Learning Center Director, Alpha - $200,000/year USD

• On-site position at an Alpha campus in New York City, NY; Miami, FL; or San Francisco, CA — relocation assistance available
• $200,000 annually
• Full-time role
  
  

Traditional elementary schools reduce expectations when children face difficulty. Your approach is the opposite. You hold the conviction that six-year-olds possess far greater capacity than conventional classrooms demand, and you have validated this belief with measurable outcomes on multiple occasions.

Alpha operates on a two-hour learning framework. Morning academics are delivered through adaptive applications, freeing your time for what genuinely transforms a child's trajectory: motivation, life skills development, coaching, and accountability structures. You directly oversee a K-3 cohort while simultaneously coaching the Guides—Alpha's designation for the adults who mentor and inspire students—who manage their day-to-day advancement. Your leadership remains hands-on throughout each day rather than administrative from a remote office.

Your typical day rotates among three core activities. You analyze performance metrics and Coachbot analytics to identify students and Guides falling behind targets. You conduct coaching sessions that conclude with concrete action steps rather than ambiguous affirmation. And you engage rooms of five- to nine-year-olds through workshops addressing public speaking, concentration, or feedback exchange.

You document effective strategies as you identify them. The frameworks you create establish the operational standard for all other Guides, expanding your influence from a single cohort to the entire grade level. Demonstrating your ability to replicate this excellence serves as your pathway to expanded leadership responsibility.

If you view lowering standards as compassion, this position is not suitable. If you recognize raising them as respect, we invite your application.

What You Will Be Doing

• Coaching both Guides and students through performance metrics, classroom observation, and targeted feedback, then maintaining accountability to quantifiable objectives
• Leading hour-long live workshops for K-3 students covering life competencies including public speaking, focus, teamwork, resilience, accountability, and feedback exchange
• Conducting individual and small-group motivation sessions linking each child's aspirations and interests to tangible academic advancement
• Developing and iterating on playbooks that convert your most effective practices into replicable systems other Guides can implement reliably
• Training Guides on these playbooks and demonstrating facilitation excellence to maintain standards as the team expands
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Providing academic instruction or traditional lecturing; adaptive applications handle content delivery while you focus on coaching individuals
• Reducing expectations in response to student challenges
• Managing remotely as instructional coaches and principals typically do; you remain directly embedded with your cohort each day
• Managing comprehensive campus budget, operations, and parent relations; a Campus Lead handles those areas so you concentrate on student and Guide results
• Advocating for traditional pedagogical methods or adhering to standard K-12 curricula
  
  

Learning Center Director Key Responsibilities

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

Basic Requirements

• Willing to work in person at an Alpha campus in New York City, NY; Miami, FL; or San Francisco, CA; relocation support 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
• Track record using metrics, dashboards, or analytics to diagnose problems and drive measurable improvement
• Experience coaching or managing other adults toward measurable outcomes, not just doing the work yourself
• Background in youth development, camp leadership, competitive coaching, tutoring, or enrichment where motivation was central
• Comfort and skill facilitating or public speaking in front of rooms full 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 $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-5814-US-Hialeah-LearningCenter