What are the responsibilities and job description for the Student Success Coach, Alpha - $100,000/year USD position at Crossover?
Many educators burn energy battling bureaucracy. Drafting lesson plans no one reviews. Enduring staff meetings that produce no change. You recognized years ago that the real work is the student sitting in front of you.
Alpha uses software to handle academics. Adaptive applications guide each learner through content at an individualized pace. No traditional lectures, no assigned homework, no grading responsibilities. This structure frees you to focus on what genuinely transforms outcomes: facilitating life skill workshops where high schoolers develop public speaking abilities, concentration techniques, and feedback literacy, then providing one-on-one coaching to maintain motivation and achieve learning targets. Half your time is spent leading group sessions. The other half is dedicated to individual students, using Coachbot analytics to pinpoint exactly where obstacles emerge and why.
Students complete a mastery-based evaluation following each workshop. Over 90% should rate your effectiveness highly. Every student should demonstrate progress in their applications. These aren't stretch goals; they're performance expectations. Maintaining rigorous standards demonstrates your confidence in their potential. Through this process, you'll develop expertise in creating workshops teenagers actively anticipate, mastering advanced learning technology, and forming meaningful relationships with students and families. Our Brownsville campus is located adjacent to SpaceX. Where educational innovation intersects with aerospace exploration, you'll deliver Alpha's fundamental commitment: students who are engaged with school, learn at double speed, and acquire capabilities that genuinely prepare them for life. If you've been searching for an educational environment aligned with your vision of what school should be, you've found it.
What You Will Be Doing
Develop a cohort of high school students who are enthusiastic about school, achieve 2x accelerated learning through adaptive software, and exhibit mastery of practical life skills.
Basic Requirements
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-5797-US-Oklahoma-StudentSuccess1
Alpha uses software to handle academics. Adaptive applications guide each learner through content at an individualized pace. No traditional lectures, no assigned homework, no grading responsibilities. This structure frees you to focus on what genuinely transforms outcomes: facilitating life skill workshops where high schoolers develop public speaking abilities, concentration techniques, and feedback literacy, then providing one-on-one coaching to maintain motivation and achieve learning targets. Half your time is spent leading group sessions. The other half is dedicated to individual students, using Coachbot analytics to pinpoint exactly where obstacles emerge and why.
Students complete a mastery-based evaluation following each workshop. Over 90% should rate your effectiveness highly. Every student should demonstrate progress in their applications. These aren't stretch goals; they're performance expectations. Maintaining rigorous standards demonstrates your confidence in their potential. Through this process, you'll develop expertise in creating workshops teenagers actively anticipate, mastering advanced learning technology, and forming meaningful relationships with students and families. Our Brownsville campus is located adjacent to SpaceX. Where educational innovation intersects with aerospace exploration, you'll deliver Alpha's fundamental commitment: students who are engaged with school, learn at double speed, and acquire capabilities that genuinely prepare them for life. If you've been searching for an educational environment aligned with your vision of what school should be, you've found it.
What You Will Be Doing
- Facilitating one-hour life skill workshops for high school students covering subjects such as public speaking, concentration, and feedback exchange, followed by mastery evaluation through a structured Test2Pass assessment
- Conducting daily motivation coaching sessions using Coachbot data to engage individual students, diagnose obstacles within their learning applications, and guide them through challenges
- Co-creating personalized motivational approaches with students, including reward structures and incentive systems that encourage autonomous advancement in academic apps
- Examining curriculum materials and session plans prior to delivery, then adjusting your approach based on real-time student engagement
- Instructing academic content. Software manages math, literacy, and all other subject areas.
- Administering a school or supervising staff. No budget responsibilities, no recruitment duties, no administrative meetings; your complete attention belongs to your student cohort.
- Enforcing rules through conventional authority. No detention assignments, no suspension decisions, no "do it because I told you to." You rely on reasoning and positive reinforcement to cultivate a respectful, energized learning space.
Develop a cohort of high school students who are enthusiastic about school, achieve 2x accelerated learning through adaptive software, and exhibit mastery of practical life skills.
Basic Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in any subject
- 3 years of experience working directly with high school students (ages 13-18)
- Willing to work in-person in Oklahoma City, OK (relocation assistance available)
- Legal right to work in the US
- Experience as an athletic coach, camp counselor, or youth program facilitator who has inspired teenagers outside conventional classroom settings
- Demonstrated success guiding groups toward quantifiable objectives (completion percentages, performance metrics, behavioral transformation)
- Familiarity with adaptive learning platforms or educational technology tools
- Narrative skills that capture and maintain teenage audiences' focus, delivered with cultural sensitivity and authenticity
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-5797-US-Oklahoma-StudentSuccess1
Salary : $100,000