Description
- On-site position at Alpha School's campus in Dorado, Puerto Rico
- Annual salary of $100,000 ($50/hour, 40 hours weekly), with weekly compensation
- Formal teaching certification not required; Spanish fluency is beneficial
The most caring thing you can do when a student reaches 99% of their target is to insist it's not finished. If that expectation feels harsh, this position won't be 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 the 2 Hour Learning framework: students in grades K-8 complete a full day's worth of academics in approximately two hours using adaptive learning technology. No traditional lectures. No physical textbooks. Your responsibility centers on what software cannot deliver—guiding children through essential life competencies such as public speaking, concentration, collaboration, and constructive feedback exchange.
Sixty percent of your time will be dedicated to individual student motivation: reviewing learning platform dashboards and Coachbot data, identifying where an eight-year-old struggles with fractions or a fifth grader sidesteps reading assignments, then helping them break through. The remaining 40% involves facilitating interactive, hour-long skill-building sessions that resemble improv practice more than conventional classroom instruction. All students must demonstrate mastery via Test2Pass evaluations before progression.
This position offers growth. You'll guide a small cohort and internalize Alpha's methodology during your first year. Demonstrate the ability to maintain 100% goal achievement for every student while sustaining strong satisfaction metrics, and advancement opportunities emerge—first to Lead Guide, then to 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 passively to one adult fails to honor what children are capable of achieving.
What you will be doing
- Guiding K-8 students individually and in small groups through adaptive learning technology, leveraging Coachbot analytics and dashboards to identify learning obstacles and their causes
- Implementing Alpha's motivation system (competitive leaderboards, targeted incentives, weekly goal-setting sessions) to ensure every student progresses at the anticipated rate
- Facilitating hour-long, experiential life-skills sessions covering public speaking, concentration, teamwork, and constructive feedback exchange (project-driven and interactive, never lecture-format)
- Conducting Test2Pass mastery evaluations and maintaining standards: students do not progress until they prove genuine comprehension
- Establishing trust with students so rigorous accountability feels empowering rather than discouraging
What you will NOT be doing
- Delivering lectures or traditional academic lessons (students master core content through adaptive applications, not through your direct instruction)
- Creating lesson plans from the ground up—Alpha supplies curriculum and instructional frameworks; you animate them with enthusiasm and narrative
- Grading homework assignments or preparing students for standardized testing; these elements don't exist in this model
- Handling parent communications or school administrative functions—Campus Leads manage those areas, allowing you to concentrate on your student cohort
- Providing passive supervision while children work on devices; 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 discipline
- 3+ years of direct, hands-on experience working with K-8 (kindergarten through 8th grade) students via teaching, tutoring, youth programming, camps, or athletic coaching
- Demonstrated record of significant personal accomplishment in academic, athletic, or professional contexts
- Authorization to work legally in the United States or Puerto Rico without requiring visa sponsorship
Nice to have
- Bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish to strengthen connections 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 facilitating youth workshops, summer programming, or after-school initiatives where you created activities rather than simply overseeing them
- Prior exposure to adaptive or application-based learning systems (e.g., Khan Academy, IXL, DreamBox)
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