Description
- On-site at Alpha School locations: New York City, NY · Orange County (Lake Forest), CA · San Francisco, CA · Santa Barbara, CA
- $150,000 annual salary, distributed weekly. Health benefits begin on day one.
- Relocation assistance provided
You've reached the upper echelon of a brutally competitive arena. Maybe it was elite-level sports, a distinguished record at a top university, a position at a highly selective organization, or a company you launched from the ground up. You understand what separates merely participating from genuinely competing. Now picture channeling that rigor into a space filled with K-12 students who have never encountered someone with your credentials, ready to elevate them to benchmarks they never imagined reaching.
Alpha employs AI-driven 1:1 instruction, enabling students to complete core academics in roughly two hours daily. This structure opens the remainder of each day for life-skills development, passion projects, and meaningful personal growth. At Alpha's most demanding campuses, students require more than oversight. They need a credible mentor whose personal accomplishments establish the benchmark: someone capable of assessing group dynamics, establishing expectations, and guiding them through obstacles like resistance, distraction, and doubt.
Your role is not to teach content; it's to coach, challenge, and maintain the same exacting standards you've applied to yourself. You'll dedicate 80% of your time to direct 1-on-1 sessions, small-group coaching, and life-skills workshops. The remaining 20% involves setting the daily tone through focused openings that build a culture where mediocrity has no place.
The trajectory here isn't oriented toward climbing into management. It's about deepening impact. You begin by mastering Alpha's framework and earning credibility with students. Within months, you become the figure they trust enough to let guide them beyond their perceived limits. The payoff isn't a title change. It's witnessing a student who avoided eye contact in September deliver a confident presentation to a room of adults in May.
If you're seeking a way to leverage your elite background toward something beyond personal achievement, apply now. If you require a fixed curriculum, predictable classroom structure, or a route to an administrative position, this isn't the right fit.
What you will be doing
- Conducting 1-on-1 and small-group coaching sessions that identify specific obstacles, establish challenging objectives, and enforce accountability for execution
- Leading structured life-skills workshops designed for mastery rather than engagement alone, drawing on authentic examples from your own elite background
- Evaluating student mastery using platforms like Test2Pass and monitoring progress through Coachbot analytics to refine coaching approaches dynamically
- Establishing the cultural standard each morning via focused kickoffs that reinforce high-performance expectations throughout the campus
- Cultivating trusted mentor relationships with students and families by maintaining high standards, consistency, and documented motivation strategies
What you will NOT be doing
- Creating lesson plans, developing curriculum, or grading student work. Alpha's academic system addresses that independently.
- Presenting to classrooms of 30 students. Your focus is intensive coaching in small settings, not large-scale instruction.
- Supervising other staff members or advancing through an administrative hierarchy. This position centers on direct student influence, not organizational management.
- Attending faculty meetings or dealing with institutional bureaucracy. Your schedule remains concentrated on student interaction.
- Compromising standards to meet targets. If a student achieves 99%, your responsibility is to uncover what prevented 100%.
Key responsibilities
Drive exceptional student motivation, growth, and life-skill mastery at Alpha's highest-expectation campuses.
Candidate requirements
- Bachelor's degree
- At least one instance of exceptional achievement in a highly selective, globally recognized domain (examples: national or international competition medals, top-tier university with distinction, highly selective firm or fellowship, elite performing arts institution, or founding and scaling a successful venture)
- At least 3 years of experience in student coaching, youth mentoring, athletic coaching, or leadership roles where you measurably raised others' performance
- Willingness to work in-person at an Alpha campus in New York City, NY; Orange County (Lake Forest), CA; San Francisco, CA; or Santa Barbara, CA
- Legal right to work in the United States
Nice to have
- Background in elite competitive athletics (varsity D1, national team, or professional level) with experience coaching or mentoring younger athletes
- Experience in high-accountability environments like management consulting, investment banking, or military leadership
- Track record of youth development through mentoring in non-academic settings (community organizations, after-school programs, sports camps)
- Comfort presenting to and building trust with high-expectation families paying premium private school tuition
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