Elite Student Growth Mentor

Alpha School; New Jersey; On-site; USD 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Alpha School in the United States seeks a dedicated Student Performance Strategist to motivate and coach high-achieving K-12 students using AI-powered tools. You will focus on 1-on-1 and small-group coaching, delivering structured life-skills workshops, and setting a culture of excellence across campuses.

You will start by learning Alpha's playbook, build credibility with students, and guide them year after year; relocation support is provided for multiple US campuses.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 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 engaging multiweek life-skills workshops 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 assessing mastery through Alpha's Test2Pass system.
• 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

Skills

Coaching

Mentoring

Public speaking

Goal setting

Reading the room

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Coachbot analytics

Job description

Alpha School in the United States seeks a dedicated Student Performance Strategist to motivate and coach high-achieving K-12 students using AI-powered tools. You will focus on 1-on-1 and small-group coaching, delivering structured life-skills workshops, and setting a culture of excellence across campuses.

You will start by learning Alpha's playbook, build credibility with students, and guide them year after year; relocation support is provided for multiple US campuses.