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

What You Will Be Doing

• Facilitating structured one-hour workshops on life competencies (public speaking, concentration, feedback exchange) for elementary and middle school cohorts (K-8), executing Alpha's established playbook rather than creating original content
• Conducting motivational interventions leveraging student performance data and Alpha's incentive architecture (campus currency, performance rankings) to achieve 100% goal completion across your cohort
• Developing Guides through coaching focused on program adherence and standards execution, ensuring each session yields concrete performance improvements
• Managing your own student cohort concurrently with Guide development responsibilities
• Monitoring student satisfaction metrics, goal attainment rates, and Guide performance indicators on a weekly basis to identify underperformance early

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Delivering academic instruction or tutoring in subject areas
• Creating original curriculum or developing lesson materials independently
• Training Guides on instructional pedagogy
• Accepting 99% performance as sufficient
• Serving as the campus emotional support person

About Alpha

Alpha reimagines the school day around faster learning, stronger mentorship, and more time for students to build real-world skills. Roles with real student impact: Alpha hires teachers (guides), operators, admissions experts, school & curriculum leaders, and remote team members. Education work that pays like it matters: Alpha offers six-figure roles for people ready to help build a radically better school experience.

Basic Requirements

• Available for on-campus work at: Atlanta, GA; Oklahoma City, OK; Tulsa, OK; Austin, TX; Keller (Fort Worth), TX; The Woodlands (Houston), TX (relocation assistance available)
• Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Business, or related discipline
• 5+ years in education, learning and development, coaching, youth leadership, or equivalent field
• Demonstrated leadership of teams comprising 5 or more adults, including responsibility for hiring and performance-based termination decisions
• Hands-on experience working with children aged 5-14 in educational or developmental contexts
• Experience building, launching, or substantially scaling a program, team, business, school, or initiative from inception
• Documented practice of using metrics and data to establish weekly objectives and inform strategic decisions, not merely for reporting purposes
• Legal authorization to work in the United States or Canada

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Master's degree in Education, Psychology, Organizational Leadership, or related discipline
• Experience coaching athletics, leading experiential or outdoor programs, managing camps, or directing youth ministry at scale with cohort management and outcome measurement
• Transitioned from classroom instruction to program leadership roles in EdTech, tutoring enterprises, youth-focused nonprofits, or school intervention systems
• Early-career evidence of exceptional individual achievement — academic, athletic, or professional — prior to leadership transition
• Conviction that existing educational systems require fundamental redesign and personal commitment to that transformation

Head Coach Key Responsibilities

Execute Alpha's three core commitments for every cohort member: cultivating enthusiasm for school, accelerating learning to twice the traditional classroom rate, and building authentic life competencies.

Legal Authorization

Legal authorization to work in the United States or Canada

Crossover Job Code

LJ-4844-US-Houston-HeadCoach.014