Learning and Development Manager, Alpha - $150,000/year USD

Locations Atlanta, GA Oklahoma City, OK Tulsa, OK Austin, TX Keller (Fort Worth), TX The Woodlands (Houston), TX Park City (Salt Lake City), UT Toronto, Canada Relocation assistance provided. Salary: $150,000 annual W2 compensation, distributed weekly. Health benefits begin on day one. The most powerful message you can send a child who achieved 99% is that they haven't yet succeeded. If that statement troubles you, this isn't your role. If it resonates, continue reading. Alpha's model allows students to complete their academic work in two hours daily using AI-driven self-guided applications. No traditional teachers. No lectures. No managing classroom instruction. This structure enables you to focus on what genuinely alters student outcomes: facilitating high-impact workshops on public speaking, concentration, and feedback culture; driving students toward full goal achievement through live analytics; and developing the Guides who support this work beside you. A typical morning may begin with individual Guide coaching, analyzing performance data to pinpoint where a cohort is underperforming. By midday, you're running a structured student workshop, executing a playbook exercise on feedback exchange. Afternoons transition to motivational work: engaging individual students, identifying their intrinsic drivers, and leveraging Alpha's incentive architecture to re-engage a hesitant 7th grader. You maintain direct responsibility for your own cohort, ensuring your coaching expertise remains grounded in daily practice. You've likely felt misaligned in traditional education: excessively metrics-oriented, overly outcome-driven, too comfortable questioning conventional approaches to student development. Alpha may be your first true professional fit. You'll begin coaching Guides immediately, and as you demonstrate scalable impact, your authority over campus-wide program standards expands. Uphold the standard. Transform the student. Submit your application today. What You Will Be Doing Facilitating structured one-hour workshops on essential life competencies (public speaking, concentration, feedback culture) for elementary and middle school cohorts (K-8), executing Alpha's established playbook with precision rather than personal interpretation Conducting targeted motivation interventions using real-time student data and Alpha's incentive infrastructure (campus currency, performance leaderboards) to achieve 100% goal attainment across your cohort Developing Guides through focused coaching on program consistency and standards adherence, ensuring each coaching interaction yields specific performance improvements Managing your own student cohort concurrently with Guide development responsibilities Monitoring student satisfaction metrics, goal completion percentages, and Guide performance indicators on a weekly basis to identify and address performance gaps early What You Won’t Be Doing Delivering academic instruction or providing subject tutoring to students. Academic learning occurs through self-directed applications without direct adult instruction. Creating original curriculum or developing lesson plans independently. The playbook is established; success requires faithful execution, not creative innovation. Training Guides in traditional teaching methods. Guides do not teach content, so your coaching centers on energy management, student motivation, and accountability systems. Accepting 99% performance as sufficient when the standard is 100%. Maintaining rigorous expectations demonstrates your confidence in student capability. Serving as the campus emotional support figure without accountability. Students receive genuine connection alongside direct feedback and meaningful consequences. Learning and Development Manager Key Responsibilities Execute Alpha's three core commitments for every student in your cohort: they develop genuine enthusiasm for school, achieve learning velocity twice that of traditional classrooms, and acquire meaningful life competencies. Basic Requirements Able to work on-site at one of these Alpha campuses: Atlanta, GA; Oklahoma City, OK; Tulsa, OK; Austin, TX; Keller (Fort Worth), TX; The Woodlands (Houston), TX; Park City (Salt Lake City), UT; or Toronto, Canada (relocation assistance available) Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Business, or related discipline 5+ years of professional experience in education, learning and development, coaching, youth leadership, or comparable field Demonstrated history of managing a team of 5 or more adults, including responsibility for hiring decisions and performance-based terminations Hands‑on experience working directly with children ages 5-14 in educational or developmental contexts Experience building, launching, or substantially scaling a program, team, business, school, or initiative from inception Documented use of quantitative data and performance metrics to establish weekly objectives and inform decisions, beyond simple reporting Legal authorization to work in the United States or Canada Nice‑to‑have Requirements Master's degree in Education, Psychology, Organizational Leadership, or related discipline Background coaching athletics, leading outdoor or experiential education programs, directing camps, or managing youth ministry at sufficient scale to require cohort management and outcome measurement Transitioned from classroom teaching to program development or operational leadership roles in EdTech, tutoring enterprises, youth-focused nonprofits, or school intervention programs History of exceptional individual achievement — academic, athletic, or professional — early in your career prior to leadership roles Conviction that the existing education system requires fundamental redesign and personal commitment to that transformation About Alpha Alpha School is on a mission to reshape education with a bold approach that harnesses AI to accelerate learning and unleash student potential. They don’t play by the old rules. Alpha is creating a new paradigm where students master core academics in just two hours a day, freeing up time for hands-on, passion-driven learning that truly prepares them for the real world. Alpha School is rewriting the rules of education. It’s not too good to be true. There is so much to cover for this exciting role, and space here is limited. Hit the Apply button if you found this interesting and want to learn more. We look forward to meeting you! Working with us This is a full-time (40 hours per week), long-term position. The position is immediately available and requires entering into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover as a Contractor of Record. The compensation level for this role is $75 USD/hour, which equates to $150,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly. Consult for more details on this topic. Crossover Job Code: LJ-4844-US-FortWort-LearningandDev.052 #J-18808-Ljbffr