Educational Consultant, Alpha - $150,000/year USD

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

The most helpful thing you can do for a student who achieved 99% is to tell them it isn't a pass. If that statement makes you uncomfortable, this role isn't for you. If you agree, read on.

Alpha students complete their academics in two hours daily using self-directed AI-powered applications. There are no teachers. No traditional lectures. No classroom subject instruction. This structure allows you to focus on what genuinely shifts outcomes: delivering dynamic workshops on public speaking, concentration, and feedback culture; using live analytics to motivate students toward complete goal achievement; and coaching the Guides on your team.

A typical morning could begin with a one-on-one Guide coaching conversation, analyzing performance metrics and pinpointing where a cohort is struggling. By midday you're facilitating a student workshop, executing a structured activity on feedback exchange. Afternoons transition to motivational work: engaging individual students, identifying their intrinsic drivers, and applying Alpha's incentive framework to re-engage a reluctant middle schooler. You manage your own cohort directly, keeping your skills aligned with what you're developing in others.

You've likely been the outlier in educational environments: overly analytical, excessively outcome-oriented, too ready to question conventional approaches to student development. Alpha may be the first organization where you belong. You'll coach Guides immediately, and as your impact scales, your authority over campus programming expands.

Uphold the standard. Transform the student. Submit your application today.

What You Will Be Doing

• Facilitating structured one-hour life skills workshops (public speaking, concentration, feedback exchange) for elementary and middle school (K-8) cohorts using Alpha's established playbook without deviation
• Conducting motivational interventions leveraging student data and Alpha's incentive architecture (campus currency, performance leaderboards) to achieve 100% goal completion across your cohort
• Coaching Guides on program adherence and standards maintenance, ensuring each coaching interaction generates concrete improvement steps
• Managing your own cohort of students while simultaneously developing Guide capabilities
• Monitoring student satisfaction metrics, goal completion percentages, and Guide performance indicators on a weekly basis to identify declining performance early
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Instructing or tutoring students in academic content. Academic learning happens through independent app-based work without adult facilitation.
• Creating original curriculum or developing new lesson frameworks. Established playbooks exist; execution fidelity matters more than innovation.
• Training Guides on instructional methods. Guides don't instruct, so your coaching focuses on energy management, motivation techniques, and accountability enforcement.
• Accepting 99% performance as sufficient when the standard is 100%. Maintaining expectations demonstrates your confidence in student capability.
• Serving as the campus's emotional safety net. Students receive genuine connection alongside honest feedback and meaningful accountability.
  
  

Educational Consultant Key Responsibilities

Execute Alpha's three core commitments for every student in your cohort: they love attending school, they learn at twice the pace of traditional classrooms, and they build authentic life skills.

Basic Requirements

• Available to work on-site at one of these locations: 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 of professional experience in education, learning and development, coaching, youth leadership, or comparable areas
• Demonstrated history of leading teams of 5 or more adults, including responsibility for hiring and performance-based termination decisions
• Hands-on experience working with children ages 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 passive reporting
• Legal authorization to work in the United States or Canada
  
  

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Master's degree in Education, Psychology, Organizational Leadership, or related discipline
• Background coaching sports teams, leading outdoor or experiential education programs, managing camps, or directing youth ministry at scale with cohort management and outcome measurement
• Transitioned from classroom teaching into program development or operations roles in EdTech, tutoring organizations, youth-focused nonprofits, or school support teams
• Strong early-career performance record — academically, athletically, or professionally — prior to transitioning into leadership positions
• Conviction that the existing education system is fundamentally flawed and personal commitment to rebuilding it
  
  

About Alpha

Want to join a learning rebellion that’s transforming the traditional classroom?

Alpha School is on a mission to reshape education with a bold approach that harnesses AI to accelerate learning and unleash student potential.

They don’t play by the old rules.

Alpha is creating a new paradigm where students master core academics in just two hours a day, freeing up time for hands-on, passion-driven learning that truly prepares them for the real world.

Alpha School is rewriting the rules of education.

Sounds too good to be true? It’s not.

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-Augusta-EducationalCon.001