Description
The most supportive action you can take for a student who reaches 99% of their weekly target is to refuse to accept it as complete. Not from indifference, but from conviction that they can hit the full mark—and that lowering the bar is where the real failure lies.
You are not here to teach academics. At Alpha, students master academic content through AI-driven adaptive learning platforms. No lectures. No textbooks. No whiteboard instruction. Motivation and life skills—the elements traditional schools push to the sidelines—become your entire focus.
Imagine a typical Tuesday. Half your time is spent facilitating one-hour workshops for a K-8 group covering public speaking, concentration, and how to deliver and accept meaningful feedback. The other half involves sitting with those same students individually or in small clusters, reviewing their Coachbot data, and driving each one toward 100% completion of their weekly app targets—leveraging school currency, leaderboards, and the trust you've cultivated to overcome their resistance.
Your quarterly performance boils down to three metrics: every student in your cohort completes their weekly app objectives, every student passes the Test2Pass mastery verification for each workshop, and 90% or more report that they love you. Fall short on any one of these, and you've missed the mark.
The reward comes when a student who spent September convinced they were terrible at math asks you to increase their goal.
This is a full-time, on-site position at one of Alpha's campuses. We recruit on a national scale, so job postings may appear in nearby cities where we do not yet operate a campus.
Current openings at this compensation level are located in Scottsdale, AZ; Oklahoma City and Tulsa, OK; Nashville, TN; Dallas, Plano, Fort Worth, Houston, and Brownsville, TX; Springfield, MA; and Park City, UT.
If you prefer a different Alpha campus, submit your application and specify your desired location—we will consider you for the relevant opening.
If you have coached youth sports, managed a cabin at camp, or tutored a student on the verge of quitting, the final step before receiving an offer is a full day on campus coaching actual Alpha students. If that day is what excites you most, apply today.
What you will be doing
- Facilitating one-hour life-skills workshops for K-8 cohorts covering public speaking, focus, and the giving and receiving of feedback
- Conducting daily one-on-one and small-group motivation sessions that drive every student to 100% completion of their weekly app objectives, utilizing Coachbot analytics and Alpha's incentive structures (school currency, leaderboards)
- Delivering the Test2Pass mastery assessment for each life skill, then re-coaching students who do not pass until mastery is achieved
- Modifying the workshop playbook and creating new sessions when gaps are identified, ensuring the same content resonates with both kindergarteners and 8th graders
- Serving as both the adult who maintains the standard and the adult your students willingly confide in
What you will NOT be doing
- Delivering whiteboard lectures, creating math and reading lesson plans, or grading homework; academic instruction is handled by the apps
- Conducting standardized test prep or being responsible for class-wide test scores
- Managing parent conferences, emails, and complaints; all parent-facing responsibilities belong to campus leadership
- Controlling crowds of 30 students simultaneously; cohorts are small and behavioral work is conducted through 1:1 coaching
- Supervising children at computers; motivation here is hands-on and relational
Key responsibilities
Ensure every student in your K-8 cohort completes their weekly learning objectives, masters each life skill, and finishes the year reporting they loved school.
Candidate requirements
- Willing to work in person at an Alpha campus in Scottsdale, AZ; Oklahoma City and Tulsa, OK; Nashville, TN; Dallas, Plano, Fort Worth, Houston, and Brownsville, TX; Springfield, MA; or Park City, UT - relocation support provided
- Bachelor's degree in any subject
- At least 3 years working directly with K-8 (elementary and middle school) students: classroom teaching, tutoring, athletic coaching, camp leadership, or youth program work
- Comfortable allowing adaptive learning software to handle academic instruction while you focus on motivation and life-skills coaching
- A personal track record of high achievement—academic, athletic, or professional—that has made upholding a rigorous standard a habit rather than an act
- Stage presence capable of commanding a room of 12-year-olds for an hour without needing to raise your voice
- Legal right to work in the United States without visa sponsorship
Nice to have
- Youth athletics coaching, debate, drama, camp leadership, or after-school program work where you held personal accountability for kids reaching a defined goal
- Experience delivering social-emotional learning (SEL) or durable-skills curricula
- A student you can identify by name who transitioned from resistant or disengaged to fully invested, and the precise action you took
- Daily use of generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini
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