Life Skills Coach, Alpha - $150,000/year USD

About the Role

Alpha School is hiring a Life Skills Coach to mentor students at our highest-expectation campuses. This role focuses on coaching, running life-skills workshops, and fostering a culture of high achievement. You’ll use data to diagnose student blockers, set individualized motivation plans, and build trusted relationships with students and families. This is not a traditional teaching job—no lecturing, grading, or curriculum design. Instead, you’ll coach students to turn goals into measurable progress and lead rigorous, engaging sessions.

Responsibilities

• Run 1:1 and small-group coaching sessions to drive consistent execution and progress.
• Use analytics and student goals to diagnose blockers and set ambitious, individualized plans.
• Deliver rigorous life-skills workshops with storytelling, reflection, and real-world application.
• Lead daily kickoff moments to set culture, reinforce high expectations, and align students.
• Cultivate trusted mentor relationships with students and families through high standards and consistency.

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Teach classes, lecture, or tutor as a traditional instructor.
• Design curriculum, create lesson plans, or grade student work.
• Manage adults, run campus operations, or take on administrative leadership.
• Lower standards to drive short-term compliance or easy wins.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in any field.
• At least one clear elite marker (athletics, academics, career achievement, or elite coaching).
• Experience in people-facing mentoring, coaching, or leadership that measurably raised others’ performance.
• Comfort operating in high-accountability environments with clear standards and follow-through.
• Ability to lead engaging, high-rigor group sessions and coach individuals with strong judgment.
• Willingness to work full-time (40 hours/week) in person at Alpha's Austin campus.
• Legal right to work in the U.S.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• Multiple elite markers with clear evidence of raising standards and outcomes.
• Experience using data and analytics to drive coaching plans and accountability.
• Background in selective firms, competitive startups, or elite athletics programs with intense performance expectations.

About Alpha

Alpha reimagines education by combining AI-powered 1:1 learning with mentorship and life-skills development. Students master core academics in about two hours a day, freeing time for real-world skills and growth. Alpha offers roles with real student impact, six-figure compensation for top talent, and a culture built for ambitious builders focused on improving the education system.

Pay

The compensation for this role is $150,000 USD/year, paid weekly.

Schedule

This is a full-time, in-person position at Alpha's Austin campus, requiring 40 hours/week.