation.
• Coaching Guides on instructional pedagogy. Guides don't instruct, so your coaching focuses on energy management, motivation techniques, and accountability systems.
• Granting exceptions for 99% performance when 100% is required. Maintaining expectations demonstrates your belief in their capacity to reach the standard.
• Serving as the campus emotional support figure. Students receive connection and relationship here, alongside candid feedback and meaningful consequences.
  
  

Coach Key Responsibilities

Execute Alpha's three core commitments for every student you oversee: they enjoy attending school, progress at twice the rate of conventional classrooms, and acquire meaningful life competencies.

Basic Requirements

• Available to work on-site in Atlanta, GA; Oklahoma City, OK; Tulsa, OK; Austin, TX; Keller (Fort Worth), TX; The Woodlands (Houston), TX (relocation assistance available)
• Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Business, or related discipline
• 5 years professional experience in education, learning and development, coaching, youth leadership, or comparable domain
• Demonstrated history of managing a team of 5 or more adults, including responsibility for hiring and performance-based termination decisions
• Hands-on experience working with children aged 5-14 in educational or developmental contexts
• Experience building, launching, or substantially scaling a program, team, business, school, or initiative from inception
• Established practice of using data and metrics to establish weekly objectives and inform decisions, beyond simply reporting outcomes
• Legal authorization to work in the United States or Canada
  
  

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Master's degree in Education, Psychology, Organizational Leadership, or related field
• Experience coaching athletics, leading outdoor or experiential programs, overseeing camps, or managing youth ministry at a scale requiring cohort management and outcome measurement
• Transitioned from classroom instruction to program development or operations roles: EdTech, tutoring enterprises, youth-focused nonprofits, or school intervention teams
• Early-career pattern of exceptional individual performance — academically, athletically, or professionally — prior to leadership roles
• Conviction that traditional education systems are fundamentally flawed and personal commitment to systemic reform
  
  

About Alpha

Join the team building school around student growth

Alpha reimagines the school day around faster learning, stronger mentorship, and more time for students to build real-world skills.

Roles with real student impact: Alpha hires teachers (guides), operators, admissions experts, school & curriculum leaders, and remote team members.

Education work that pays like it matters: Alpha offers six-figure roles for people ready to help build a radically better school experience.

A culture built for builders: Alpha is fast-moving, ambitious, and student focused. It’s for people who want to improve the system, not maintain it.

Alpha is where you can do the most meaningful work of your career.

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 $75 USD/hour, which equates to $150,000 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-4844-US-Oklahoma-Coach1