Learning and Development Manager, Alpha - $150,000/year USD

• On-site position in Keller (Fort Worth), TX; Park City (Salt Lake City), UT; Atlanta, GA; or Oklahoma City, OK
• $150,000 annual salary paid weekly, with health benefits starting day one
• Relocation assistance available for candidates willing to move
  
  

The most meaningful support you can give a student who achieved 99% is to insist they reach 100%.

At Alpha, this principle is foundational—not optional. Students master academic content through self-directed applications rather than traditional instructor-led lessons. This structure enables you to focus on what truly transforms outcomes: facilitating dynamic workshops on public speaking, concentration, and constructive feedback. You'll use real-time data to motivate students toward complete goal attainment. You'll develop the Guides working with you. Your resources include analytics, a tested curriculum framework, and the personal authority that makes middle schoolers engage rather than disengage.

A typical morning may begin with individual Guide coaching, analyzing Coachbot data to pinpoint where a student group is lagging. By midday you're facilitating a live student workshop, executing a structured activity on feedback exchange. Afternoons transition to motivational interventions: engaging one-on-one with students, uncovering their intrinsic drivers, and applying Alpha's reward architecture (campus currency, performance rankings) to re-engage a reluctant seventh grader. You directly manage a cohort yourself, ensuring you maintain the same competencies you're developing in others.

You'll be measured on three commitments: students are passionate about school, they progress at double the rate of conventional classrooms, and they acquire essential life competencies. You'll begin coaching other Guides immediately. As you demonstrate results at scale, your authority over campus-wide program standards expands.

Uphold the expectation. Transform the learner. Submit your application today.

What You Will Be Doing

• Facilitating one-hour interactive workshops on life competencies (public speaking, focus, constructive feedback exchange) for K-8 students, executing Alpha's curriculum framework
• Conducting motivational sessions leveraging Coachbot analytics and Alpha's reward architecture (campus currency, performance rankings) to achieve 100% student goal attainment
• Developing Guides on curriculum fidelity and standards adherence, ensuring every coaching interaction yields concrete performance improvements
• Managing your own student cohort while simultaneously building capacity in other Guides
• Monitoring student engagement scores, goal completion percentages, and Guide effectiveness indicators
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Delivering lectures or providing academic tutoring. Students acquire content knowledge through applications.
• Creating curriculum or lesson plans from scratch. Alpha's playbook is your implementation framework, allowing you to concentrate on delivery and relationship-building.
• Accepting 99% when the standard is 100%. Maintaining this boundary demonstrates your confidence in their capacity to succeed.
• Coaching Guides on instructional methods. Since Guides don't deliver traditional instruction, you're developing their energy, motivation, and accountability skills instead.
  
  

Learning And Development Manager Key Responsibilities

Execute Alpha's 3 Promises for every student in your level: they are passionate about school, they progress at twice the speed of traditional classrooms, and they develop real life competencies.

Basic Requirements

• Currently located in or willing to relocate to Keller (Fort Worth), TX; Park City (Salt Lake City), UT; Atlanta, GA; or Oklahoma City, OK (relocation assistance provided)
• Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Business, or related discipline
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in education, learning and development (L&D), coaching, or related area
• Demonstrated experience designing and executing educational programs, training initiatives, or instructional frameworks
• Proven leadership experience managing teams of 5 or more, including recruitment and performance-based dismissal decisions
• Direct experience working with children ages 5-14 in educational or developmental contexts
• Demonstrated ability to apply data analysis 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, Organizational Leadership, or related discipline
• Experience in athletic coaching, residential camp leadership, or youth development programs with measurable performance standards
• Professional background coaching adults in development or instructional coaching roles
• Documented success improving quantifiable outcomes (completion rates, satisfaction metrics, team performance) through leadership intervention
  
  

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-FortWort-LearningandDev.045