Performance Coach, Alpha

What You Will Be Doing

Conducting 1-on-1 and small-group coaching using Coachbot analytics and student data to identify obstacles, establish ambitious targets, and ensure accountability.

• Facilitating structured life‑skills workshops designed for mastery, drawing on credible examples from your own elite background, and verifying competency through Alpha's Test2
  
  Pass framework.
• Establishing the performance culture each morning via focused kickoffs that reinforce rigorous expectations campus‑wide.
• Monitoring student advancement in real time and modifying coaching tactics based on evidence rather than intuition.
• Cultivating trusted mentoring relationships with students and families through unwavering standards, reliability, and formal motivation documentation.

• Delivering lessons, creating curriculum, or evaluating assignments—Alpha's AI‑based academic system manages instruction; your focus is motivation.
• Presenting to a full classroom of 30 students; your work centers on intensive coaching in small settings.
• Supervising other personnel or advancing through administrative tiers; this role prioritizes direct student outcomes.
• Attending faculty meetings or dealing with institutional bureaucracy.
• Compromising standards to meet quotas; if a student achieves 99%, your responsibility is determining what prevented 100%.

Lead outstanding student motivation, development, and life‑skill acquisition at Alpha's most demanding campuses.

• Bachelor's degree.
• At least one instance of exceptional achievement in a highly selective, globally recognized domain (e.g., national or international competition medals, top‑tier university with distinction, highly selective firm or fellowship, elite performing arts institution, or founding and scaling a successful venture).
• At least 3 years of experience in student coaching, youth mentoring, athletic coaching, or leadership roles where you measurably raised others' performance.
• Willing to work in‑person at an Alpha campus in Santa Barbara, CA;
  Santa Monica, CA;
  San Francisco, CA;
  Greenwich, CT;
  Boston, MA;
  New York City, NY; or Seattle, WA (relocation support provided).
• Legal right to work in the United States.

• Background in elite competitive athletics (varsity D1, national team, or professional level) with experience coaching or mentoring younger athletes.
• Experience in high‑accountability environments like management consulting, investment banking, or military leadership.
• Track record of youth development through mentoring in non‑academic settings (community organizations, after‑school programs, sports camps).
• Comfort presenting to and building trust with high‑expectation families paying premium private school tuition.

Alpha School is on a mission to reshape education with a bold approach that harnesses AI to accelerate learning and unleash student potential.

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.

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!

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.