Lead Guide

About the Position

Lead Guide

$150,000 USD/year ($75 USD/hour)

Location: Atlanta, United States; Fort Worth, United States; Oklahoma City, United States

Employment Type: CONTRACT, FULL_TIME

Hours: 08:00 am to 05:00 pm, M-F

In-person

Description

The most supportive thing you can do for a kid who scored 99% is tell them they didn't pass. Not because perfection matters. Because believing someone can do better is one of the greatest acts of respect.

Most schools protect students from failure. Alpha prepares them for success. We believe confidence isn't built by lowering the bar. It's built by helping students achieve things they once thought were out of reach. That belief shapes every decision we make.

Our model is different by design. Students master academics independently using AI-powered learning, freeing adults to focus on the work that changes lives: coaching character, building resilience, developing leadership, and creating the habits that lead to extraordinary outcomes. We don't need adults to deliver content. We need leaders who know how to bring out the best in people.

This role sits at the center of that mission. You'll develop the Guides who work directly with students, helping them become exceptional coaches rather than classroom instructors. You'll lead life skills workshops that students remember years later. You'll use performance data to identify where students or Guides are falling short and coach them back to excellence. You'll also lead your own student cohort, ensuring the standards you expect are the standards you model.

The ripple effect is enormous. Every Guide you coach influences dozens of students. Every improvement you make to your campus culture compounds across hundreds of young lives. Success isn't measured by how many meetings you attend or how many reports you write. It's measured by whether students become more confident, more disciplined, more resilient, and more capable because of the culture you helped build.

This isn't a role for someone who wants to preserve the education system. It's for someone who believes young people deserve more than compliance, seat time, and average expectations. If you're energized by coaching people through difficult challenges, using data to drive better decisions, and holding high standards because you genuinely believe others can achieve them, you'll thrive here.

Apply if you're ready to build a culture where excellence is expected, coaching changes lives, and students discover they're capable of far more than they imagined.

Responsibilities

• Coach and develop Guides to deliver Alpha's coaching model with consistency, energy, and uncompromising standards.
• Lead engaging life skills workshops covering communication, focus, feedback, leadership, and resilience for K-8 students using proven playbooks.
• Use student and Guide performance data to identify coaching opportunities, remove barriers, and drive measurable improvements every week.
• Lead motivation sessions that help every student take ownership of ambitious goals and consistently achieve them.
• Maintain your own student cohort while modeling the coaching excellence and accountability you expect from every Guide.

Requirements

• Willing to work on campus in Dallas, TX; Oklahoma City, OK; Austin, TX; or Fort Worth, TX (relocation support provided).
• Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Business, Organizational Leadership, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in education, learning and development, coaching, youth leadership, or a related field.
• Experience leading an ongoing team of five or more adults, with final or primary authority to select team members and make performance-based termination decisions.
• Sustained, recurring responsibility for the learning, behavior, motivation, or growth of children ages 5-14 in an educational, developmental, athletic, or youth leadership setting.
• Track record of building, launching, or significantly growing a program, team, school, business, or initiative from the ground up, rather than simply maintaining or inheriting one.
• Proven ability to use performance metrics and data to diagnose problems, prioritize actions, and deliver measurable results.
• Willingness to work in a school that deliberately rejects traditional pedagogy.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship.

Nice to Have

• Master's degree in Education, Psychology, Organizational Leadership, or a related field.
• Experience coaching athletics, leading outdoor or experiential education, directing camps, youth programs, or other cohort-based organizations.
• Experience building or leading innovative education, EdTech, tutoring, nonprofit, or learning programs outside traditional classroom teaching.
• Personal history of exceptional achievement in academics, athletics, entrepreneurship, or leadership.
• Strong conviction that education should develop capable, resilient, independent young people rather than simply deliver academic content.

We Offer

• Competitive salary of $150,000/year W2 salary, paid weekly.
• Day-one health benefits.
• Relocation support available.

About the Company

Join the team building school around student growth

Alpha reimagines education by focusing on developing character, resilience, leadership, and life skills. We believe in pushing students to achieve more than they thought possible, and we're committed to creating a culture of excellence and support.

About Crossover

Crossover's process combines innovative AI power with decades of human research to ensure high-performing teams. The recruitment process includes a chat-style screening interview, cognitive aptitude test, real-world job skills assessment, interview with the hiring manager, proctored test, and job offer acceptance.

Why Crossover

• Recruitment sucks. So we’re fixing it.
• The Olympics of work: extreme quality standards ensure top talent.
• Premium pay for premium talent: over 50% of new hires double or triple their previous pay.
• Shortlist by skills, not bias: prove your skills, not your background.