Learning Coach, Alpha - $100,000/year USD

• Austin, TX: on-site, with relocation support available
• $100,000/year W2, with weekly pay
• Full-time: engaging directly with K-8 students every day
  
  

The most impactful thing you can do for a student isn't to teach them algebra. It's to convince them they're the kind of person who can master algebra independently. If that difference resonates with you, if you've seen traditional classrooms sap curiosity from capable children and thought "there must be a better approach," continue reading.

Alpha is a private school that has dismantled conventional instruction. Students advance through academics using adaptive learning software at their own pace, progressing up to 2x faster than traditional peers. But software doesn't cultivate resilience. It doesn't teach a timid 7-year-old to stand and speak confidently before a group. That's where you come in. You'll dedicate half your day to facilitating one-hour life skills workshops where you guide students through public speaking, teamwork, focus, and giving and receiving feedback. The remaining half involves 1:1 and small-group motivation sessions where you develop genuine relationships with students, establish ambitious academic targets, and hold them accountable to reaching those targets daily.

This isn't a soft mentorship position. You'll monitor measurable results: every student meeting their academic benchmarks, passing mastery assessments for life skills, and providing ratings of 90% or higher. The students who resist most are often those who need you most, and transforming a reluctant child into one who genuinely wants to participate is the most challenging and most fulfilling aspect of this work.

People who consistently produce student outcomes here advance into leading and developing others, influencing how an entire campus approaches student coaching. If building something from the ground up interests you more than waiting for a title promotion, this is where that journey begins. Apply now.

What You Will Be Doing

• Facilitating one-hour life skills workshops for groups of K-8 students, guiding public speaking, teamwork, focus, and feedback through structured activities and storytelling
• Conducting 1:1 and small-group motivation sessions where you establish goals with students, monitor their progress in academic applications, and step in when they fall short
• Adjusting your approach across a broad age spectrum: how you coach a kindergartner differs entirely from how you challenge a 13-year-old
• Delivering Test2Pass assessments to verify students have genuinely mastered the life skills you've taught
• Leveraging student profiles, progress metrics, and coachbot analytics to understand precisely where each student stands prior to every session
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Delivering academic content. Students learn math, reading, and science through adaptive software, not through lectures.
• Creating lesson plans from the ground up. You'll utilize an established life skills curriculum and playbook.
• Grading assignments, managing report cards, or preparing students for standardized tests. Student mastery is evaluated through assessments you deliver, not through paperwork.
• Remaining behind a desk. This role requires being on your feet, in the classroom, interacting face-to-face with students throughout the day.
  
  

Learning Coach Key Responsibilities

Lead a cohort of K-8 students to master life skills and achieve ambitious academic goals.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in any subject
• 3 years of experience working directly with K-8 students
• Demonstrated history of motivating or coaching K-8 students toward goals that exceeded baseline expectations, with at least one specific example you can discuss in detail (the goal, your actions, the outcome)
• Willing to work in-person in Austin, TX (relocation support provided)
• Comfortable operating in a non-traditional learning environment centered on motivation and engagement, not instruction
• Legal right to work in the US without visa sponsorship
  
  

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Experience coaching or mentoring in youth sports, competitive academic programs, or structured enrichment camps
• Background in behavioral motivation strategies such as goal-setting frameworks, incentive systems, or accountability structures
• Demonstrated success reaching disengaged or resistant young students and achieving turnaround
• Experience leading group sessions for mixed-age groups of 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 $50 USD/hour, which equates to $100,000 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-5801-US-Austin-LearningCoach