Description
- On-site role at Alpha School's campus in Dorado, Puerto Rico
- Annual compensation of $100,000 ($50/hour, 40 hours/week), with weekly pay
- Formal teaching certification not required; Spanish fluency is beneficial
The most meaningful support you can offer a student who reaches 99% of their goal is to decline calling it complete. If that expectation unsettles you, this position is not the right fit. If it energizes you because maintaining high standards is your way of demonstrating belief in a child's potential, continue reading.
Alpha School operates on a 2 Hour Learning framework: students in grades K-8 complete a full day's worth of academics in approximately two hours using adaptive learning applications. No traditional lectures. No conventional textbooks. Your responsibility is the component that technology cannot provide — guiding children through essential life skills including public speaking, concentration, collaboration, and feedback exchange.
Approximately 60% of your time will focus on individual motivation: reviewing learning app dashboards and Coachbot analytics, identifying where an eight-year-old struggles with fractions or a fifth grader resists reading assignments, and helping them overcome these obstacles. The remaining 40% involves facilitating interactive, hour-long workshops that resemble improv practice sessions more than traditional classroom instruction. Students must demonstrate mastery through Test2Pass assessments before progression.
This position offers growth opportunities. You'll manage a small cohort and learn Alpha's methodology during the first year. Demonstrate your ability to guide every student to 100% goal completion while maintaining strong satisfaction metrics, and advancement becomes available to Lead Guide, then Campus Lead (overseeing an entire school). You'll witness a child who avoided eye contact in September confidently present to a room full of parents by spring.
Apply if you believe placing 30 children in rows to listen to one adult undermines what children are truly capable of achieving.
What you will be doing
- Guiding K-8 students individually and in small groups through adaptive learning applications, leveraging Coachbot analytics and dashboards to identify obstacles and root causes
- Implementing Alpha's motivation system (leaderboards, incentive structures, weekly goal-setting protocols) to ensure every student progresses at the target pace
- Facilitating hour-long, experiential life-skills workshops covering public speaking, concentration, collaboration, and feedback practices (project-driven and interactive, never lecture-based)
- Conducting Test2Pass mastery assessments and upholding standards: students do not progress until they prove genuine comprehension
- Cultivating trust with students so rigorous accountability is experienced as motivating rather than discouraging
What you will NOT be doing
- Delivering lectures or traditional academic content (students acquire core subjects through adaptive applications, not direct instruction from you)
- Developing lesson plans independently — Alpha supplies curriculum and implementation guides; you animate them with enthusiasm and narrative
- Evaluating homework assignments or preparing students for standardized examinations; these elements are not part of this model
- Handling parent communications or operational school matters — Campus Leads manage those responsibilities, allowing you to concentrate on your cohort
- Providing passive supervision while students use laptops; active coaching is the core function of this role
Key responsibilities
Guide a cohort of K-8 students to achieve 100% of their academic and life-skills objectives.
Candidate requirements
- Available to work on-site at Alpha's Dorado, Puerto Rico campus
- Bachelor's degree in any field
- 3+ years of direct, hands-on experience with K-8 (kindergarten through 8th grade) students in teaching, tutoring, youth programs, camps, or sports coaching contexts
- Demonstrated record of high personal achievement in academic, athletic, or professional domains
- Authorization to work in the United States or Puerto Rico without requiring visa sponsorship
Nice to have
- Bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish to establish rapport with students and families in the Dorado area
- Coaching experience in environments where elevated standards produced quantifiable results (competitive athletics, debate, performing arts, or selective youth initiatives)
- Background leading youth workshops, summer camps, or after-school programs where you created activities rather than merely overseeing them
- Knowledge of adaptive or app-based learning systems (e.g., Khan Academy, IXL, DreamBox)
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