Job Description

• On-campus presence required at Alpha School locations in Santa Barbara, CA; Santa Monica, CA; San Francisco, CA; Greenwich, CT; Boston, MA; or New York City, NY
• $150,000 annual W2 compensation, distributed weekly. Full health benefits begin on day one.
• Relocation assistance available for candidates committing to a full school year at one campus

You hold the conviction that refusing to compromise standards is the greatest kindness you can offer a student. Your background includes achievement at a level few ever reach: elite competitive sport, graduation with distinction from a top-tier institution, acceptance into a highly selective organization, or building a venture from the ground up. Now imagine channeling that drive into working directly with K-12 students who have never encountered someone with your credentials—someone willing to push them toward standards they never imagined achieving. If the idea of maintaining elite expectations feels too demanding, this role is not for you.

Alpha's model leverages AI-powered individualized instruction, enabling students to complete core academics in roughly two hours daily. The remaining time is allocated to 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 establish the benchmark: someone capable of assessing group dynamics, establishing expectations, and guiding students through resistance, lack of focus, and uncertainty.

Instruction is not your responsibility. The AI platform delivers academic content. Your responsibility is to inspire, coach, and enforce the same rigorous standards you have applied to yourself. Forty percent of your time involves direct one-on-one and small-group coaching that identifies obstacles and establishes challenging objectives. Another forty percent is spent facilitating structured life-skills workshops designed for skill acquisition, not engagement for its own sake. The final twenty percent is dedicated to morning sessions that set daily expectations and cultivate a culture intolerant of mediocrity.

The trajectory here emphasizes deepening impact, not advancing into management. You begin by mastering Alpha's methodology and earning student trust. Within months, you become the person they allow to push them beyond self-imposed limits. The compensation is not upward mobility. It is continuity with the same students across years, guiding their development over time. It is witnessing a student transform from avoiding eye contact in September to confidently presenting to adults in May.

This position remains student-centered. Students are the purpose, not a means to career advancement. If your motivation to leave your current role is mission-driven rather than résumé-driven, submit your application now.

What You Will Be Doing

• Conducting one-on-one and small-group coaching sessions leveraging Coachbot analytics and student performance data to identify barriers, establish ambitious objectives, and ensure accountability for execution
• Facilitating structured life-skills workshops focused on mastery, drawing on credible examples from your own elite achievements, and evaluating mastery through Alpha's Test2Pass assessment framework
• Establishing the performance culture each morning via focused kickoff sessions that communicate and reinforce high-expectation standards campus-wide
• Monitoring student progress continuously and modifying coaching approaches based on evidence rather than intuition
• Cultivating trusted mentoring relationships with students and their families through consistent high standards and documented motivational strategies

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Delivering lessons, creating curriculum, or evaluating assignments — Alpha's AI-driven academic system manages instruction; your focus is motivation
• Presenting to large classroom groups of 30 students (your work centers on intensive coaching with small groups, not mass instruction)
• Supervising other personnel or pursuing an administrative career path (this role prioritizes direct student outcomes, not organizational advancement)
• Attending faculty meetings or managing institutional bureaucracy (your schedule remains student-focused)
• Compromising standards to achieve targets (if a student reaches 99%, your role is to identify what prevented 100%)

Student Excellence Coach Key Responsibilities

Deliver exceptional student motivation, developmental growth, and life-skill mastery at Alpha's most demanding campuses.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• A minimum of one demonstrable instance of exceptional achievement in a highly selective, internationally recognized field (examples include: medals in national or international competitions, graduation with distinction from a top-tier university, placement in a highly selective organization or fellowship, training at an elite performing arts institution, or founding and successfully scaling a venture)
• A minimum of 3 years of professional experience in student coaching, youth mentorship, athletic coaching, or leadership capacities where you produced measurable performance improvements in others
• Availability to work on-site at an Alpha campus in Santa Barbara, CA; Santa Monica, CA; San Francisco, CA; Greenwich, CT; Boston, MA; or New York City, NY (relocation support available)
• Authorization to work legally in the United States

Nice-to-have Requirements

• History in elite competitive athletics (Division 1 varsity, national team representation, or professional participation) combined with coaching or mentoring experience with younger athletes
• Professional background in high-accountability sectors such as management consulting, investment banking, or military leadership
• Proven youth development experience through mentorship outside traditional academic environments (community organizations, extracurricular programs, sports camps)
• Confidence engaging with and earning trust from high-expectation families investing in premium private education

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 for more details on this topic.

Crossover Job Code: LJ-5740-US-Brownsvi-StudentExcelle.002

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