Innovation Coach, Alpha - $150,000/year USD

Full-time, on-site position at Alpha School campuses located in New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA; or Santa Barbara, CAAnnual salary of $150,000, disbursed weekly. Comprehensive health benefits begin on day one.Relocation assistance providedYou understand that the most compassionate act for a student is maintaining rigorous expectations. Your achievements speak to a level of excellence few ever attain: elite competitive sports, graduation with honors from a premier university, employment at a highly selective organization, or a venture you launched and grew independently. Consider channeling that drive into working directly with K-12 students who have never encountered someone with your caliber of experience—someone willing to hold them to standards they never imagined reaching. If the idea of enforcing elite expectations strikes you as unreasonable, this role isn't for you.Alpha leverages AI-driven individualized instruction, enabling students to complete core academic work in roughly two hours daily. The remainder of their time is dedicated to developing life competencies, pursuing personal interests, and fostering genuine development. At Alpha's most demanding campuses, students require more than oversight. They need a credible mentor whose personal track record demonstrates what excellence looks like: someone capable of assessing group dynamics, establishing behavioral norms, and guiding students through obstacles like resistance, distraction, and uncertainty.This position does not involve traditional teaching. Your focus is coaching, challenging, and applying the same rigorous standards you've maintained throughout your own career. Forty percent of your time is spent conducting direct 1-on-1 and small-group coaching that identifies barriers and establishes stretch goals. Another forty percent involves facilitating structured life-skills workshops designed for competency development rather than engagement alone. The final twenty percent is dedicated to establishing daily momentum: purposeful morning sessions that cultivate a culture intolerant of mediocrity.This trajectory emphasizes mastery, not advancement into management. You begin by internalizing Alpha's methodology and earning student trust. Within several months, you become the adult students rely on to push them beyond self-imposed limitations. The payoff is not a title change. It's witnessing a student who struggled with basic social interaction in September deliver a poised presentation to a room of adults by May.If you've been seeking a meaningful application for your elite credentials beyond personal career advancement, submit your application today.What You Will Be DoingConducting 1-on-1 and small-group coaching sessions, leveraging Coachbot analytics and student performance data to identify obstacles, establish stretch goals, and enforce accountability for executionFacilitating structured life-skills workshops designed for competency attainment, drawing on credible narratives from your own high-achievement background, and evaluating mastery via Alpha's Test2Pass frameworkEstablishing campus-wide cultural expectations each morning through intentional kickoff sessions that reinforce high-performance normsMonitoring student development continuously and refining coaching approaches using data-driven insights rather than intuitionCultivating trusted mentorship relationships with students and their families by maintaining high standards, demonstrating consistency, and implementing documented motivation strategiesWhat You Won’t Be DoingDeveloping lesson plans, creating curriculum content, or evaluating assignments (Alpha's academic infrastructure manages instruction; your responsibility is cultivating motivation)Delivering lectures to large classroom groups (your work centers on high-impact coaching with individuals and small cohorts, not mass instruction)Supervising other personnel or pursuing advancement through administrative channels (this role prioritizes direct student influence over organizational hierarchy)Attending traditional faculty meetings or navigating institutional bureaucracy (your schedule remains student-centered)Compromising standards to satisfy performance indicators (if a student achieves 99%, your role is determining what prevented them from reaching 100%)Innovation Coach Key ResponsibilitiesDeliver exceptional outcomes in student motivation, personal development, and life-skill competency at Alpha's most rigorous campuses.Basic RequirementsBachelor's degreeDemonstrated exceptional achievement in at least one highly selective, internationally recognized field (examples include: medals from national or international competitions, honors-level completion from a top-tier university, employment at a highly selective organization or fellowship, training at an elite performing arts institution, or successful founding and growth of an entrepreneurial venture)Minimum of 3 years' experience in student coaching, youth mentorship, athletic coaching, or leadership capacities where you demonstrably elevated others' performanceAvailable to work on-site at an Alpha campus in New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA; or Santa Barbara, CA (relocation assistance available)Authorization to work legally in the United StatesNice-to-have RequirementsHistory in elite competitive athletics (Division 1 varsity, national team representation, or professional competition) with coaching or mentoring experience for younger athletesProfessional background in high-accountability sectors such as management consulting, investment banking, or military leadershipProven youth development record through mentorship in non-classroom contexts (community initiatives, after-school programming, sports instruction)Ability to present effectively to and establish rapport with families maintaining high expectations and investing in premium private educationAbout AlphaWant to join a learning rebellion that’s transforming the traditional classroom? 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!Working with usThis 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 www.crossover.com/help-and-faqs for more details on this topic.Crossover Job Code: LJ-5740-US-PalmBay-InnovationCoac.003