Director of Learning & Development, Alpha

Overview

Alpha is transforming the school experience. Our students don’t endure traditional lectures—they advance through adaptive applications, achieving content mastery at double the conventional pace while developing practical life competencies. Your objective is to ensure that our "3 Promises" are realized for every learner in your cohort and to develop our Guides to deliver the same outcomes. You will combine expert-level coaching capabilities with dynamic presentation skills, converting workshops, metrics-focused team sessions, and precise feedback into powerful developmental experiences.

If you have exceeded performance benchmarks, transformed struggling contributors into high achievers, or consistently reject mediocrity, we invite you to build excellence alongside us.

• Market-competitive compensation – elevated salary structure reflecting the cost of living in these metropolitan locations
• Comprehensive benefits package – full health coverage and substantial paid time off
• Relocation support – offered to exceptional candidates
• Development-focused environment – access to coaching, professional training, and defined advancement opportunities

• Developing and training Guides to deliver Alpha's workshops with exceptional quality
• Building comprehensive Guide Playbooks that document facilitation best practices, effective learning activity design, and challenge resolution strategies
• Delivering consistent, practical feedback to Guides that enhances student participation and outcomes
• Serving as direct mentor to a select student cohort, demonstrating advanced coaching and motivational techniques

• Developing curriculum content – your Guides support student learning through adaptive technology; your priority is training them to become outstanding motivators
• Accepting reduced expectations – when our success threshold is 100%, you are responsible for upholding that standard
• Conducting passive training sessions – you ll develop Guides through dynamic, energetic, experiential professional development

Develop Guides and students to ensure every learner in your cohort achieves enthusiasm for school, accelerated learning at 2× conventional speed, and life skills mastery. No exceptions.

• Currently located in or prepared to relocate for on-site work at an Alpha Campus (Bethesda, MD;
  Boston, MA;
  Chicago, IL;
  Fort Lauderdale, FL;
  Seattle, WA; or CA:
  East Bay (San Francisco), Palo Alto, Santa Monica, or Los Angeles)
• Hold a Bachelor s degree in any discipline
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in education, learning and development, coaching, or related domains
• Proven track record developing and executing innovative educational programs, curricula, or training solutions
• Exceptional leadership and mentoring capabilities with experience building, managing, and inspiring high-performing teams
• Background working with young people (ages 5-18) in educational or developmental settings
• Competence in data analysis and leveraging performance metrics to inform decisions and drive continuous improvement
• Legal authorization to work in the United States

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. Sounds too good to be true? It’s not.

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 $100 USD/hour, which equates to $200,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly. For details, consult