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

• On-campus position at an Alpha location: 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 kindest thing you can do for a student who achieved 99% is inform them they fell short. If that statement unsettles you, this isn't your role. If it resonates, continue reading.

Alpha students complete their academic work in two hours daily via self-directed AI-enabled applications. No instructors. No traditional lessons. No classroom subject management. This structure allows you to focus on work that genuinely alters outcomes: facilitating dynamic workshops covering public speaking, concentration, and feedback; using live analytics to drive students toward complete goal achievement; and developing the Guides who support your efforts.

A typical morning may begin with individual Guide coaching, analyzing performance metrics and pinpointing cohort gaps. Midday brings live student workshops where you execute structured activities on feedback exchange. Afternoons center on motivation work: engaging individual students, understanding their drivers, and applying Alpha's incentive framework to re-engage a reluctant middle schooler. You maintain direct responsibility for your own cohort, ensuring you continue refining the same capabilities you're developing in others.

You've likely been misaligned in traditional education settings: excessively analytical, overly outcome-oriented, too comfortable questioning conventional approaches with students. Alpha may be your first genuine institutional match. You'll begin coaching Guides immediately, and as you demonstrate scalable impact, your authority over campus-wide program execution expands.

Uphold the standard. Transform the student. Submit your application.

What You Will Be Doing

• Facilitating one-hour live workshops focused on life competencies (public speaking, concentration, feedback exchange) for K-8 (elementary through middle school) groups, executing Alpha's established playbook rather than creating content
• Conducting motivation sessions leveraging student data and Alpha's incentive mechanisms (campus currency, performance rankings) to achieve 100% student goal attainment
• Developing Guides on program adherence and standards enforcement, ensuring each coaching interaction yields concrete improvement steps
• Managing your own student cohort while simultaneously coaching other Guides
• Monitoring student satisfaction metrics, goal completion percentages, and Guide performance indicators weekly to identify deteriorating performance before escalation
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Delivering lectures or providing academic tutoring. Students complete academic content through self-directed applications without adult supervision in the learning environment.
• Creating curriculum or developing original lesson materials. The playbook is established; success is measured by execution fidelity, not creative innovation.
• Training Guides on instructional methodology. Guides don't instruct, so your coaching addresses energy management, motivation techniques, and accountability frameworks instead.
• Accepting 99% performance when the standard is 100%. Maintaining this boundary demonstrates your confidence in their capacity to reach the target.
• Serving as the "empathy specialist" found in most schools. Students receive genuine connection here, alongside direct feedback and meaningful accountability.
  
  

Program Director Key Responsibilities

Execute Alpha's three core commitments for every student in your cohort: they develop enthusiasm for school, achieve learning velocity twice that of conventional classrooms, and acquire authentic life competencies.

Basic Requirements

• Available to work on-campus 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
• 5 years of professional experience in education, learning and development, coaching, youth leadership, or comparable domain
• Demonstrated history of managing a team of 5 or more adults, including recruitment and performance-based dismissal decisions
• Hands-on experience working with children aged 5-14 in educational or developmental contexts
• Built, initiated, or substantially scaled a program, team, business, school, or initiative from inception
• Documented use of data and analytics to establish weekly objectives and inform decisions, beyond simple reporting
• Legal authorization to work in the United States or Canada
  
  

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Master's degree in Education, Psychology, Organizational Leadership, or related discipline
• Athletic coaching experience, wilderness or experiential program leadership, camp direction, or youth ministry management at a scale requiring cohort management and outcome measurement
• Transitioned from classroom instruction to program development or management roles in different capacities: EdTech, tutoring enterprises, youth-focused nonprofits, or school intervention programs
• Early-career demonstration of exceptional individual performance — academic, athletic, or professional — prior to transitioning into leadership positions
• Conviction that existing education systems are fundamentally flawed and personal commitment to systemic 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-Roswell-ProgramDirecto