Elite Academic Mentor, Alpha - $150,000/year USD

• On-site in San Francisco, CA; Santa Barbara, CA; or New York City, NY
• $150,000 annual salary paid weekly. Health benefits start day one
• Relocation support available
  
  

You have accomplished difficult things. You have operated within genuine standards. You understand the distinction between effort and execution. If you wish to apply that discipline in a setting where it alters a young person's path, this position was designed for you.

Alpha School deploys AI-powered 1:1 learning that enables students to complete core academics in roughly two hours daily. That opens the remainder of the day for life skills, interest-driven projects, and meaningful development. At our most demanding campuses, students require more than oversight. They require a credible mentor who can assess dynamics, establish expectations, and guide them through resistance, distraction, and internal doubt.

This is not a conventional teaching position. You will not deliver lectures, assign grades, or develop curriculum. You will coach. You will facilitate structured life-skills workshops. You will analyze data to identify what is limiting a student, then apply appropriate pressure with both care and precision until they deliver.

If you possess an elite credential and a history of elevating others' performance, we would like to speak with you. Apply to contribute to a campus environment where students arrive focused, develop genuine skills, and surpass challenging targets.

What You Will Be Doing

• Conduct 1:1 and small-group coaching sessions that convert student objectives into reliable execution and quantifiable progress
• Leverage analytics and student objectives to identify obstacles and design ambitious, personalized motivation strategies
• Facilitate structured life-skills workshops using authentic storytelling, guided reflection, and practical application, then evaluate mastery
• Guide daily opening sessions that establish culture, reinforce elevated expectations, and prepare students before work begins
• Build credible mentor relationships with students and families through elevated standards, reliability, and thoughtful judgment
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Deliver classes, lectures, or tutoring in a traditional teaching capacity
• Develop curriculum, write lesson plans, or evaluate student assignments
• Supervise adults, oversee campus operations, or assume administrative leadership responsibilities
• Reduce standards to achieve short-term compliance or superficial progress
  
  

Elite Academic Mentor Key Responsibilities

Ensure students at Alpha's most demanding campuses remain consistently motivated and attain enduring growth and life-skill proficiency through elite, high-standards coaching.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in any discipline
• At least one distinct elite marker (athletics, academics, professional achievement, or elite coaching)
• Background in people-facing mentoring, coaching, or leadership that demonstrably elevated others' performance
• Confidence operating in high-accountability settings with explicit standards and consistent follow-through
• Capability to facilitate engaging, high-rigor group sessions and coach individuals with sound judgment
• Commitment to work full-time on-site at an Alpha campus: San Francisco, CA; Santa Barbara, CA; or New York City, NY
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S.
  
  

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Experience applying data and analytics to inform coaching strategies and accountability
• History in selective organizations, competitive startups, or elite athletics programs with rigorous performance standards
  
  

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-5740-US-SugarLan-EliteAcademicM