Performance Coach, Alpha - $200,000/year USD

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.

Alpha is constructing the highest-quality K-12 experience in the world. That mission demands leaders who have already demonstrated the ability to elevate others' performance, make objective decisions grounded in data, and champion innovative approaches over entrenched habits. Students do not sit through traditional lectures. They progress through academics using adaptive technology, while Guides provide coaching, accountability, motivation, and instruction in essential life skills.

This position is presently available at selected Alpha campuses: Greenwich, CT; Boca Raton, FL; Miami, FL; Miami Beach, FL; Boston, MA; Raleigh, NC; New York City, NY; Orange County, CA; and Santa Barbara, CA. If you reside in one of these areas—or are willing to relocate—we encourage you to reach out. Candidates of exceptional caliber from other locations are also invited to apply.

What You Will Be Doing

• Coaching Guides to reliably provide outstanding student experiences while upholding Alpha's rigorous standards.
• Facilitating dynamic life skills workshops that build communication, leadership, focus, and other practical competencies for students in grades K-12.
• Inspiring students to reach ambitious academic targets and optimize their progress within self-directed learning programs.
• Leveraging data, direct observation, and structured coaching dialogues to enhance Guide effectiveness and student results.
• Supporting the launch and establishment of new Alpha campuses by cultivating a culture rooted in excellence, accountability, and ongoing improvement.

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Delivering traditional academic instruction or presenting subject-specific lectures.
• Developing lesson plans or creating curriculum materials.
• Compromising standards to provide students with a superficial sense of success rather than guiding them to genuine mastery.
• Leading a team remotely from an office without direct, regular engagement in coaching students and Guides.
• Defending obsolete methods simply because "that's the way it's always been done."

Responsibilities

Guarantee that every student reliably receives Alpha's three core promises by developing high-performing Guides, facilitating compelling life skills experiences, and upholding uncompromising expectations for student achievement.

Requirements

Basic Requirements

• Willingness to work on-site at an Alpha campus (relocation assistance provided): Greenwich, CT; Boca Raton, FL; Miami, FL; Miami Beach, FL; Boston, MA; Raleigh, NC; New York City, NY; Orange County, CA; Santa Barbara, CA.
• Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Business, or related discipline; Master's degree preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in education, coaching, learning and development, or comparable leadership capacity.
• Proven experience managing and developing teams of five or more individuals, including responsibility for hiring and performance-based terminations.
• Documented success utilizing data to drive measurable performance improvements.
• Experience engaging with children ages 5-14 in educational, coaching, or developmental contexts.
• Background in building or launching a new team, program, business, school, or initiative, with readiness to contribute to opening a new campus from the ground up.
• Willingness to operate within a school model that does not rely on traditional lecture-based instruction.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States.

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Experience coaching young people through athletics, debate, camps, or extracurricular activities.
• Outstanding public speaking and storytelling abilities.
• Proven history of attaining exceptional results in academic, professional, or athletic pursuits.
• Experience driving team performance through challenging goals while sustaining strong accountability.
• Enthusiasm for questioning traditional education paradigms and contributing to a transformative K-12 model.

Benefits

This is a full-time, W2 employee position with immediate access to benefits. Learn more about benefits here.

Pay

The compensation level for this role is $200,000 USD/year. The payment period is weekly.

Schedule

All roles are year-long positions.