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 difficulty. You do the opposite. You know a six-year-old can achieve far more than conventional classrooms demand, and you have used evidence to demonstrate this repeatedly.
Alpha operates on a two-hour learning framework. Adaptive applications handle academic instruction each morning, freeing your schedule for the work that truly transforms a child: motivation, life skills, coaching, and accountability. You directly oversee a cohort of K-3 students while coaching the Guides (Alpha's name for the adults who mentor and inspire children) who manage their day-to-day progress. You remain actively involved daily, not supervising from behind a closed door.
Your typical day alternates among three core activities. You review performance metrics and Coachbot analytics to identify which students and Guides need support. You conduct coaching sessions that leave people with concrete next actions rather than general encouragement. And you capture the focus of a room full of five- to nine-year-olds during a workshop on topics like public speaking, concentration, or how to give and receive feedback.
When you identify effective strategies, you document them. The playbooks you create set the benchmark that every other Guide follows, expanding your influence from a single cohort to the entire level. Demonstrating your ability to replicate that quality is the pathway to greater leadership responsibility here.
If you view lowering standards as compassionate, this role is not for you. If you see raising them as a form of respect, we want your application.
What you will be doing
- Coaching Guides and students through performance data, classroom observation, and direct feedback, then holding both parties accountable to quantifiable goals
- 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 link each child's goals and interests to tangible academic progress
- Developing and refining playbooks that convert your best practices into repeatable systems other Guides can implement 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
- Delivering academic instruction or lecturing at the front of the room; adaptive apps handle content delivery while you coach people
- Reducing expectations when a student encounters challenges
- Supervising remotely the way instructional coaches and principals typically do; you remain embedded with your cohort every day
- Managing the entire campus's budget, operations, and parent relationships; a Campus Lead handles those responsibilities so you can concentrate on student and Guide outcomes
- Defending traditional teaching practices 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
- Track record using metrics, dashboards, or analytics to diagnose problems and drive measurable improvement
- Experience coaching or managing other adults toward measurable outcomes, not just doing the work yourself
- Background in youth development, camp leadership, competitive coaching, tutoring, or enrichment where motivation was central
- Comfort and skill facilitating or public speaking in front of rooms full of young children
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