Elite-Performance Mentor for Student Mastery

Alpha School; New Jersey; On-site; USD 145,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Alpha School is seeking a Peak Performance Coach to mentor K-12 students using AI-enabled 1-on-1 coaching and structured life-skills workshops. You will leverage your elite background to motivate students, diagnose blockers with Coachbot analytics, and help them reach ambitious goals.

The role emphasizes high-touch coaching in small groups, with a focus on consistency, data-driven progress, and a culture that rejects mediocrity. In-person campuses across multiple US locations are available.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree is required.
• At least 3 years of experience in student coaching, youth mentoring, athletic coaching, or leadership roles where you measurably raised others' performance.
• Ability to design and deliver an engaging multiweek life-skills workshop with clear progression, compelling storytelling, and measurable mastery.
• Willing to work in-person at an Alpha campus in Palo Alto, CA; San Francisco, CA; South Bay, CA; Greenwich, CT; Boca Raton, FL; or New York City, NY (relocation support provided).
• Legal right to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Drive exceptional student motivation, growth, and life-skill mastery at Alpha's highest-expectation campuses.
• Deliver structured life-skills workshops built for mastery using credible storytelling from your own elite experience, then assess mastery.
• Set the cultural tone each morning through focused kickoffs that reinforce high-performance expectations across the campus.
• Track student progress in real time and adjust coaching strategies based on data, not instinct.
• Build trusted mentor relationships with students and families through high standards, consistency, and documented motivation plans.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Alpha School is seeking a Peak Performance Coach to mentor K-12 students using AI-enabled 1-on-1 coaching and structured life-skills workshops. You will leverage your elite background to motivate students, diagnose blockers with Coachbot analytics, and help them reach ambitious goals.

The role emphasizes high-touch coaching in small groups, with a focus on consistency, data-driven progress, and a culture that rejects mediocrity. In-person campuses across multiple US locations are available.