Lead Instructional Coach, Alpha - $200,000/year USD

• On-site positions available in Greenwich, CT | Bethesda, MD | Chicago, IL | Piedmont, CA
• $200,000 annual salary, paid weekly. Health, dental, and vision coverage from day one
• Relocation assistance provided
  
  

The most valuable thing you can offer a student who achieved 99% is to hold them to 100%. If that statement unsettles you, this role is not for you. If it resonates, continue reading.

Students at Alpha do not attend traditional lectures. They advance through adaptive applications, complete content at double the speed of conventional classrooms, and develop practical life competencies in parallel. Your responsibility is to ensure three commitments are fulfilled for every student in your cohort: they enjoy school, they progress at 2x velocity, and they acquire skills that extend beyond textbooks. You will also develop the Guides who deliver these same outcomes throughout your campus.

Your day begins with data. You review analytics to identify which students are progressing and which require additional support. By mid-morning you are facilitating a live workshop, guiding K-8 students through public speaking exercises or concentration drills using Alpha's structured methodology. Post-lunch, you observe a Guide's session and follow up with three concrete actions to refine their execution. On certain days you serve as the energy source during motivation assemblies, converting leaderboard rankings into momentum. You maintain direct involvement with your own student cohort while simultaneously developing Guides to your caliber—and as their capacity grows, your influence extends from a single cohort to an entire campus.

You will witness reserved children present with confidence to adults. You will observe a student who previously "despised school" request to remain after hours. And you will understand that the standard you maintained is precisely what enabled their transformation—because upholding high expectations is how you demonstrate belief in someone's capability to meet them.

If you have exceeded benchmarks, transformed struggling performers into exceptional ones, and are prepared to do the same for students: submit your application now.

What You Will Be Doing

• Facilitating one-hour live workshops for K-8 students focused on life competencies including public speaking, concentration, and feedback exchange, using Alpha's structured playbook
• Developing Guides through observation cycles, precise feedback delivery, and direct coaching so they execute workshops with equivalent energy and accuracy
• Conducting daily motivational sessions designed to ensure 100% of students reach weekly learning objectives, utilizing age-appropriate incentives such as campus currency and performance leaderboards
• Analyzing Coachbot data and student records to pinpoint individuals requiring intervention, then providing direct support
• Directly mentoring a small cohort of your own students, demonstrating the coaching and motivational techniques you require from all Guides
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Developing lesson plans or designing curricula. Students engage with adaptive applications; your focus is elevating the people who support them.
• Delivering traditional lectures. You are 80% motivator, 20% content expert; if standing at a whiteboard appeals to you, this is not the position.
• Accepting work that falls short of the standard. 100% mastery is non-negotiable, and lowering that threshold does not serve students.
• Managing administrative tasks from a desk. The majority of your time is spent directly engaging with students and Guides.
  
  

Lead Instructional Coach Key Responsibilities

Fulfill Alpha's 3 Promises across your cohort and the cohorts led by your Guides: every student enjoys school, progresses at 2x the standard pace, and develops essential life skills.

Basic Requirements

• Currently located in or willing to relocate to Greenwich, CT; Bethesda, MD; Chicago, IL; or Piedmont, CA (relocation assistance available)
• Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Business, or related discipline
• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in education, learning and development, coaching, or related field
• Demonstrated experience creating and executing educational programs, curricula, or training systems
• Proven history of managing a team of 5 or more individuals, including responsibility for hiring and performance-based termination decisions
• Experience providing coaching, mentorship, or constructive feedback to improve engagement and outcomes
• Background working with children ages 5-14 in educational or developmental contexts
• Demonstrated ability to leverage data and performance metrics to inform decisions and drive continuous improvement
• Legal authorization to work in the United States
  
  

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Master's degree in Education, Psychology, or Business
• Experience as an athletic coach, camp director, or youth program coordinator where you directly motivated children to achieve quantifiable goals
• Track record coaching adults in performance-tracked environments with measurable outcomes
• Confidence presenting to large groups of children. The type of presence that commands attention from a room of 8-year-olds.
  
  

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 $100 USD/hour, which equates to $200,000 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-5628-US-Denver-LeadInstructio.014