Director of Learning & Development, Alpha

Overview

Alpha is transforming the traditional classroom experience. Our students don't endure passive lectures—they advance rapidly through adaptive learning technology, achieve mastery at twice the conventional pace, and develop essential life skills throughout. Your role is to ensure every student in your cohort experiences our "3 Promises" and to develop our Guides so they can deliver the same outcomes.

You will combine exceptional coaching expertise with dynamic facilitation energy, converting workshops, data-informed team huddles, and precise feedback into powerful developmental experiences. If you've exceeded benchmarks, transformed struggling performers into top achievers, or consistently reject mediocrity, we invite you to build excellence alongside us.

• Competitive metropolitan compensation – elevated pay structure reflecting the cost of living in these high-demand markets
• Comprehensive benefits package – full health coverage and ample paid time off
• Relocation support – offered to exceptional candidates
• Development-focused environment – access to coaching, professional training, and defined advancement opportunities

• Developing Guides to facilitate Alpha s workshops with exceptional quality and consistency
• Building comprehensive Guide Playbooks that document facilitation best practices, design of engaging learning experiences, and challenge resolution strategies
• Delivering consistent, practical feedback to Guides that elevates student participation and learning outcomes
• Coaching a small student cohort directly, demonstrating advanced mentorship and motivational techniques

• Creating traditional lesson plans – Guides support student learning through adaptive technology; you will train them to become outstanding motivators
• Accepting compromised standards – when our benchmark for success is 100%, your responsibility is to uphold that expectation
• Running disengaging training sessions – you will develop Guides through dynamic, interactive, high-impact learning experiences

Develop Guides and students to ensure every learner in your cohort is engaged with school, progresses at 2× the standard rate, and acquires essential life skills. Uncompromising excellence required.

• Currently located in or prepared to relocate for on-site work at an Alpha Campus (Bethesda, 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 comparable area.
• Proven track record developing and executing innovative educational programs, curricula, or training systems.
• Demonstrated leadership and coaching capabilities with experience building, managing, and inspiring high-performing teams.
• Background working with young people (ages 5-18) in educational or developmental settings.
• Skilled in data analysis and leveraging performance metrics to inform decisions and drive ongoing improvement.
• Authorized to work legally 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.

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!

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. Consult  for more details on this topic.

Crossover Job Code: LJ-5628-US-West Palm-Director of Lear.
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