Director of Learning & Development, Alpha

Overview

Alpha is transforming the traditional classroom experience. Our students don't passively absorb lectures—they accelerate through adaptive applications, achieve mastery at twice the conventional pace, and develop practical life competencies. Your role is to ensure our "3 Promises" become reality for every learner in your cohort and to develop Guides who can deliver the same outcomes.

You will combine exceptional coaching expertise with dynamic presentation skills, transforming workshops, data-informed rallies, and precise feedback into powerful developmental experiences. If you have a track record of breaking performance barriers, converting struggling teams into high achievers, or consistently raising the bar beyond "adequate," we invite you to build excellence alongside us.

• Developing and training Guides to deliver Alpha's workshops at an elite standard of excellence
• Building Guide Playbooks that outline facilitation best practices, engaging learning activity design, and challenge resolution
• Delivering consistent, practical feedback to Guides that enhances student participation and outcomes
• Coaching a focused cohort of students directly, demonstrating advanced motivational and instructional techniques

• Creating lesson plans – Guides support student learning through adaptive technology; your priority is equipping them as outstanding motivators
• Compromising standards – when our benchmark is 100%, your responsibility is upholding that expectation
• Running dull training sessions – you will develop Guides through dynamic, energizing, experiential professional development

Develop Guides and students to ensure every learner in your cohort experiences a love of learning, achieves mastery at 2× the traditional rate, and acquires essential life skills. No exceptions.

• Currently located in or prepared to relocate for on-site work at one of Alpha's campuses (Bathesda, MD; Chicago, IL; Palo Alto, CA; Piedmont, CA)
• Hold a Bachelor's degree in any discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in education, learning and development, coaching, or closely related areas.
• Proven track record of designing and executing innovative educational programs, curricula, or training solutions.
• Exceptional leadership and mentorship 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 metrics to inform decisions and drive ongoing 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.

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.