Head Coach, Alpha - $150,000/year USD

$150,000 annual W2 salary, paid weekly. Health benefits begin day one. Relocation assistance available On-site at an Alpha campus: Austin, TX Dallas, TX Keller (Fort Worth), TX Oklahoma City, OK The Woodlands (Houston), TX $150,000 annual W2 salary, paid weekly. Health benefits begin day one. Relocation assistance available Telling a student who scored 99% that they didn't pass may be the most supportive thing you can do. Not because perfection is the goal. Because believing someone is capable of more is among the most respectful acts there is. Most schools shield students from failure. Alpha equips them for success. We hold that confidence isn't created by lowering standards. It's forged by guiding students to accomplish what they once believed impossible. That conviction informs every choice we make. Our approach is intentionally distinct. Students achieve academic mastery independently through AI-powered learning, which allows adults to concentrate on work that transforms lives: coaching character, cultivating resilience, fostering leadership, and instilling habits that yield exceptional results. We don't require adults to deliver curriculum. We need leaders who understand how to draw excellence from people. This position anchors that mission. You'll develop the Guides who engage directly with students, transforming them into outstanding coaches instead of traditional instructors. You'll facilitate life skills workshops that students recall years afterward. You'll analyze performance data to pinpoint where students or Guides need support and coach them toward excellence. You'll also maintain your own student cohort, exemplifying the standards you uphold. The impact is significant. Each Guide you develop influences dozens of students. Every enhancement you bring to campus culture multiplies across hundreds of young lives. Success isn't defined by meeting attendance or report volume. It's determined by whether students grow more confident, disciplined, resilient, and capable because of the environment you cultivated. This role isn't for someone seeking to maintain the existing education system. It's for someone convinced that young people merit more than compliance, attendance, and mediocre expectations. If coaching people through rigorous challenges, leveraging data for smarter decisions, and maintaining elevated standards because you truly believe in others' potential energizes you, you'll excel here. What You Will Be Doing Develop and coach Guides to execute Alpha's coaching model with consistency, intensity, and rigorous standards. Facilitate engaging life skills workshops addressing communication, focus, feedback, leadership, and resilience for K-8 students using established playbooks. Analyze student and Guide performance data to uncover coaching opportunities, eliminate obstacles, and produce measurable progress each week. Conduct motivation sessions that empower every student to embrace ambitious goals and reliably accomplish them. Sustain your own student cohort while demonstrating the coaching quality and accountability you require from every Guide. What You Won’t Be Doing Teaching academic content. Students complete core academics independently via AI-powered learning applications. Drafting lesson plans or developing curriculum. Your responsibility is outstanding coaching, not producing instructional content. Managing classrooms using lectures, worksheets, or behavior control systems. Students direct their learning, and you coach the practices that enable success. Reducing expectations to sidestep challenging conversations. Elevated standards and authentic belief in each student's capability are inseparable. Defining success by activity rather than outcomes. Results carry more weight than effort by itself. Head Coach Key Responsibilities Establish a coaching culture in which outstanding Guides reliably develop students who are passionate about school, master academics at an advanced rate, and cultivate the resilience, leadership, and life skills required to thrive well beyond the classroom. Basic Requirements Willing to work on campus in Austin, TX; Dallas, TX; Keller (Fort Worth), TX; Oklahoma City, OK; or The Woodlands (Houston), TX (relocation support provided). Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Business, Organizational Leadership, or a related field. 5+ years of experience leading adults in education, learning and development, youth leadership, coaching, or a comparable performance-driven environment. Demonstrated success managing a team of five or more people, including hiring, coaching, performance management, and difficult accountability conversations. Experience working directly with children ages 5-14 in an educational, developmental, athletic, or youth leadership setting. Track record of building, launching, scaling, or significantly improving a program, team, school, business, or initiative. Proven ability to use performance metrics and data to diagnose problems, prioritize actions, and deliver measurable results. Legally authorized to work in the United States. Nice-to-have Requirements Master's degree in Education, Psychology, Organizational Leadership, or a related field. Experience coaching athletics, leading outdoor or experiential education, directing camps, youth programs, or other cohort-based organizations. Experience building or leading innovative education, EdTech, tutoring, nonprofit, or learning programs outside traditional classroom teaching. Personal history of exceptional achievement in academics, athletics, entrepreneurship, or leadership. Strong conviction that education should develop capable, resilient, independent young people rather than simply deliver academic content. 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. There is so much to cover for this exciting role, and space here is limited. 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 $75 USD/hour, which equates to $150,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly. Consult for more details on this topic. #J-18808-Ljbffr