Description
IMPORTANT NOTE: This is a full-time, in-person employee role located at our Austin, Texas campus.
Transform Education Where It Matters Most: Life Skills That Last a Lifetime
At Alpha Schools, 8-year-olds confidently pitch business ideas to venture capitalists and 10-year-olds deliver TED-style talks that captivate adult audiences. This isn't education as usual—it's the future we're building today.
As our Instructional Designer, you'll harness cutting-edge AI to craft revolutionary workshops, test your innovations with actual students, and collaborate with education visionaries who refuse to accept the status quo. You'll transcend traditional curriculum development by focusing on practical life skills that traditional education neglects. With significant autonomy and a mandate for innovation, you'll leverage technology and data-driven methodologies to continuously elevate your designs.
Join Alpha Schools and become the architect of educational experiences that prepare children for real-world success.
What you will be doing
- Develop a comprehensive K-8 life skills curriculum that equips students with exceptional public speaking abilities, compelling storytelling techniques, entrepreneurial mindsets, and financial acumen
- Design objective assessment systems using standardized testing methodologies to establish baselines, track progress, and measure mastery in non-traditional educational domains
- Pilot and refine workshop designs through direct student engagement, campus observations, and structured feedback collection from both students and parents
- Expand your expertise through rigorous research, analysis of best practices, and identification of emerging trends to generate breakthrough educational approaches
- Partner with facilitators and team members to ensure workshop execution consistently exceeds quality benchmarks and achieves defined learning objectives
What you will NOT be doing
- Creating superficial activities that prioritize entertainment without substantive skill development
- Designing curriculum that underestimates children's cognitive capabilities and learning potential
- Developing theoretical content disconnected from practical, real-world applications
- Producing passive learning experiences that fail to engage students as active participants
- Implementing assessment methods that measure academic memorization rather than practical skill mastery
Key responsibilities
Create and implement a rigorous, engaging life skills curriculum that empowers children to achieve seemingly impossible feats for their age, directly contributing to exceptional student outcomes and unparalleled parent satisfaction.
Candidate requirements
- Physical presence required at Alpha's Austin campus (non-negotiable)
- Bachelor's degree in any field of study
- Minimum 1 year experience designing educational activities, workshops, or training programs
- Demonstrated ability to collect and analyze qualitative feedback from educational program participants
- Advanced proficiency with generative AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, Perplexity) for independent project execution
- Legal authorization to work in the United States without visa sponsorship
You will be working for
Want to join a learning rebellion that’s transforming the traditional classroom
About Alpha
How it works
Applying for a role? Here’s what to expect.
Crossover's skill assessment process combines innovative AI power with decades of human research, to take the guesswork, human bias, and pointless filters out of recruiting high-performing teams.
STEP 1
Pass Cognitive Aptitude Test.
STEP 2
Pass English Proficiency Test.
STEP 3
Prove Real-World Job & AI Skills.
STEP 4
Ace An Interview Or Two.
STEP 5
Accept Job Offer.
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Why Crossover
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The Olympics of work
It’s super hard to qualify—extreme quality standards ensure every single team member is at the top of their game.
Premium pay for premium talent
Over 50% of new hires double or triple their previous pay. Why? Because that’s what the best person in the world is worth.
Shortlist by skills, not bias
We don’t care where you went to school, what color your hair is, or whether we can pronounce your name. Just prove you’ve got the skills.
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