Life Skills Coach, Alpha

Location & Compensation

• Springfield, MA location — on‑site position with relocation assistance available
• $100,000 annual compensation, distributed weekly.
• Full health, dental, and vision coverage begins day one.

Alpha operates outside the traditional school model. Students complete a full day’s worth of academic work in roughly two hours using adaptive software. There are no lectures, no textbooks, no worksheets. Your responsibility is what technology cannot replicate: coaching students from Pre‑K through 8th grade in essential life skills — public speaking, sustained focus, constructive feedback exchange. Half your time is spent facilitating hands‑on workshops guided by structured playbooks and storytelling techniques, the other half is devoted to individual or small‑group coaching, analyzing progress via Coachbot analytics, and driving students toward 100% completion of weekly learning goals.

Mastery is validated through Test2

Pass assessments, not attendance or effort grades.

• Facilitating one‑hour life‑skills workshops covering public speaking, focus, collaboration, and feedback exchange — adjusting tone and delivery across Pre‑K through 8th‑grade developmental stages.
• Conducting daily individual and small‑group coaching sessions in which you analyze student progress through adaptive learning platforms (via Coachbot analytics), establish goals, and hold students accountable to 100% weekly completion.
• Delivering and scoring Test2
  
  Pass assessments to validate genuine mastery of each life skill, distinguishing between participation and proficiency.
• Providing targeted support when a student’s academic progress or engagement declines — diagnosing underlying issues and designing a corrective action plan.
• Cultivating authentic relationships with every student, creating the trust necessary for them to receive coaching through moments of resistance, distraction, or self‑doubt.

• Teaching traditional academic subjects or lecturing (core academics are delivered via adaptive software, not by you).
• Developing original lesson plans or curriculum (Alpha supplies life‑skills playbooks; your role is to execute them with energy and narrative engagement).
• Handling parent communication or administrative duties (Campus Leads manage those areas; you concentrate on direct student interaction).
• Assigning or grading homework, or preparing students for standardized tests (these do not exist in Alpha’s model).
• Operating independently without support (you collaborate with Lead Guides, Campus Leads, and fellow coaches who provide feedback and mutual accountability).

Guarantee that every student in your assigned cohort enjoys school, achieves mastery in core life skills, and completes 100% of their academic objectives via adaptive learning technology.

• Bachelor’s degree in any discipline.
• Minimum 3 years of direct experience working with students in grades Pre‑K–8 (including teaching, coaching, counseling, or youth program management).
• Demonstrated experience motivating or coaching Pre‑K–8 students toward measurable academic, behavioral, athletic, or extracurricular outcomes, with at least one concrete example you can articulate (including the objective, your actions, and the result).
• Willingness to embrace a coaching‑focused model in which all academic instruction is delivered by the learning platform. Your function is motivation and guidance, not subject‑matter teaching.
• Regular use of generative AI tools (such as ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude).
• Availability to work on‑site at Alpha’s Springfield, MA campus (relocation support is provided).
• Authorization to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship.

• Background in youth sports coaching, camp direction, or after‑school programming where you held direct accountability for motivating children toward defined goals.
• History of sustained personal achievement (such as academic distinction, competitive athletics, or leadership positions requiring consistent high performance).
• Strong storytelling skills: you can engage a mixed‑age group of Pre‑K–8 students for an hour without needing to raise your voice.
• Proven success re‑engaging disengaged or resistant students and converting them into active, motivated learners.
• Experience supporting students who receive special education services.

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 $50 USD/hour, which equates to $100,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly.

Crossover Job Code: LJ‑5822‑US‑Springfi‑Life Skills Coac .
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