Student Success Coach, Alpha - $120,000/year USD

The curriculum is already created. The AI is already prepared to deliver instruction. Your role is to help a child discover they're capable of something they previously believed was out of reach. At Alpha, academic work is completed in only two hours daily through adaptive learning technology. This structure allows Guides to dedicate their time to the work that transforms trajectories: cultivating confidence, resilience, communication skills, and the determination to embrace difficult challenges. Your day won't be spent standing at the front of a classroom delivering instruction. Instead, you'll coach students through obstacles, recognize achievements, and demonstrate what rigorous standards look like when combined with authentic support. You'll guide one K-3 cohort band—Kindergarten-1st grade or 2nd-3rd grade. Half your time is dedicated to facilitating dynamic, one-hour workshops focused on life skills such as public speaking, concentration, and receiving feedback. The remaining half involves coaching students both individually and in small groups, leveraging learning analytics to ensure every child progresses toward ambitious weekly targets. Every moment counts. Students should exit your workshops with greater capability than when they entered and leave your coaching sessions with expanded belief in their own potential. This position is not designed for someone seeking to deliver prescribed curriculum or oversee traditional classroom management. It's designed for someone who enjoys inspiring young children, excels with data-driven outcomes, and trusts that the right coach can alter a child's path. If you've motivated kids as an educator, athletic coach, camp counselor, youth mentor, or entertainer, you'll discover a distinctly different type of learning environment here. This is a full-time, on-site position at one of Alpha's campuses. We recruit nationally, so job listings may appear in nearby cities where no campus currently exists. What You Will Be Doing Facilitate dynamic life-skills workshops that enable K-3 students to develop communication, concentration, feedback reception, and other enduring competencies through active engagement rather than passive instruction. Provide one-on-one and small-group coaching, utilizing Coachbot analytics, established motivation frameworks, and meaningful relationships to ensure every child advances toward ambitious weekly learning targets. Evaluate life-skill proficiency through Alpha's Test2Pass framework, continuing to coach students until they exhibit genuine mastery—not merely attendance. Tailor your coaching approach to match the developmental stage of your cohort, whether that requires songs, physical activity, and narrative for younger children or increased autonomy and responsibility for older students. Establish relationships in which students feel sufficiently supported to push beyond their perceived limitations. What You Won’t Be Doing Delivering academic instruction from a whiteboard. Academic learning occurs through adaptive software. Developing curriculum from the ground up. You'll refine and customize proven playbooks rather than creating lessons from scratch. Supervising students as they quietly complete computer-based work. Your function is active coaching, encouragement, and engagement. Reducing standards when students face difficulties. Growth happens by helping students meet the challenge, not by adjusting the challenge downward. Overseeing homework, grading assignments, or managing standard parent correspondence. Student Success Coach Key Responsibilities Develop a cohort of K-3 students who are enthusiastic about attending school, reliably meet ambitious learning targets, and acquire the life skills that equip them for long-term success beyond elementary school. Basic Requirements Willing to work on-site at one of Alpha's campuses. Current openings are available in La Jolla (San Diego); Orange County (Lake Forest); Los Angeles (South Bay, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Malibu); San Francisco Bay Area (San Francisco, Palo Alto, Piedmont); Greenwich, CT; Boca Raton; Miami; Miami Beach; Palm Beach Gardens; Chicago; Boston; New York City; and Kirkland (Seattle area). Relocation assistance is available. Bachelor's degree in any subject. At least 3 years of experience working directly with children ages 4-9 through teaching, coaching, tutoring, camps, youth programs, or similar environments. A track record of motivating young children to achieve challenging goals, with specific examples of your impact. Comfort using AI-powered learning while focusing your own energy on coaching, motivation, and life-skill development. The ability to balance warmth with unwavering expectations. Legal authorization to work in the United States without visa sponsorship. Nice-to-have Requirements Experience in youth sports, children's theater, camp leadership, Montessori, progressive education, or high-engagement after-school programs. Personal experience achieving ambitious goals in academics, athletics, or your career. Outstanding storytelling or performance skills that naturally capture the attention of young children. Evidence of helping reluctant or shy children become confident, engaged participants. About Alpha Alpha reimagines the school day around faster learning, stronger mentorship, and more time for students to build real-world skills. 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 $60 USD/hour, which equates to $120,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly. Consult for more details on this topic. Crossover Job Code: LJ-5634-US-OrangeCo-StudentSuccess.029 #J-18808-Ljbffr Crossover