Elite Student Growth Coach & Life-Skills Mentor

Crossover; New York (NY); On-site; USD 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Alpha is hiring to mentor K-12 students at high-expectation campuses, using AI-enhanced coaching to drive mastery in two hours daily. You motivate, coach, and hold students to uncompromising standards, with most time spent in 1-on-1 or small-group sessions and structured life-skills workshops.

You will lead mornings with focused kickoff sessions, track progress in real time, and build lasting mentor relationships with students and families, all while maintaining a hands-on, high-impact role

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• At least one instance of 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 where you measurably raised others’ performance.
• Ability to design and deliver an engaging multi-week 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

• 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

Coaching experience

Life-skills workshop design

High standards leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Alpha is hiring to mentor K-12 students at high-expectation campuses, using AI-enhanced coaching to drive mastery in two hours daily. You motivate, coach, and hold students to uncompromising standards, with most time spent in 1-on-1 or small-group sessions and structured life-skills workshops.

You will lead mornings with focused kickoff sessions, track progress in real time, and build lasting mentor relationships with students and families, all while maintaining a hands-on, high-impact role