Head of School, Alpha - $200,000/year USD

About the role

Springfield students deserve better than a system that prevents you from upholding the standards they need. Alpha is opening a new campus in this city, and we're looking for a leader who knows the local educational landscape firsthand. You will manage a team of 15+ Guides who coach and motivate students, while our EdTech platform delivers all instruction. No traditional teaching. High-impact leadership. Clear execution. Your objective: make sure every student loves school, learns at twice the pace of conventional classrooms, and develops essential life skills. This is not a conventional Principal position. You will maintain rigorous standards, make decisions grounded in data, and establish Springfield's highest-performing school from the start. Lead through data. Coach for excellence.

What You Will Be Doing

• Launch the Springfield, MA campus: Execute Alpha's three core promises for 100+ students from day one, ensuring operational excellence in every area.
• Facilitate live workshops teaching life skills to K-8 students: Lead engaging one-hour sessions covering public speaking, growth mindset, and feedback skills. Use Alpha's proven playbook to help students master competencies that traditional schools overlook—while keeping it fun.
• Drive every student to reach 100% of their goals: Create personalized motivational strategies for each child. Apply data-driven methods to address resistance and sustain engagement with the Alpha platform. Success is defined by every student meeting their targets.
• Coach Guides to high performance and uphold Alpha's quality standards: Leverage data to spot performance issues, provide clear feedback, and monitor progress. Make difficult decisions when performance doesn't meet expectations, and model the standard on your campus.
• Lead campus operations using data: Evaluate performance across team, operations, parent engagement, and campus culture. Identify challenges, perform root cause analysis, engage stakeholders, implement trackable improvements, and refine based on outcomes.

What You Won't Be Doing

• Teaching or tutoring students. Alpha's self-guided EdTech platform drives learning, not adult-led lectures.
• Creating lesson plans or curriculum. Alpha's playbook already exists. You execute and lead, not design instruction.
• Overseeing budgets or staff hiring. Finance and recruiting are managed centrally. Your focus is campus performance and culture.
• Serving as the content expert. This role is 80% leadership and engagement, 20% education. You inspire; the platform teaches.

Head Of School Key Responsibilities

• Fulfill Alpha's three commitments: every student loves school, learns at double the speed, and masters critical life skills — launching and leading a new Springfield campus from day one.

Basic Requirements

• 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.
• Demonstrated experience building and leading teams of at least 15 people with full hiring and firing authority.
• In-depth knowledge of the Springfield, MA education landscape.
• Experience working with youth ages 5 - 14.
• Strong data analysis skills and proven ability to use metrics for decision-making and continuous improvement.
• Passion for transforming education. Conviction that the traditional system is fundamentally broken.
• Startup mindset: thrives under pressure, adaptable in new situations, comfortable building systems from scratch.
• Engaging and dynamic speaker who can command the attention of large groups of students or staff.
• Able to connect with K-8 students, understand their interests and culture, and act as a positive role model.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States.

About Alpha

Join the team building school around student growth. 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. A culture built for builders: Alpha is fast-moving, ambitious, and student focused. It's for people who want to improve the system, not maintain it. Alpha is where you can do the most meaningful work of your career. 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 us

This is a full-time, W2 employee position with immediate access to benefits. All roles are year-long positions. The compensation level for this role is $200,000 USD/year. The payment period is weekly.