Head 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
• Park City (Salt Lake City), UT
• Toronto, Canada
• $150,000 annual W2 salary, distributed weekly. Health benefits begin day one.
• Relocation assistance provided
  
  

The kindest thing you can tell a student who earned 99% is that they haven't passed. If that statement makes you uncomfortable, this role isn't for you. If it resonates, read on.

Alpha students complete their academics in two hours daily using self-directed, AI-enabled applications. No instructors. No lectures. No subject-based classroom oversight. This structure allows you to focus on work that genuinely shifts outcomes: facilitating dynamic workshops on topics like public speaking, concentration, and feedback; using live performance data to motivate students toward complete goal achievement; and developing the Guides who work with you on the ground.

A typical morning could begin with direct coaching of a Guide, analyzing performance indicators and pinpointing where a cohort is underperforming. By the middle of the day, you're running a structured workshop with students—executing a playbook exercise on constructive feedback exchange. Your afternoons often include motivational interventions: one-on-one student conversations, understanding individual motivators, and applying Alpha's incentive framework to re-engage a reluctant middle schooler. You manage your own cohort directly, ensuring you maintain the same capabilities you're building in others.

You're likely the outlier in traditional education: overly analytical, excessively goal-oriented, too ready to question standard practices around student development. Alpha may be the environment where you finally belong. You'll mentor Guides immediately, and as your results scale, your authority over campus program standards expands.

Uphold the benchmark. Transform the learner. Submit your application.

What You Will Be Doing

• Facilitating structured one-hour workshops on life competencies (public speaking, concentration, feedback mechanisms) for elementary and middle school cohorts (K-8), executing Alpha's established playbook without deviation
• Conducting motivational interventions using live student data and Alpha's reward infrastructure (campus currency, performance leaderboards) to achieve 100% goal attainment across your cohort
• Developing Guides on program adherence and standards maintenance, ensuring each coaching interaction yields specific performance improvements
• Carrying your own student cohort concurrently while advancing the capabilities of other Guides
• Monitoring student engagement metrics, completion percentages, and Guide effectiveness indicators on a weekly cycle to identify and address performance gaps early
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Instructing or tutoring students in academic content. Academic learning happens through independent application use without adult supervision.
• Creating curriculum or developing original lesson frameworks. Structured playbooks are provided; execution fidelity matters more than innovation.
• Training Guides on instructional methods. Since Guides don't teach content, your focus is on their energy management, student motivation, and accountability practices.
• Accepting 99% completion as passing. Maintaining the full standard demonstrates your belief in their capability to reach it.
• Serving as the campus emotional safety net. Students receive both relational connection and direct feedback paired with meaningful accountability.
  
  

Head Coach Key Responsibilities

Execute Alpha's three core commitments for every student in your cohort: genuine enthusiasm for school, double the learning velocity of conventional classrooms, and measurable development of essential 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; Park City (Salt Lake City), UT; or Toronto, Canada (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 with children ages 5-14 in educational or developmental contexts
• Created, launched, or substantially scaled a program, team, business, school, or initiative from inception
• Documented use of quantitative metrics and data to establish weekly objectives and inform decision-making, beyond simple reporting
• Legal work authorization in the United States or Canada
  
  

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Master's degree in Education, Psychology, Organizational Leadership, or related area
• Experience coaching athletics, leading outdoor or experiential education programs, managing camps, or directing youth ministry with cohort management and outcome measurement
• Transitioned from classroom teaching into program design or operations roles in EdTech, tutoring organizations, youth-focused nonprofits, or school support systems
• Demonstrated high individual achievement—academically, athletically, or professionally—early in career before transitioning to leadership
• Conviction that existing education systems are fundamentally flawed and personal commitment to their reconstruction
  
  

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-SaltLake-HeadCoach.015