Director de Desarrollo Estudiantil, Alpha - $150,000/year USD

Alpha School; Mayagüez (PR); On-site; USD 112,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

Alpha School in Dorado, Puerto Rico, is seeking a Director of Student Development to coach K–8 students and adult staff toward ambitious outcomes. You will run one-hour life skills workshops, lead motivation sessions, and provide concrete improvement actions, staying hands-on and accountable for results.

This full-time, on-site role emphasizes mastery, data-driven decisions, and fidelity to playbooks. You will collaborate with campus staff to deliver Alpha’s three promises: students love school,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5+ years of relevant experience coaching people to ambitious outcomes
• Experience working with children ages 5–14 in a coaching, motivation, or youth development setting
• Experience coaching or leading adult performance with clear standards and accountability
• Strong verbal communication skills for K–8 audiences
• Data-driven decision-making ability (using metrics/analytics to set direction and hold the line)
• High-standards mindset with comfort giving direct feedback and holding goals without compromise

Responsibilities

• Facilitate one-hour life skills workshops for K–8 students by preparing and executing activities exactly to playbooks
• Run structured motivation sessions that push students to advance in academic apps and hit goals
• Observe Guides in action and deliver standards-based coaching with clear improvement actions and follow-through
• Use objective, data-driven judgment to uphold mastery standards, even when it is uncomfortable
• Collaborate day to day with campus staff to ensure consistent delivery of Alpha’s 3 Promises

Skills

Coaching experience

Data-driven

Verbal communication

Accountability

Adult coaching

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

• Onsite in Dorado, Puerto Rico

\"the Great Educational Equalizer\"

— Philosopher Johnathan Bi, on Alpha School

Alpha is hiring.

• Onsite in Dorado, Puerto Rico
• 150, 000 USD salary, paid weekly

If you have outgrown traditional school and you refuse to lower the bar just to keep the peace, this role will feel different. You will coach both kids and adults to ambitious outcomes, using data and clear standards, not lectures and lesson plans.

Alpha School is building an AI-powered model where students master core academics in just two hours a day, then spend afternoons building real-world life skills. Our promise is simple and demanding: students love school, learn 2× faster than peers, and build life skills. This role exists to make sure that promise is real for every K–8 student on our Dorado campus.

You will stay hands-on. You will run one-hour life skills workshops, lead structured motivation sessions that move students forward in academic apps, and coach Guides with direct feedback and concrete improvement actions. This is not a traditional teaching role, and it is not a passive leadership job. You will be accountable for outcomes, fidelity to playbooks, and uncompromising standards.

What You Will Be Doing

• Facilitate one-hour life skills workshops for K–8 students by preparing and executing activities exactly to playbooks
• Run structured motivation sessions that push students to advance in academic apps and hit goals
• Observe Guides in action and deliver standards-based coaching with clear improvement actions and follow-through
• Use objective, data-driven judgment to uphold mastery standards, even when it is uncomfortable
• Collaborate day to day with campus staff to ensure consistent delivery of Alpha’s 3 Promises

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Teach or tutor academic content in a traditional classroom format
• Write lesson plans or design curriculum
• Improvise workshops or drift from established playbooks
• Lower mastery standards or reduce goals to manufacture “success”
• Lead from a desk through admin work while others do the real work with students

Director De Desarrollo Estudiantil Key Responsibilities

Make sure that every K–8 student at Alpha’s Dorado campus consistently experiences Alpha’s 3 Promises: they love school, learn 2× faster, and build life skills.

Basic Requirements

• Authorized to work in Puerto Rico
• Ability to work full-time on-site at the Dorado, Puerto Rico campus
• Bachelor’s degree
• 5+ years of relevant experience coaching people to ambitious outcomes
• Experience working with children ages 5–14 in a coaching, motivation, or youth development setting
• Experience coaching or leading adult performance with clear standards and accountability
• Strong verbal communication skills for K–8 audiences
• Data-driven decision-making ability (using metrics/analytics to set direction and hold the line)
• High-standards mindset with comfort giving direct feedback and holding goals without compromise

About Alpha

Alpha reimagines the school day around faster learning, stronger mentorship, and more time for students to build real-world skills.

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.

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