Student Strategist, Alpha

You have completed difficult challenges. You have operated within genuine standards. You understand the gap between effort and results. If you are ready to apply that capability in a role that influences a young person's path forward, this position is designed for you.

Alpha School leverages AI-driven 1:1 instruction to enable students to achieve mastery in 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 rigorous campuses, students require more than oversight. They require a credible mentor who can assess group dynamics, establish expectations, and guide them through resistance, lack of focus, and uncertainty.

This is not a conventional teaching position. You will not deliver lectures, assign grades, or develop curriculum. Your work is coaching. You will facilitate demanding life-skills training. You will interpret data to identify what is blocking a student s progress, then apply supportive pressure and precision until they execute.

If you possess a distinguished achievement and a history of elevating others  performance, we are interested in speaking with you. Apply to contribute to building a campus environment where students arrive prepared, develop real competencies, and surpass ambitious targets.

• Facilitate 1:1 and small-group coaching that converts student objectives into reliable execution and trackable outcomes
• Analyze data and student aspirations to identify obstacles and design ambitious, personalized motivation strategies
• Conduct high-rigor life-skills workshops grounded in authentic storytelling, structured reflection, and practical application, followed by mastery evaluation
• Direct daily opening sessions that establish culture, uphold high standards, and prepare students before work begins
• Build trusted mentorship connections with students and families rooted in high expectations, reliability, and thoughtful judgment

• Serve as a traditional instructor who teaches classes, lectures, or tutors
• Write curriculum, develop lesson plans, or evaluate student assignments
• Supervise staff, oversee campus operations, or assume administrative leadership responsibilities
• Reduce expectations to secure immediate compliance or surface-level progress

Ensure that students at Alpha s most demanding campuses remain deeply engaged and accomplish continuous improvement and life-skill proficiency through elite, standards-driven coaching.

• Bachelor s degree from any discipline
• At least one identifiable elite achievement (in athletics, academics, professional accomplishment, or elite-level coaching)
• Demonstrated experience in mentoring, coaching, or leadership roles that produced measurable improvements in others  performance
• Confidence working in high-accountability settings with defined standards and consistent execution
• Capability to facilitate engaging, high-rigor group sessions and provide individual coaching with sound judgment
• Commitment to full-time, in-person work at an Alpha campus in San Francisco, CA;
  Santa Barbara, CA; or New York City, NY
• Authorization to work legally in the United States

• Track record of applying data and analytics to inform coaching strategies and accountability frameworks
• Prior work in competitive firms, high-performing startups, or elite athletics environments with rigorous performance cultures

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!

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-Santa Bar-Student Perform.
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