Director of Learning & Development, Alpha - $200,000/year USD
Crossover•Cook County, IL
fulltime
Education, Management, and Training
5+ years
The kindest thing you can do for a student who achieves 99% is to decline calling it 100%. If that statement troubles you, this role isn't the right fit. If it resonates, continue reading.
Alpha students don't absorb information through traditional lectures. They advance through adaptive applications, absorbing material at double the speed of conventional classrooms while simultaneously developing practical life competencies. Your responsibility is ensuring three commitments are fulfilled for every student in your cohort: a genuine love for learning, acceleration at 2x the standard rate, and acquisition of skills beyond what textbooks can provide. You will also develop the Guides who execute these same commitments throughout your campus.
Data anchors your mornings. You review analytics identifying which students are progressing and which require additional support. By mid-morning you're facilitating a live session, guiding K-8 students through exercises in public speaking or concentration using Alpha's established framework. Post-lunch finds you observing a Guide's workshop, followed by a debrief where you provide three concrete actions to refine their execution. On certain days you serve as the energy catalyst during motivation assemblies, converting leaderboard rankings into momentum. You remain directly engaged with your own student group while cultivating Guides capable of meeting your benchmark—and as their capability grows, your influence expands from a single cohort to an entire campus.
You will witness reserved children presenting with poise before adults. You will observe a student who previously "despised school" requesting to remain after hours. And you will recognize that the standard you maintained is precisely what enabled their transformation, because upholding expectations demonstrates your conviction in their capacity to exceed them.
If you have broken records, transformed underachievers into high performers, and are prepared to accomplish this for students: submit your application now.
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Director Of Learning & Development Key Responsibilities Execute Alpha's 3 Promises: every student develops a love for school, learns at 2x velocity, and achieves mastery of life skills—across your cohort and those managed by your Guides.
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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 $100 USD/hour, which equates to $200,000 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-5628-US-Cook-DirectorofLear.020