Program Director, Alpha - $150,000/year USD

• On-campus presence required at an Alpha site: 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 compensation, distributed weekly. Health benefits begin on day one.
• Relocation assistance provided
  
  

The most valuable thing you can tell a child who achieved 99% is that they fell short. If that statement makes you uncomfortable, this role isn't for you. If it resonates, continue reading.

Alpha students complete their academic curriculum in two hours daily via self-directed AI-driven applications. There are no teachers. No traditional lectures. No classroom instruction on subject matter. This structure allows you to focus on what genuinely shifts student outcomes: facilitating dynamic workshops on communication skills, concentration, and critique; using live analytics to drive students toward complete goal attainment; and developing the Guides who support your work.

A typical morning may begin with individual Guide coaching, analyzing performance indicators and pinpointing cohort gaps. By noon you're facilitating student workshops, executing structured activities on constructive feedback exchange. Afternoons transition to motivational engagement: one-on-one student connections, identifying individual drivers, and applying Alpha's reward framework to re-engage a struggling middle schooler. Because you maintain direct oversight of your own cohort, you remain proficient in the competencies you're teaching others to master.

You've likely felt out of place in traditional education: overly analytical, excessively outcome-oriented, too ready to question conventional approaches to student development. Alpha may be your first true professional home. You'll begin coaching Guides immediately, and as you demonstrate scalable impact, your authority over program-wide standards expands.

Uphold excellence. Transform students. Submit your application.

What You Will Be Doing

• Facilitating structured one-hour life skills workshops (communication, concentration, feedback literacy) for elementary and middle school cohorts (K-8), executing Alpha's established framework rather than creating original content
• Conducting motivational interventions leveraging student data and Alpha's gamified incentive architecture (campus currency, performance rankings) to achieve universal goal completion
• Developing Guides through coaching focused on program consistency and standards maintenance, ensuring each session yields specific performance improvement plans
• Carrying direct responsibility for your own student cohort while simultaneously building Guide capacity
• Monitoring student engagement metrics, achievement rates, and Guide effectiveness indicators on a weekly cadence to identify performance decline before escalation
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Providing direct academic instruction or subject tutoring. Students progress through self-paced digital platforms independently of adult-led content delivery.
• Creating original curriculum or developing lesson frameworks. Established playbooks define the work; execution fidelity matters more than innovation.
• Developing Guides on instructional pedagogy. Since Guides don't deliver traditional instruction, your coaching centers on engagement, motivation, and accountability practices.
• Accepting 99% performance when the standard is 100%. Maintaining rigorous expectations demonstrates your confidence in student capability.
• Functioning as the campus emotional support figure. Students receive genuine connection alongside honest assessment and meaningful accountability.
  
  

Program Director Key Responsibilities

Execute Alpha's three core commitments for every cohort member: genuine enthusiasm for school, academic progress at twice the traditional rate, and measurable life skill development.

Basic Requirements

• Available for on-campus work at one of these locations: 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
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in education, coaching, learning and development, youth programming, or comparable fields
• Demonstrated leadership of teams comprising 5 or more adults, including responsibility for recruitment and performance-based dismissal decisions
• Hands-on experience working with children ages 5-14 in educational or developmental contexts
• History of building, launching, or substantially scaling a program, team, organization, school, or initiative
• Documented practice of using analytics and performance indicators to establish weekly objectives and inform strategic decisions, beyond simple reporting
• Legal work authorization in the United States or Canada
  
  

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Graduate degree in Education, Psychology, Organizational Leadership, or related field
• Background in athletic coaching, experiential education programs, large-scale camp direction, or youth ministry involving cohort management and outcome measurement
• Transitioned from classroom instruction into program leadership roles: EdTech ventures, tutoring enterprises, youth-focused nonprofits, or school support systems
• History of exceptional individual achievement — academically, athletically, or professionally — prior to leadership roles
• Conviction that traditional education requires fundamental restructuring and personal commitment to that transformation
  
  

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-Tulsa-ProgramDirecto.007