School Director, Alpha

Springfield, MA • $200,000 annual salary
• Day‑one health benefits

Alpha is opening a new campus in the city and requires a leader who knows the local educational landscape. You will oversee 15+ Guides who motivate and coach students while Alpha's EdTech platform delivers all instruction. This is a leadership role, not a teaching position. Your objective is to ensure students love learning, progress at double the traditional pace, and develop essential life skills.

• Launch Alpha's Springfield, MA campus: ensure delivery of the three core promises to 100+ students from opening day with consistent operational excellence.
• Facilitate live life‑skills workshops for K‑8 students: lead one‑hour sessions covering public speaking, growth mindset, and feedback skills; execute Alpha's established playbook to help students master competencies often overlooked by traditional schools.
• Drive every student toward 100 % goal achievement: develop personalized motivational strategies; apply data‑informed methods to address resistance and sustain engagement with the Alpha platform; success is defined by every student reaching their objectives.
• Develop Guides through coaching and uphold Alpha's performance standards: use data to pinpoint gaps, provide clear feedback, monitor progress, and make difficult personnel decisions when standards are not met.
• Execute data‑informed campus leadership: review metrics spanning staff performance, operations, parent engagement, and school culture; identify challenges, perform root‑cause analysis, engage stakeholders, implement interventions, and refine based on outcomes.

• Teaching or tutoring students. Alpha's self‑directed EdTech platform drives learning, not traditional lectures from adults.
• Creating lesson plans or curriculum. Alpha provides a ready‑made playbook; your focus is leadership and execution.
• Overseeing budgets or recruiting staff. Finance and hiring are managed centrally; you concentrate exclusively on campus performance and culture.
• Serving as the subject‑matter expert. This role is 80 % leadership and engagement, 20 % education; you inspire while the platform teaches.

Deliver Alpha's three promises—every student loves school, learns twice as fast, and masters life skills—at the new Springfield campus from opening day.

• Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Business, or related field;
  Master’s preferred.
• At least 7 years of experience in education, learning and development, coaching, business, or related field.
• Direct experience building and managing teams of at least 15 people with full hiring and firing authority.
• Deep knowledge of the Springfield, MA education landscape.
• Experience working with youth ages 5‑14.
• Strong data analysis skills and experience using metrics to drive decision‑making and continuous improvement.
• Passion for transforming education; belief that the traditional system is fundamentally broken.
• Startup mindset: thrives under pressure, adaptable in new situations, comfortable building systems from scratch.
• Compelling and energetic speaker who commands attention from rooms full of students or staff.
• Able to relate to K‑8 students, understand their interests and culture, and serve as a positive role model.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States.

This is a full‑time (40 hours per week), long‑term position. The role is immediately available and requires entering into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover as a Contractor of Record. Compensation is $100 USD/hour, which equates to $200,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. Payment is weekly.

Crossover Job Code: LJ‑5705‑US‑Springfi‑School Director.
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