Senior Instructional Coach, Alpha - $200,000/year USD

Alpha School; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Alpha is seeking a Senior Instructional Coach to guide K-8 learners and develop Guides who deliver Alpha’s outcomes. You will drive student engagement, monitor progress with analytics, and mentor a small cohort to replicate exceptional coaching across campuses.

You will lead live sessions, provide precise feedback, and motivate students daily through meaningful incentives and structured sessions aligned with Alpha’s framework.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Business, or related discipline
• Demonstrated experience creating and executing educational programs, curricula, or training initiatives
• Proven history of managing a team of 5+ individuals, including recruitment and performance-based termination decisions
• Background in coaching, mentoring, or delivering constructive feedback to enhance engagement and performance
• Experience engaging with youth aged 5-14 in educational or developmental contexts
• Capability in leveraging data and metrics for decision-making and ongoing improvement
• Legal authorization to work in the United States

Responsibilities

• Facilitating one-hour live sessions with K-8 students focused on life competencies including public speaking, concentration, and feedback exchange, adhering to Alpha's framework
• Developing Guides through observation, precise feedback, and practical training so they execute sessions with equivalent energy and accuracy
• Conducting daily motivational sessions that propel 100% of students toward weekly learning objectives using developmentally appropriate incentives such as campus currency and competitive rankings
• Analyzing Coachbot data and student records to pinpoint who requires support, then delivering direct intervention
• Personally mentoring a small cohort of students, demonstrating the coaching and motivational techniques you require from all Guides

Skills

Educational program development

Coaching/mentoring

Team leadership

Data-driven decision making

Youth education experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Business

Master's degree in Education, Psychology, or Business

Job description

• On-site in Greenwich, CT | Bethesda, MD | Chicago, IL | Piedmont, CA
• $200,000 annually, disbursed weekly. Health, dental, and vision from day one
• Relocation assistance provided

The greatest support you can offer a student who achieved 99% is to withhold calling it 100%. If that statement unsettles you, this position is not for you. If it resonates, continue reading.

Students at Alpha don't absorb lectures passively. They race through adaptive technology, achieve mastery at double the speed of conventional classrooms, and develop practical life competencies in parallel.

Your responsibility is ensuring three commitments are fulfilled for every student in your group: they develop a passion for learning, they advance at 2x velocity, and they acquire capabilities no traditional textbook provides. You simultaneously develop the Guides who deliver these outcomes across your campus.

Your day begins with metrics. You examine analytics identifying which students are progressing and which require intervention. By mid-morning you're facilitating a live session, guiding K-8 learners through public speaking or concentration drills using Alpha's framework. Post-lunch, you're observing a Guide's execution, then providing them with three concrete steps to refine their approach. On some days you're the motivational force in team huddles, converting leaderboard rankings into momentum. You maintain direct engagement with your own student group while cultivating Guides capable of meeting your benchmark, and as their capacity grows, your influence extends from a single cohort to the entire campus.

You'll witness reserved children presenting with confidence before adults. You'll observe a student who once "despised school" requesting to remain after hours. And you'll recognize that the standard you maintained is precisely what enabled their transformation, because upholding excellence demonstrates belief in their potential to achieve it.

What You Will Be Doing

• Facilitating one-hour live sessions with K-8 students focused on life competencies including public speaking, concentration, and feedback exchange, adhering to Alpha's framework
• Developing Guides through observation, precise feedback, and practical training so they execute sessions with equivalent energy and accuracy
• Conducting daily motivational sessions that propel 100% of students toward weekly learning objectives using developmentally appropriate incentives such as campus currency and competitive rankings
• Analyzing Coachbot data and student records to pinpoint who requires support, then delivering direct intervention
• Personally mentoring a small cohort of students, demonstrating the coaching and motivational techniques you require from all Guides

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Creating lesson plans or developing curriculum. Students progress through adaptive technology; your role is elevating the people supporting them.
• Delivering lectures before a classroom. You're 80% performer, 20% content expert; if you prefer standing at a whiteboard, this role isn't suitable.
• Accepting "close enough" from students. 100% mastery is the threshold, and reducing it isn't compassion.
• Working from an office processing administrative tasks. The majority of your time is spent directly with students and Guides.

Senior Instructional Coach Key Responsibilities

Execute Alpha's 3 Commitments: every student develops a love for learning, advances at 2x speed, and achieves life skill mastery, throughout your cohort and the cohorts led by your Guides.

Basic Requirements

• Currently residing in or prepared to relocate to Greenwich, CT; Bethesda, MD; Chicago, IL; or Piedmont, CA (relocation assistance available)
• Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Business, or related discipline
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in education, learning and development, coaching, or related field
• Demonstrated experience creating and executing educational programs, curricula, or training initiatives
• Proven history of managing a team of 5+ individuals, including recruitment and performance-based termination decisions
• Background in coaching, mentoring, or delivering constructive feedback to enhance engagement and performance
• Experience engaging with youth aged 5-14 in educational or developmental contexts
• Capability in leveraging data and metrics for decision-making and ongoing improvement
• Legal authorization to work in the United States

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Master's degree in Education, Psychology, or Business
• Experience as an athletic coach, camp director, or youth program leader where you directly inspired children to achieve quantifiable goals
• History coaching adults in positions where performance was measured and evaluated
• Ease performing before large groups of children. The type of presence that commands attention from a room of 8-year-olds.

About Alpha

Join the team building school around student growth

Alpha reimagines the school day around faster learning, stronger mentorship, and more time for students to build real-world skills.

Alpha hires teachers (guides), operators, admissions experts, school & curriculum leaders, and remote team members.

Alpha offers six-figure roles for people ready to help build a radically better school experience.

Alpha is fast-moving, ambitious, and student focused. It’s for people who want to improve the system, not maintain it.

Alpha is where you can do the most meaningful work of your career.

Working with us

This is a full-time, W2 employee position with immediate access to benefits (https://support.crossover.com/article/7581-w2-benefits-u-s-paychex-paid-only). All roles are year-long positions. The compensation level for this role is $200,000 USD/year. The payment period is weekly. Consult www.crossover.com/help-and-faqs for more details on this topic.