Academic Success Coach, Alpha - $150,000/year USD
Crossover•New York, NY
fulltime
Education, Project Management, and Training
3+ years
You've succeeded at the highest levels of a demanding arena. Maybe elite sports, a distinguished degree from a top university, a role at a highly competitive firm, or a company you launched yourself. You understand the gap between participation and real competition. Now picture channeling that drive into a space filled with K-12 learners who've never encountered someone like you—someone prepared to push them toward benchmarks they never imagined reaching.
Alpha leverages AI-driven 1:1 instruction so students complete core academics in roughly two hours daily. The remainder of the day opens up for life skills, passion projects, and meaningful development. At Alpha's most rigorous campuses, students require more than oversight. They need a credible mentor whose personal accomplishments model what's possible: someone who can assess group dynamics, establish expectations, and guide them through resistance, distraction, and uncertainty.
Your role isn't instruction; it's coaching, challenging, and holding students to the same exacting standard you've applied to yourself. Roughly 80% of your time goes to direct 1-on-1 sessions, small-group coaching, and life-skills facilitation. The remaining 20% involves setting the daily standard: purposeful morning sessions that build a culture where average isn't acceptable.
The trajectory here isn't oriented toward management. It's about going deeper. You begin by mastering Alpha's framework and earning student trust. Within months, you become the person they allow to stretch them beyond their perceived limits. The payoff isn't a title. It's witnessing a student who avoided eye contact in September deliver a confident presentation to adults in May.
If you've been searching for a way to leverage your elite experience beyond personal achievement, submit your application now. If you require scripted lessons, predictable structure, or a route to administrative leadership, this isn't the right fit.
What You Will Be Doing
What You Won’t Be Doing
Academic Success Coach Key Responsibilities Lead outstanding student motivation, development, and life-skill acquisition at Alpha's most demanding 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-AcademicSucces