Description
- On-site position 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; fluency in Spanish is beneficial
The most meaningful way to support a student who achieves 99% of their target is to insist it isn't finished. If this standard creates discomfort, this position is not the right fit. If it energizes you because maintaining high expectations demonstrates your confidence 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 via adaptive learning applications. There are no lectures or textbooks. Your responsibility is what technology cannot provide — guiding children through essential life competencies including public speaking, concentration, collaboration, and constructive feedback exchange.
Approximately 60% of your time will focus on individual motivation: reviewing learning application dashboards and Coachbot data, identifying where an 8-year-old struggles with fractions or a fifth grader resists reading assignments, and facilitating breakthroughs. The remaining 40% involves facilitating interactive, hour-long workshops that resemble performance rehearsals more than conventional classes. Students must demonstrate mastery via Test2Pass assessments before progression.
This position offers growth. You'll lead a small cohort and internalize Alpha's methodology during the first year. Demonstrate your ability to guide every student to 100% goal attainment while maintaining high satisfaction metrics, and advancement opportunities emerge to Lead Guide, then Campus Lead (overseeing an entire school). You'll witness a child who avoided eye contact in September deliver a poised presentation to parents by spring.
Apply if you believe placing 30 children in rows to listen to one adult undermines their true capabilities.
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 learning obstacles and their causes
- Implementing Alpha's motivation system (leaderboards, incentive structures, weekly goal-setting protocols) to ensure every student progresses at the anticipated rate
- Facilitating hour-long, experiential life-skills workshops covering public speaking, concentration, teamwork, and constructive feedback exchange (project-driven and interactive, never lecture-based)
- Conducting Test2Pass mastery assessments and maintaining standards: students do not progress until they demonstrate genuine comprehension
- Establishing trust with students so rigorous accountability feels encouraging rather than punitive
What you will NOT be doing
- Delivering lectures or traditional academic instruction (students acquire core subjects through adaptive applications, not direct teaching)
- Creating lesson plans from the ground up — Alpha supplies curriculum and playbooks; your role is to execute them with enthusiasm and narrative skill
- Grading homework assignments or preparing students for standardized testing; these elements do not exist in this model
- Handling parent communications or school administration — Campus Leads manage those functions, allowing you to concentrate on your cohort
- Passively monitoring children using laptops; active coaching is essential to 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 in-person 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 programs, camps, or sports coaching
- Record of significant personal accomplishment, whether academic, athletic, or professional
- Capacity to facilitate engaging group sessions with K-8 students through dynamic, interactive workshops
- Proven track record of motivating young people through challenges and toward ambitious objectives
- Leadership and exemplary conduct that balances rigorous standards with meaningful support
- Legal authorization to work in the United States or Puerto Rico without visa sponsorship
Nice to have
- Bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish for connecting with students and families in the Dorado community
- Background in coaching environments where elevated standards produced measurable results (competitive athletics, debate, performing arts, or selective youth programs)
- Experience leading youth workshops, summer camps, or after-school programs where you created the activities, not merely supervised
- Knowledge of adaptive or app-based learning platforms (e.g., Khan Academy, IXL, DreamBox)
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