Elite Student Success Coach & Life-Skills Mentor

Alpha School; Greenwich (CT); On-site; USD 112,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

Alpha uses AI-powered 1-on-1 learning so students can master core academics in about two hours a day. Your role is to motivate, coach, and hold students to an uncompromising standard, with 40% coaching, 40% life-skills workshops, and 20% morning kickoffs.

The Academic Success Coach position is student-facing and focused on direct impact, not curriculum design. This role includes working at multiple Alpha campuses and can include relocation support; compensation is highly competitive and paid

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 3+ years in student coaching, youth mentoring, athletic coaching, or leadership roles with measurable impact.
• Ability to design and deliver engaging multiweek life-skills workshops with clear progression and measurable mastery.
• Willing to work in-person at an Alpha campus (Greenwich, CT among others) in the United States; relocation support provided.
• Legal right to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Run 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.
• Deliver structured life-skills workshops built for mastery using credible storytelling from your own elite experience, then assess 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

Student coaching

Mentoring

High standards

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Alpha uses AI-powered 1-on-1 learning so students can master core academics in about two hours a day. Your role is to motivate, coach, and hold students to an uncompromising standard, with 40% coaching, 40% life-skills workshops, and 20% morning kickoffs.

The Academic Success Coach position is student-facing and focused on direct impact, not curriculum design. This role includes working at multiple Alpha campuses and can include relocation support; compensation is highly competitive and paid