You've reached the top tier of an intensely competitive arena. Perhaps through elite-level sports, distinguished performance at a premier university, a position at a highly exclusive firm, or launching a venture from the ground up. You understand what separates simply participating from genuinely competing. Picture channeling that same drive into working with K-12 students who have never encountered someone with your caliber of experience—someone committed to holding them to standards they never imagined achieving.
Alpha leverages AI-driven 1:1 instruction, enabling students to complete core academics in roughly two hours daily. This model liberates the remainder of each day for developing life skills, pursuing passion projects, and fostering authentic development. At Alpha's most rigorous campuses, students require more than basic oversight. They need a credible mentor whose personal accomplishments exemplify excellence: someone capable of assessing group dynamics, establishing expectations, and guiding them through obstacles like resistance, lack of focus, and internal doubt.
Your role is not to instruct traditional content; rather, it is to coach, challenge, and maintain the same exacting standards you've applied to yourself. Approximately 80% of your time will be devoted to direct 1-on-1 coaching, small-group sessions, and life-skills programming. The remaining 20% involves establishing each day's tone: purposeful morning sessions that create a culture where mediocrity has no place.
The trajectory here does not lead toward managerial advancement. It centers on depth of impact. Initially, you will master Alpha's methodology and earn student trust. Within months, you become the person they rely on to push them beyond perceived limits. The true reward is not a title change. It is witnessing a student who struggled with eye contact in September deliver a confident presentation to a room of adults by May.
If you have been seeking a way to leverage your elite background toward meaningful impact beyond personal achievement, submit your application now. If you require a standardized curriculum, predictable classroom structure, or advancement into administrative roles, this position is not the right fit.
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Academic Coach Key Responsibilities Produce exceptional levels of student motivation, development, and life-skill proficiency 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-SantaBar-AcademicCoach.005
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