Academic Success Coach $150,000 USD/year Pay is set based on global value, not the local market.
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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, disbursed weekly. Full health benefits starting day one.
- Relocation assistance provided
You've excelled at the highest level in a demanding arena. Perhaps elite sports, a distinguished degree from a top university, a role at a highly selective organization, or a company you launched and grew yourself. You understand the distinction between participation and true competition. Consider applying that drive in a setting where K-12 students gain access to someone with your caliber of experience—someone who will challenge them to meet standards they never imagined reaching.
Alpha leverages AI-driven 1:1 instruction, allowing students to complete core academics in roughly two hours daily. The remaining time is devoted to life skills, interest-driven projects, and authentic development. At Alpha's most rigorous campuses, students require more than oversight. They need a credible mentor whose personal accomplishments demonstrate what's possible: someone capable of assessing group dynamics, establishing expectations, and guiding them through obstacles like resistance, distraction, and doubt.
Your role is not to instruct content; it's to coach, challenge, and maintain the same rigorous standards you've applied to yourself. You'll dedicate 80% of your time to direct 1-on-1 coaching, small-group sessions, and life-skills workshops. The remaining 20% involves setting daily expectations through focused opening sessions that create a culture where average performance is unacceptable.
The trajectory here isn't vertical into management. It's about mastery. You begin by learning Alpha's approach and earning student trust. Within months, you become the person they respect enough to allow past 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 for impact beyond your own career, apply now. If you require a prescribed curriculum, a traditional classroom structure, or advancement into administration, this isn't the right fit.
What you will be doing
- Conducting 1-on-1 and small-group coaching that identifies individual obstacles, establishes ambitious targets, and ensures students follow through on commitments
- Leading structured life-skills workshops designed for mastery rather than engagement, 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 in real time
- Establishing campus-wide cultural expectations each morning via focused kickoffs that reinforce high-performance standards
- Developing 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 evaluating assignments. Alpha's instructional model addresses those separately.
- Presenting to a full classroom of 30 students. Your focus is intensive coaching in small settings, not large-group instruction.
- Supervising other staff or pursuing an administrative career path. This position centers on direct student outcomes, not organizational management.
- Attending faculty meetings or dealing with institutional bureaucracy. Your schedule remains student-centered.
- Compromising standards to achieve targets. If a student reaches 99%, your task is to identify what prevented 100%.
Key responsibilities
Lead outstanding student motivation, development, and life-skill mastery at Alpha's most demanding campuses.
Candidate requirements
- Bachelor's degree
- At least one demonstrated instance of exceptional achievement in a highly selective, internationally recognized field (examples: national or international competition medals, distinguished degree from a top-tier university, 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 positions where you measurably improved others' performance
- Willingness to work on-site at an Alpha campus in New York City, NY; Orange County (Lake Forest), CA; San Francisco, CA; or Santa Barbara, CA
- Legal authorization to work in the United States
Nice to have
- History in elite competitive athletics (varsity D1, national team, or professional level) with coaching or mentoring experience for younger athletes
- Experience in high-accountability settings such as management consulting, investment banking, or military leadership
- Demonstrated youth development through mentoring outside academic contexts (community organizations, after-school programs, sports camps)
- Ability to present effectively to and establish credibility with high-expectation families investing in premium private school education
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