Description
- On-site at an Alpha campus in Austin, TX or Scottsdale (Phoenix), AZ — relocation assistance available
- $150,000/year
- Full-time
Most elementary schools reduce expectations when a child falls behind. You do the opposite. You hold that a six-year-old can accomplish far more than a conventional classroom demands, and you have used measurable evidence to demonstrate it repeatedly.
Alpha operates on a two-hour learning framework. Adaptive software handles academic instruction each morning, freeing your schedule for the interventions that truly transform a child's trajectory: motivation, life skills, coaching, and accountability. You directly oversee a cohort of K-3 students while coaching the Guides (Alpha's term for the adults who mentor and inspire the children) accountable for their daily gains. You remain hands-on throughout, not directing from a separate office.
A typical day cycles through three core activities. You analyze performance metrics and Coachbot analytics to identify which students and Guides are falling behind. You conduct coaching sessions that leave people with a concrete next action rather than vague praise. And you command the focus of a room filled with five- to nine-year-olds during a workshop on public speaking, attention, or giving and receiving feedback.
As you identify what succeeds, you document it. The playbooks you create become the benchmark every other Guide implements, so your influence expands from one cohort to the entire grade level. Demonstrating you can replicate that excellence is the path to larger leadership responsibilities here.
If reducing expectations seems compassionate to you, this role is not a fit. If elevating them feels like respect, apply.
What you will be doing
- Coaching Guides and students through performance metrics, classroom observation, and direct feedback, then enforcing accountability to quantifiable objectives
- Leading one-hour live workshops for K-3 students on life skills including public speaking, focus, collaboration, resilience, accountability, and giving and receiving feedback
- Conducting individual and small-group motivation sessions that tie each child's aspirations and interests to tangible academic advancement
- Developing and iterating playbooks that convert your most effective practices into repeatable frameworks other Guides can deliver reliably
- Training Guides on those playbooks and demonstrating excellence in facilitation so standards remain consistent as the team expands
What you will NOT be doing
- Providing academic instruction or lecturing at the front of the classroom; adaptive apps deliver the content while you coach the people
- Reducing expectations when a student encounters difficulty
- Managing from a distance the way instructional coaches and principals do; you remain embedded with your own cohort every day
- Overseeing the entire campus's budget, operations, and parent relationships; a Campus Lead handles that so you can concentrate on student and Guide results
- Advocating for traditional teaching methods or adhering to a conventional K-12 curriculum
Key responsibilities
Fulfill Alpha's three commitments to every K-3 student: they love school, learn twice as fast, and develop exceptional life skills and independence.
Candidate requirements
- Willing to work on-site at an Alpha campus in Austin, TX or Scottsdale (Phoenix), AZ; relocation assistance is provided
- Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Business, Organizational Leadership, Child Development, or a related field
- At least 5 years working with elementary-aged children (roughly ages 5 to 9)
- Experience leading a team of 5 or more people, including authority to hire and to remove people based on performance outcomes
- Experience building, launching, or significantly growing a program, team, school, or initiative from the ground up, not inheriting an existing one
- Comfortable working in a school that rejects traditional teaching methods
- Legally authorized to work in the United States
Nice to have
- Master's degree in a related field
- Demonstrated ability using metrics, dashboards, or analytics to diagnose challenges and drive measurable improvement
- Experience coaching or managing other adults toward measurable outcomes, not just executing the work yourself
- Background in youth development, camp leadership, competitive coaching, tutoring, or enrichment where motivation was central
- Confidence and skill facilitating or public speaking in front of rooms full of young children
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