Description
- On-site role at an Alpha campus in Austin, TX or Scottsdale (Phoenix), AZ — relocation assistance available
- $150,000 annual salary
- Full-time position
Traditional elementary schools reduce expectations when students fall behind. You do the opposite. You believe six-year-olds are capable of significantly more than conventional classrooms demand, and you have used measurable outcomes to demonstrate this repeatedly.
Alpha operates on a two-hour learning structure. Academic content is delivered through adaptive applications in the morning, freeing your schedule for the work that truly transforms children: motivation, life skills development, coaching, and accountability. You directly lead a cohort of K-3 students while coaching the Guides—Alpha's term for the adults who inspire and coach the children—who are accountable for their day-to-day growth. You remain actively engaged each day, never managing remotely from a separate office.
A typical day rotates among three priorities. You review performance metrics and Coachbot analytics to identify which students and Guides need intervention. You conduct coaching sessions that equip people with concrete next actions rather than general encouragement. And you capture and hold the focus of a room filled with five- to nine-year-olds during workshops on subjects like public speaking, concentration, or how to give and receive feedback.
When you identify effective practices, you document them. The playbooks you create set the standard that all other Guides follow, expanding your influence from a single cohort to the entire grade level. Demonstrating your ability to scale that level of excellence is the pathway to greater leadership responsibility here.
If reducing expectations feels compassionate to you, this role is not a fit. If raising them feels like showing respect, you should apply.
What you will be doing
- Coaching both Guides and students by analyzing performance data, observing classroom dynamics, and delivering direct feedback, then enforcing accountability to defined, measurable objectives
- Leading one-hour live workshops for K-3 students focused on life skills including public speaking, concentration, teamwork, resilience, accountability, and feedback exchange
- Conducting individual and small-group sessions that link each child's personal goals and interests to tangible academic outcomes
- Creating and refining playbooks that convert your most effective methods into replicable systems other Guides can implement reliably
- Training Guides on these playbooks and demonstrating excellence in facilitation to maintain standards as the team expands
What you will NOT be doing
- Teaching academic content or lecturing from the front of a classroom; adaptive applications handle instruction while you coach the people
- Reducing expectations when students encounter difficulties
- Managing from afar the way traditional instructional coaches and principals operate; you remain embedded with your cohort every day
- Overseeing the campus's full 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 love attending school, learn at twice the typical rate, and develop outstanding life skills and independence.
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 of 5 years working with elementary-aged children (approximately ages 5 to 9)
- Prior experience leading a team of 5 or more individuals, with authority to hire and remove team members based on performance results
- Proven experience building, launching, or substantially scaling a program, team, school, or initiative from inception, rather than managing an established entity
- Willing to work in an educational environment that rejects conventional teaching practices
- Authorized to work legally in the United States
Nice to have
- Master's degree in a relevant discipline
- Demonstrated history using metrics, dashboards, or data analytics to identify issues and produce measurable gains
- Experience coaching or managing other adults to achieve measurable results, beyond executing tasks personally
- Background in youth development, camp leadership, competitive coaching, tutoring, or enrichment programs where motivating participants was essential
- Strong ability and confidence facilitating sessions or speaking publicly to groups of young children
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