Executive Coach, Alpha - $150,000/year USD

• On-site at an Alpha campus in Austin, TX or Scottsdale (Phoenix), AZ — relocation assistance available
• $150,000/year
• Full-time
  
  

When a child struggles, most elementary schools reduce expectations. You do the opposite. You believe six-year-olds are capable of substantially more than traditional classrooms demand, and you have used data to demonstrate this repeatedly.

Alpha operates on a two-hour learning model. Morning academics are delivered through adaptive applications, freeing your schedule for the work that truly transforms a child's trajectory: coaching, accountability, motivation, and life skills development. You directly own a K-3 cohort while simultaneously coaching the Guides—Alpha's term for the adults who inspire and coach the children—who are responsible for their daily advancement. You remain hands-on each day, never managing remotely from an office.

Your typical day alternates among three core activities. You analyze performance data and Coachbot analytics to identify which Guides and students are falling behind. You conduct coaching conversations that equip people with concrete next actions rather than general encouragement. And you capture and sustain the focus of a room filled with five- to nine-year-olds during workshops on topics like public speaking, focus, or giving and receiving feedback.

When you identify effective approaches, you document them. The playbooks you create set the standard that every other Guide implements, expanding your influence from a single cohort to the entire level. Demonstrating your ability to replicate that excellence is the path to greater leadership responsibility here.

If you view lowering expectations as compassion, this role is not for you. If you view raising them as respect, apply.

What You Will Be Doing

• Using performance data, classroom observation, and direct feedback to coach both Guides and students, then holding each accountable to quantifiable goals
• Leading one-hour live workshops for K-3 students on life skills including public speaking, focus, collaboration, resilience, accountability, and giving and receiving feedback
• Conducting individual and small-group motivation sessions that link each child's interests and goals to tangible academic progress
• Developing and iterating on playbooks that convert your most effective practices into repeatable systems that other Guides can execute reliably
• Training Guides on these playbooks and demonstrating excellence in facilitation to preserve standards as the team expands
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Providing academic instruction or lecturing from the front of the classroom; adaptive apps handle content delivery while you coach people
• Reducing expectations when a student encounters difficulty
• Supervising from a distance as instructional coaches and principals typically do; you remain embedded daily with your own cohort
• Managing the entire campus's operations, budget, and parent relationships; a Campus Lead handles those responsibilities so you can concentrate on Guide and student outcomes
• Advocating for traditional teaching methods or adhering to a conventional K-12 curriculum
  
  

Executive Coach Key Responsibilities

Fulfill Alpha's three commitments to every K-3 student: they love school, learn twice as fast, and develop exceptional life skills and independence.

Basic Requirements

• Willing to work on-site at an Alpha campus in Austin, TX or Scottsdale (Phoenix), AZ; relocation assistance is provided
• Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Business, Organizational Leadership, Child Development, or a related field
• At least 5 years working with elementary-aged children (roughly ages 5 to 9)
• Experience leading a team of 5 or more people, including authority to hire and to remove people based on performance outcomes
• Experience building, launching, or significantly growing a program, team, school, or initiative from the ground up, not inheriting an existing one
• Comfortable working in a school that rejects traditional teaching methods
• Legally authorized to work in the United States
  
  

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Master's degree in a related field
• Proven record using metrics, dashboards, or analytics to diagnose challenges and drive measurable improvement
• Experience coaching or managing other adults toward measurable outcomes, not merely executing the work yourself
• Background in youth development, camp leadership, competitive coaching, tutoring, or enrichment programs where motivation was essential
• Comfort and skill facilitating or public speaking before groups of young children
  
  

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-5150-US-Scottsda-ExecutiveCoach