Education Coach, Alpha - $120,000/year USD
Crossover•Lake Forest, CA
fulltime
Customer Service, Education, and Training
3+ years
The most transformative act in education may be to abandon traditional teaching. Not abandon investment in students; abandon lecturing. Abandon positioning yourself at the front of the classroom dispensing information that adaptive algorithms deliver with greater speed, precision, and personalization than any instructor can match. If that statement triggers resistance, this role is not for you. If it sparks interest, continue reading.
Alpha School operates on a model where academic content is delivered through AI-driven applications, freeing you to focus on what software cannot replicate: public speaking skills, sustained attention, emotional resilience, constructive peer feedback. You do not present lessons. You facilitate workshops. You coach. You drive a small K-12 cohort toward challenging weekly targets and maintain those expectations with the same rigor you apply to yourself. Students who rate their Guide most highly are not those with the most lenient Guide. They are those whose Guide respected them enough to maintain high standards.
Your inaugural year centers on skill mastery: internalizing Alpha's motivational framework, cultivating relationships within your cohort, and developing methods to ensure 100% of students meet weekly learning objectives. Once you demonstrate the ability to uphold these standards while earning student trust, you become eligible for Lead Guide, where you mentor other Guides while continuing direct student work. Alpha is expanding to additional campuses, and those who exemplify excellence now will shape how the model scales forward.
If your experience in conventional education left you feeling the system was flawed, or if you have no formal teaching background but have always known you could alter a young person's path, this role transforms that conviction into daily practice.
What You Will Be Doing
What You Won’t Be Doing
Education Coach Key Responsibilities Guide a K-12 student cohort toward enthusiasm for school, accelerated learning through adaptive technology, and competency in essential life skills via dynamic workshops.
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Nice-to-have Requirements
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 $60 USD/hour, which equates to $120,000 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-5607-US-LakeFore-EducationCoach.006