Elite Student Coach: High-Impact Mentorship & Growth

Alpha School; New York (NY); On-site; USD 112,000 - 151,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support provided

Benefits and full-time W2 employment

Job summary

Alpha School is seeking a dedicated Student Excellence Coach in the United States to mentor high-expectation students using AI-powered 1-on-1 and small-group coaching. You’ll focus on motivation, rigor, and life-skills mastery, leveraging Alpha’s playbook and data-driven coaching to push students toward ambitious goals.

The role centers on direct student impact, not curriculum design, with a growth-focused culture and opportunities to influence long-term student outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Proven exceptional achievement in a highly selective, globally recognized domain.
• At least 3 years of experience in student coaching, youth mentoring, athletic coaching, or leadership roles.
• Ability to design and deliver an engaging multiweek life-skills workshop with clear progression and measurable mastery.
• Willing to work in-person at specified Alpha campuses; relocation support provided.
• Legal right to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Running 1-on-1 and small-group coaching sessions using Coachbot analytics and student progress data to diagnose blockers, set ambitious goals, and hold students accountable for follow-through.
• Delivering structured life-skills workshops built for mastery using credible storytelling from your own elite experience, then assessing mastery through Alpha's Test2Pass system.
• Setting the cultural tone each morning through focused kickoffs that reinforce high-performance expectations across the campus.
• Tracking student progress in real time and adjusting coaching strategies based on data, not instinct.
• Building trusted mentor relationships with students and families through high standards, consistency, and documented motivation plans.

Skills

Student coaching

Mentoring

Workshop design

Public speaking

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Coachbot analytics

Job description

Alpha School is seeking a dedicated Student Excellence Coach in the United States to mentor high-expectation students using AI-powered 1-on-1 and small-group coaching. You’ll focus on motivation, rigor, and life-skills mastery, leveraging Alpha’s playbook and data-driven coaching to push students toward ambitious goals.

The role centers on direct student impact, not curriculum design, with a growth-focused culture and opportunities to influence long-term student outcomes.