Lead Coach, Alpha - $150,000​/year USD

• On-site position at an Alpha campus:
  Austin, TX
• Fort Worth, TX
• $150,000 annual W2 salary, distributed weekly. Full health benefits begin day one.
• Relocation assistance provided

• On-site position at an Alpha campus:
  Austin, TX
• Dallas, TX
• Fort Worth, TX
• Oklahoma City, OK
• $150,000 annual W2 salary, distributed weekly. Full health benefits begin day one.
• Relocation assistance provided

Telling a student who earned 99% that they haven't yet passed may seem counter intuitive—but it's one of the most respectful things you can do.

Not because perfection is the goal. Because believing someone is capable of more is a profound form of confidence in them.

Where most schools shield students from failure, Alpha equips them for success. We understand that confidence doesn't emerge from reduced expectations. It's forged when students accomplish what they previously believed impossible. This principle informs everything we do.

Our approach is intentionally unconventional. Students progress through academics autonomously via AI-powered platforms, which allows adults to dedicate their energy to what truly transforms lives: coaching character, cultivating resilience, nurturing leadership, and instilling habits that produce exceptional results. We don't require adults to transmit information. We need leaders capable of unlocking human potential.

This position is central to that objective. You'll mentor the Guides who interact daily with students, developing them into masterful coaches instead of traditional instructors. You'll facilitate life skills sessions that leave lasting impressions on students. You'll analyze performance metrics to pinpoint where students or Guides need support and guide them toward excellence. You'll also maintain your own student cohort, embodying the standards you uphold for others.

The downstream impact is substantial. Each Guide you develop touches dozens of students. Every cultural enhancement you introduce multiplies across hundreds of young lives. Success isn't defined by administrative tasks or documentation volume. It's determined by whether students grow more confident, disciplined, resilient, and capable because of the environment you cultivated.

This position isn't designed for those seeking to maintain existing educational structures. It's intended for individuals who believe young people deserve more than conformity, attendance tracking, and mediocre expectations. If you're motivated by guiding others through meaningful challenges, leveraging data to inform superior decisions, and maintaining elevated standards rooted in genuine belief in others' capabilities, this role will suit you well.

• Develop and mentor Guides to execute Alpha's coaching framework with reliability, enthusiasm, and rigorous standards.
• Facilitate dynamic life skills sessions addressing communication, concentration, feedback reception, leadership development, and resilience for students in grades K-8 using established curricula.
• Analyze Guide and student performance metrics to surface coaching opportunities, eliminate obstacles, and produce quantifiable progress weekly.
• Conduct motivational sessions that empower each student to embrace challenging goals and consistently reach them.
• Oversee your own student cohort while demonstrating the coaching quality and accountability expected of all Guides.

• Delivering academic instruction. Core subject mastery happens independently through AI-driven learning platforms.
• Developing lesson plans or educational materials. Your focus is outstanding coaching, not content creation.
• Operating classrooms via lectures, worksheets, or behavioral management systems. Students direct their own learning; you coach the practices that enable achievement.
• Reducing standards to sidestep challenging discussions. Elevated expectations and authentic confidence in student potential are inseparable.
• Defining success through activity volume rather than tangible outcomes. Impact supersedes effort.

Establish a coaching environment where outstanding Guides reliably cultivate students who thrive at school, advance academically ahead of pace, and develop the resilience, leadership capabilities, and life competencies necessary for success well beyond their school years.

• Available to work on-site in Austin, TX;
  Dallas, TX;
  Fort Worth, TX; or Oklahoma City, OK (relocation assistance available).
• Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Business, Organizational Leadership, or related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in education, coaching, learning and development, youth leadership, or comparable field.
• Demonstrated leadership of a continuous team of five or more adults, including primary or final authority over hiring decisions and performance-related terminations.
• Consistent, ongoing accountability for the development, behavior, motivation, or learning of children aged 5-14 within educational, athletic, developmental, or youth…