On-Campus L&D Manager: Coaching & Life Skills for Students

Alpha School; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Day-one health benefits

On-site campuses

Job summary

Alpha School is hiring an on-site Learning & Development Manager to build and lead a coaching program for Guides who work with K-8 students across Dallas, Fort Worth and partner campuses. You will use data to drive improvements, lead life-skills workshops, and mentor a student cohort to foster resilience and leadership.

The role centers on coaching excellence, setting high standards, and scaling outcomes across multiple campuses while maintaining a strong focus on student growth and culture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Business, Organizational Leadership, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in education, learning and development, coaching, youth leadership, or a related field.
• Has directly managed one or more adult employees on an ongoing basis.
• Has personally selected at least one candidate for hire into their team.
• Has personally taken and put in writing at least one specific corrective action, directed at a direct report, in response to that person’s underperformance.
• Has personally formally proposed, with supporting justification, or approved the termination of at least one direct report for performance reasons.

Responsibilities

• Coach and develop Guides to deliver Alpha's coaching model with consistency, energy, and uncompromising standards.
• Lead engaging life skills workshops covering communication, focus, feedback, leadership, and resilience for K-8 students using proven playbooks.
• Use student and Guide performance data to identify coaching opportunities, remove barriers, and drive measurable improvements every week.
• Lead motivation sessions that help every student take ownership of ambitious goals and consistently achieve them.
• Maintain your own student cohort while modeling the coaching excellence and accountability you expect from every Guide.

Skills

Coaching

Leadership

Data-driven

Performance metrics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Education

Master's degree

Job description

Alpha School is hiring an on-site Learning & Development Manager to build and lead a coaching program for Guides who work with K-8 students across Dallas, Fort Worth and partner campuses. You will use data to drive improvements, lead life-skills workshops, and mentor a student cohort to foster resilience and leadership.

The role centers on coaching excellence, setting high standards, and scaling outcomes across multiple campuses while maintaining a strong focus on student growth and culture.