Youth Development Coach, Alpha - $150,000​/year USD

You have accomplished difficult things. You understand what real standards look like from the inside. You recognize the gap between effort and execution. If you're ready to apply that discipline in a setting where it redirects the course of a young person's life, this position was designed for you.

Alpha School leverages AI-driven 1:1 learning, enabling students to complete core academics in roughly two hours per day. The remaining time is dedicated to life skills, self-directed projects, and meaningful development. At our most demanding campuses, students require more than oversight. They need a credible mentor capable of assessing group dynamics, establishing tone, and guiding them past resistance, distraction, and internal doubt.

This is not conventional classroom teaching. You will not deliver lectures, assign grades, or develop lesson plans. Your work centers on coaching. You will facilitate structured life-skills sessions. You will interpret data to identify what's blocking a student's progress, then guide with intention and precision until they execute.

If you carry an elite credential and a proven history of elevating others' performance, we're interested in speaking with you. Apply to contribute to a campus environment where students arrive prepared, develop concrete skills, and surpass challenging benchmarks.

• Conduct 1:1 and small-group coaching that converts student aspirations into sustained action and trackable outcomes
• Interpret analytics and personal objectives to identify obstacles and design ambitious, customized motivational strategies
• Facilitate high-rigor life-skills sessions through authentic narrative, guided reflection, and practical application, then evaluate proficiency
• Direct daily launch meetings that establish culture, uphold rigorous expectations, and prepare students before work begins
• Build trusted advisory relationships with students and their families by maintaining high standards, consistency, and discernment

• Instruct traditional classes, deliver lectures, or provide academic tutoring in a conventional instructor capacity
• Develop curricula, draft lesson plans, or evaluate student assignments
• Supervise staff, oversee campus operations, or assume administrative leadership responsibilities
• Compromise standards to achieve immediate compliance or superficial progress

This role ensures that students at Alpha's most rigorous campuses remain deeply engaged and attain continuous growth and life-skill proficiency through elite, high-standards mentorship.

• Bachelor's degree in any field
• At least one clear elite marker (athletics, academics, career achievement, or elite coaching)
• Experience in people-facing mentoring, coaching, or leadership that measurably raised others' performance
• Comfort operating in high-accountability environments with clear standards and follow-through
• Ability to lead engaging, high-rigor group sessions and coach individuals with strong judgment
• Willingness to work full-time (40 hours/week) in person at Alpha's Austin campus
• Legal right to work in the U.S.

• Multiple elite markers with clear evidence of raising standards and outcomes
• Experience using data and analytics to drive coaching plans and accountability
• Background in selective firms, competitive startups, or elite athletics programs with intense performance expectations

Alpha reimagines the school day around faster learning, stronger mentorship, and more time for students to build real-world skills.

Alpha hires teachers (guides), operators, admissions experts, school & curriculum leaders, and remote team members.

Alpha hires teachers (guides), operators, admissions experts, school & curriculum leaders, and remote team members.

Alpha offers six-figure roles for people ready to help build a radically better school experience.

Alpha is fast-moving, ambitious, and student focused. It's for people who want to improve the system, not maintain it.

Alpha is where you can do the most meaningful work of your career.

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.