The kindest thing you can do for a student who reaches 99% of their goal is to refuse to accept it as finished. If that expectation makes you uneasy, this position is not for you. If it energizes you because you understand that maintaining high standards is how you demonstrate belief in a student's capability, continue reading.
Alpha operates differently from conventional schools. Students complete a full academic day in roughly two hours using adaptive software. No traditional lectures. No textbooks. Your role centers on what technology cannot replicate: guiding Pre-K through 8th grade students in developing life skills such as public speaking, concentration, and constructive feedback exchange. You will spend half your time facilitating hands-on workshops using prepared playbooks and narrative techniques. During the other half, you meet with students individually or in small groups, analyze their adaptive learning progress via Coachbot analytics, and hold them accountable to achieving 100% of their weekly objectives. Mastery is demonstrated through Test2Pass assessments, not participation metrics.
During your first year, you will manage a cohort of students and become proficient in Alpha's approach: life skill workshops, motivational sessions, and mastery-based evaluation. Once you demonstrate the ability to hold every student to 100% goal completion while maintaining satisfaction scores above 90%, advancement to Lead Guide becomes available—a role where you mentor other Guides while remaining actively engaged with students. The most effective people in this position do more than transform individual students; they influence how an entire campus functions.
If you have years of experience coaching, counseling, or mentoring young people and have wanted to eliminate traditional instruction to concentrate on genuine development, this is the opportunity.
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Academic Coach Key Responsibilities Guarantee that every student in your cohort enjoys school, develops essential life skills, and achieves 100% of their academic objectives through adaptive learning software.
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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 $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-5767-US-Washingt-AcademicCoach1
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