Student Excellence Coach, Alpha - $150,000/year USD
Crossover•New York, NY
fulltime
Education, Strategy/Planning, and Training
3+ years
You have reached the top tier of an intensely competitive domain. Whether through elite athletics, graduating with distinction from a premier university, working at a highly selective organization, or launching a venture from the ground up, you understand the gap between participation and true performance. Consider channeling that same rigor into a space where K-12 students gain access to a mentor of your caliber—someone positioned to elevate their expectations to levels they never imagined possible.
Alpha employs AI-driven 1:1 instruction, enabling students to complete core academics in roughly two hours per day. The remaining time is dedicated to life skills, passion projects, and substantive personal development. At Alpha's most demanding campuses, students require more than oversight. They need a credible mentor whose accomplishments establish the benchmark: someone capable of assessing group dynamics, establishing expectations, and guiding students through resistance, distraction, and doubt.
Your role is not to instruct; it is to mentor, challenge, and uphold the same rigorous standard you have applied to yourself. You will dedicate 80% of your time to direct 1-on-1 coaching, small-group sessions, and life-skills instruction. The remaining 20% involves anchoring each day: delivering focused openings that build a culture intolerant of mediocrity.
The trajectory here does not lead toward management. It centers on depth. You begin by mastering Alpha's approach and earning student trust. Within months, you become the person they allow to push them beyond perceived limits. The return is not a title. It is witnessing a student who avoided eye contact in September deliver a poised presentation to adults in May.
If you are searching for a way to leverage your elite background beyond personal advancement, submit your application now. If you require scripted curricula, conventional classrooms, or a pathway to administrative leadership, this role is not for you.
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Student Excellence Coach Key Responsibilities Cultivate exceptional student motivation, development, and life-skill proficiency at Alpha's most rigorous campuses.
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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-5740-US-NewYork-StudentExcelle.006