Description
- On-site at an Alpha campus in Austin, TX or Scottsdale (Phoenix), AZ — relocation assistance available
- $150,000/year
- Full-time
Traditional elementary schools reduce expectations when students face challenges. You do the opposite. You know a six-year-old can accomplish far more than conventional classrooms demand, and you have used measurable results to demonstrate this repeatedly.
Alpha operates on a two-hour learning framework. Morning academics are delivered through adaptive applications, freeing your schedule for the interventions that truly transform children: motivation coaching, life skills development, personal accountability, and goal-setting. You directly oversee a cohort of K-3 learners while coaching the Guides—Alpha's name for the adults who mentor and inspire students—who manage their day-to-day growth. You remain actively involved each day, not supervising remotely from an administrative office.
Your typical day alternates among three activities. You review performance metrics and Coachbot data to identify which students and Guides need support. You conduct coaching sessions that conclude with clear action steps rather than general encouragement. And you command the focus of a room filled with five- to nine-year-olds during workshops covering public speaking, concentration, or feedback skills.
When you identify successful methods, you document them. The systems you create become the blueprint that all other Guides implement, expanding your influence from a single cohort to the entire grade level. Demonstrating your ability to replicate that quality is your pathway to larger leadership roles here.
If you view lowering standards as compassion, this position is not for you. If you see raising them as a form of respect, apply.
What you will be doing
- Coaching both Guides and students by analyzing performance metrics, observing classrooms, and delivering direct feedback, then enforcing accountability to concrete goals
- Leading one-hour interactive workshops for K-3 students focused on life skills including public speaking, concentration, teamwork, resilience, responsibility, and feedback exchange
- Conducting one-on-one and small-group motivation sessions that link each student's personal goals and interests to tangible academic advancement
- Creating and iterating on playbooks that convert your most effective techniques into replicable frameworks other Guides can implement reliably
- Training Guides on these playbooks and demonstrating facilitation excellence to maintain standards as the team expands
What you will NOT be doing
- Providing academic instruction or lecturing from the classroom front; adaptive software handles content delivery while you focus on coaching people
- Reducing expectations when students encounter difficulties
- Managing from a distance like traditional instructional coaches and principals; you remain embedded with your cohort every day
- Overseeing campus-wide budget, operations, and parent communications; a Campus Lead handles those responsibilities so you can concentrate on student and Guide performance
- Advocating for traditional teaching approaches or adhering to a standard K-12 curriculum
Key responsibilities
Fulfill Alpha's three commitments to every K-3 student: they develop a love for school, achieve learning at twice the normal rate, and cultivate outstanding life skills and self-reliance.
Candidate requirements
- Able to work on-site at an Alpha campus in Austin, TX or Scottsdale (Phoenix), AZ; relocation assistance is available
- Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Business, Organizational Leadership, Child Development, or a related discipline
- Minimum 5 years of experience working with elementary-aged children (approximately ages 5 to 9)
- Background leading a team of 5 or more individuals, with direct authority to hire and terminate based on performance results
- Proven experience building, launching, or substantially expanding a program, team, school, or initiative from scratch, rather than inheriting an established one
- Comfortable operating in a school environment that rejects conventional teaching methods
- Legal authorization to work in the United States
Nice to have
- Master's degree in a related discipline
- Demonstrated history using metrics, dashboards, or data analytics to identify issues and achieve quantifiable improvements
- Experience coaching or managing other adults to reach measurable results, rather than solely executing work yourself
- Experience in youth development, camp leadership, competitive coaching, tutoring, or enrichment programs where motivation was a core component
- Confidence and proficiency facilitating sessions or speaking publicly before groups of young children
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