Description
When a student reaches 99% of their weekly target, the most meaningful thing you can do is hold the line. Not out of rigidity, but because you know they can finish—and lowering the standard would be the actual disservice.
This role is not about traditional teaching. At Alpha, academic content is delivered through AI-driven adaptive learning software. There are no lectures, no textbooks, no lessons at the whiteboard. Instead, motivation and life skills—typically afterthoughts in conventional schools—become your entire focus.
Imagine a typical Tuesday. You spend half your time facilitating one-hour sessions for a K-8 group on topics like public speaking, focus, and constructive feedback. The other half is spent in one-on-one or small-group conversations, reviewing Coachbot data, and using tools like school currency, leaderboards, and the trust you've established to guide every student to 100% completion of their weekly app objectives.
Your success each quarter rests on three metrics: all students in your cohort complete their weekly app targets, all students pass the Test2Pass mastery check for each workshop, and at least 90% report that they love working with you. Fall short on any one of these, and you've missed the mark.
The reward comes when a student who once insisted they were terrible at math asks you to increase their goal—sometime in October, after weeks of your support.
This is a full-time, on-site position at an Alpha campus. We hire nationally, so this posting may appear in nearby cities where we do not yet operate a campus.
Active openings at this salary level are 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're drawn to a different Alpha campus, apply regardless and note your preferred location—we'll route your application accordingly.
If you've coached youth sports, led a group at summer camp, or tutored a student on the verge of quitting, the final step before an offer is spending a full day on campus coaching actual Alpha students. If that sounds like the part you're most excited about, submit your application today.
What you will be doing
- Facilitating one-hour life-skills sessions for K-8 groups on topics including public speaking, focus, and how to give and receive feedback effectively
- Conducting daily one-on-one and small-group coaching sessions that drive every student to complete 100% of their weekly app goals, leveraging Coachbot analytics and Alpha's motivational tools (school currency, leaderboards)
- Delivering the Test2Pass mastery assessment for each life skill, then working with any student who does not pass until they achieve mastery
- Tailoring the workshop curriculum and creating new content where needed so the same lesson resonates with both kindergarteners and eighth graders
- Serving as both the adult who maintains high expectations and the one your students trust and open up to
What you will NOT be doing
- Teaching from a whiteboard, designing math and reading lesson plans, or grading assignments; all academic instruction is handled by the apps
- Administering standardized test prep or being held accountable for class-wide test performance
- Managing parent conferences, emails, or concerns; all parent communication is handled by campus leadership
- Managing behavior for 30 students simultaneously; cohorts are intentionally small and behavioral coaching is individualized
- Passively supervising students at computers; motivation work here is direct and relational
Key responsibilities
Drive every student in your K-8 cohort to meet their weekly learning targets, achieve mastery in each life skill, and finish the year reporting that they loved school.
Candidate requirements
- Willing to work on-site 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 assistance available
- Bachelor's degree in any field
- At least 3 years of direct experience working with K-8 (elementary and middle school) students: teaching, tutoring, athletic coaching, camp counseling, or youth program leadership
- Comfortable allowing adaptive learning technology to handle academic instruction while you focus entirely on motivation and life-skills coaching
- A background of high personal achievement—academic, athletic, or professional—that has made upholding rigorous standards second nature, not an act
- Presence and communication skills strong enough to engage a room of 12-year-olds for an hour without needing to raise your voice
- Legal authorization to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship
Nice to have
- Background in youth sports coaching, debate, theater, camp leadership, or after-school programs where you were directly accountable for students reaching a concrete goal
- Experience delivering social-emotional learning (SEL) or character development curricula
- A specific student you can reference who shifted from disengaged or resistant to fully invested, and the exact intervention you used
- Regular use of generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini
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