Description
- In-person position at Alpha School's Dorado, Puerto Rico campus
- $100,000 annually ($50/hour, 40 hours/week), paid each week
- Teaching certification not required; Spanish fluency is a plus
The most meaningful support you can offer a student who reaches 99% of their target is to insist it's not finished. If that expectation makes you uneasy, this position won't be a fit. If it energizes you because maintaining that standard is how you demonstrate belief in a student's capability, continue reading.
Alpha School operates on the 2 Hour Learning framework: K-8 students complete a full academic day in approximately two hours using adaptive learning applications. No traditional lectures. No printed textbooks. Your responsibility is what technology cannot provide — guiding children through essential life competencies including public speaking, concentration, collaboration, and constructive feedback exchange.
Sixty percent of your time will focus on individual motivation: reviewing learning app dashboards and Coachbot data, identifying where an 8-year-old struggles with fractions or a 5th grader resists reading, then helping them break through. The remaining 40% involves facilitating interactive, hour-long sessions that resemble improv practice more than conventional instruction. Students must demonstrate mastery via Test2Pass evaluations before progressing.
This position offers growth. You'll guide a small cohort and internalize Alpha's methodology during your first year. Demonstrate that you can hold each student to 100% goal attainment 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 that 30 children seated in rows listening to a single adult undermines what children are 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) to ensure every student progresses at the required pace
- Facilitating hour-long, experiential life-skills sessions covering public speaking, focus, teamwork, and feedback practices (project-driven and participatory, never lecture-based)
- Conducting Test2Pass mastery evaluations and maintaining standards: students advance only after demonstrating genuine understanding
- Cultivating relationships with students so rigorous accountability feels empowering rather than punitive
What you will NOT be doing
- Delivering lectures or conventional academic instruction (core subjects are learned through adaptive applications, not direct teaching)
- Creating lesson plans from the ground up — Alpha supplies curriculum and frameworks; you execute them with enthusiasm and narrative skill
- Grading homework assignments or preparing students for standardized exams; those elements don't exist in this model
- Handling parent communications or operational tasks — Campus Leads manage those areas, allowing you to concentrate on your cohort
- Passively monitoring students on devices; active coaching is the core requirement, not supervision
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 working with K-8 (kindergarten through 8th grade) students in teaching, tutoring, youth programming, camps, or athletics coaching
- Demonstrated record of high personal achievement in academic, athletic, or professional domains
- Authorized to work in the United States or Puerto Rico without requiring visa sponsorship
Nice to have
- Fluency in English and Spanish for connecting with students and families in the Dorado area
- Background in coaching environments where elevated standards produced quantifiable results (competitive athletics, debate, performing arts, or competitive youth programs)
- Experience leading youth workshops, summer programs, or extracurricular activities where you created the content, not merely oversaw participants
- Prior use of adaptive or app-based educational platforms (e.g., Khan Academy, IXL, DreamBox)
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