Description
- On-site position at Alpha School's campus in Dorado, Puerto Rico
- Annual compensation of $100,000 ($50/hour, 40 hours weekly), paid each week
- Teaching certification not required; Spanish fluency beneficial
The most meaningful way to support a student who reaches 99% of their target is to insist it's not complete. If that expectation unsettles you, this position won't be a fit. If it energizes you because maintaining high standards demonstrates your confidence in a child's ability to reach them, 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 via adaptive learning applications. No traditional lectures. No textbooks. Your role involves the elements technology cannot provide — guiding children through essential life competencies such as 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 eight-year-old struggles with fractions or a fifth grader resists reading assignments, then helping them break through. The remaining 40% involves facilitating interactive, hour-long workshops that resemble improv practice sessions more than conventional classes. All students must demonstrate mastery via Test2Pass assessments before progression.
This position offers growth opportunities. You'll guide a small cohort and internalize Alpha's methodology during your first year. Demonstrate your ability to hold each student accountable 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 of parents by spring.
Apply if you believe having 30 children seated in rows listening to a single adult underestimates 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 learning obstacles and root causes
- Implementing Alpha's motivational systems (leaderboards, incentive structures, weekly goal establishment) to ensure every student progresses at the anticipated rate
- Facilitating hour-long, experiential life-skills workshops covering public speaking, concentration, teamwork, and constructive feedback practices (project-driven and participatory, never lecture-format)
- Conducting Test2Pass mastery evaluations and upholding standards: students advance only after demonstrating genuine understanding
- Cultivating trust with students so rigorous accountability feels encouraging rather than punitive
What you will NOT be doing
- Delivering lectures or traditional academic instruction (core subjects are learned through adaptive applications, not direct teaching from you)
- Creating lesson plans from the ground up — Alpha supplies curriculum and playbooks; you animate them with enthusiasm and narrative
- Evaluating homework assignments or preparing students for standardized exams; these elements don't exist in this model
- Handling parent communications or operational school matters — Campus Leads manage those responsibilities, allowing you to concentrate on your cohort
- Providing passive oversight of children using laptops; without active coaching, you're not fulfilling the 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, camp leadership, or athletic coaching
- Demonstrated record of high personal achievement in academic, athletic, or professional domains
- Legal authorization to work in the United States or Puerto Rico without requiring visa sponsorship
Nice to have
- Bilingual fluency in English and Spanish to establish rapport with students and families in the Dorado area
- Background in coaching environments where elevated standards produced quantifiable results (competitive athletics, debate, performing arts, or selective youth programming)
- Experience facilitating youth workshops, summer camp programs, or after-school initiatives where you created activities rather than merely supervised
- Knowledge of adaptive or application-based learning systems (e.g., Khan Academy, IXL, DreamBox)
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