Learning Coach, Alpha - $100,000/year USD

About the role

Austin, TX: on-site role, with relocation assistance available
$100,000/year W2, with weekly pay
Full-time: daily direct engagement with K-8 students

Responsibilities

• Facilitating one-hour life skills workshops for K-8 student groups, guiding public speaking, teamwork, focus, and feedback skills through structured exercises and narrative techniques
• Conducting 1:1 and small-group motivation sessions, establishing objectives with students, monitoring their academic app progress, and stepping in when performance lags
• Adjusting your approach across diverse age groups: coaching strategies for a kindergartner differ drastically from those for a 13-year-old
• Delivering Test2Pass assessments to verify students have genuinely mastered the life skills you have coached
• Leveraging student profiles, performance data, and coachbot analytics to maintain precise awareness of each student's status before every interaction

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in any subject
• 3+ years of experience working directly with K-8 students
• Demonstrated success motivating or coaching K-8 students toward objectives exceeding baseline standards, with at least one concrete example you can describe in detail (the objective, your actions, the result)
• Willing to work in-person in Austin, TX (relocation support provided)
• Comfortable operating in a non-traditional learning environment centered on motivation and engagement, not traditional instruction

Qualifications

• Basic Requirements
• Nice-to-have Requirements

Skills

• Experience mentoring or coaching in youth sports, competitive academic settings, or organized enrichment programs
• Familiarity with behavioral motivation methods such as goal-setting frameworks, reward systems, or accountability mechanisms
• Proven ability to connect with disengaged or resistant young learners and facilitate meaningful turnarounds
• Experience leading group sessions for children of varying ages

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. 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.

Benefits

Working with us
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.