Athletic Director, Alpha

"the Great Educational Equalizer"

— Philosopher Johnathan Bi, on Alpha School

Alpha is hiring.

• On-site at an Alpha campus:
  Dallas, TX
• Oklahoma City, OK
• Austin, TX
• Fort Worth, TX
• Tulsa, OK
• $150,000/year W2 salary, paid weekly. Day-one health benefits.
• Relocation support available

The most supportive thing you can do for an athlete who scored 99% is tell them they didn't pass.

Not because perfection matters. Because believing someone can do better is one of the greatest acts of respect.

Most schools protect students from failure. Alpha prepares them for success. We believe confidence isn't built by lowering the bar. It's built by helping students achieve things they once thought were out of reach. That belief shapes every decision we make.

Our model is different by design. Students master academics independently using AI-powered learning, freeing adults to focus on the work that changes lives: coaching character, building resilience, developing leadership, and creating the habits that lead to extraordinary outcomes. We don't need adults to deliver content. We need leaders who know how to bring out the best in people — the same instinct that makes a great coach great.

• Coach and develop Guides to deliver Alpha's coaching model with consistency, energy, and uncompromising standards.
• Lead engaging life skills workshops covering communication, focus, feedback, leadership, and resilience for K-8 students using proven playbooks.
• Use student and Guide performance data to identify coaching opportunities, remove barriers, and drive measurable improvements every week.
• Lead motivation sessions that help every student take ownership of ambitious goals and consistently achieve them.
• Maintain your own student cohort while modeling the coaching excellence and accountability you expect from every Guide.

• Teaching academic subjects. Students learn core academics independently through AI-powered learning applications.
• Writing lesson plans or designing curriculum. Your job is exceptional coaching, not creating instructional materials.
• Managing classrooms through lectures, worksheets, or behavior systems. Students own their learning, and you coach the habits that make success possible.
• Lowering expectations to avoid difficult conversations. High standards and genuine belief in every student's potential go hand in hand.
• Measuring success by activity instead of outcomes. Results matter more than effort alone.

Build a coaching culture where exceptional Guides consistently develop students who love school, master academics at an accelerated pace, and build the resilience, leadership, and life skills to succeed far beyond the classroom.

• Willing to work on campus in Dallas, TX;
  Oklahoma City, OK;
  Austin, TX;
  Fort Worth, TX; or Tulsa, OK (relocation support provided).
• Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Business, Organizational Leadership, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in education, learning and development, coaching, youth leadership, or a related field.
• Has directly managed one or more adult employees on an ongoing basis.
• Has personally selected at least one candidate for hire into their team.
• Has personally taken and put in writing at least one specific corrective action, directed at a direct report, in response to that person’s underperformance.
• Has personally formally proposed, with supporting justification, or approved the termination of at least one direct report for performance reasons.
• Sustained, recurring responsibility for the learning, behavior, motivation, or growth of children ages 5-14 in an educational, developmental, athletic, or youth leadership setting.
• Track record of building, launching, or…