Description
- $120,000 annual W2 salary paid weekly; health, dental, and vision benefits begin day one
- Full-time position (40 hours per week), on-site at Alpha School's Kirkland, WA campus (temporary assignment to another Alpha campus may occur prior to Kirkland opening)
- Valid Washington State Teaching Certificate mandatory. No certificate means no interview.
You hold a WA teaching certificate. Now the question becomes whether you want to continue spending your time lecturing, grading papers, and delivering standardized curriculum.
Your role here is not traditional teaching. You motivate students. The most meaningful support you can offer a child who reaches 99% of their weekly target is to decline calling it complete. If that concept troubles you, this role is not a fit. If it energizes you because maintaining standards is how you demonstrate belief in a student's capability, continue reading.
At Alpha, academic learning happens through AI-driven adaptive applications. No lectures. No textbooks. No Sunday nights spent creating lesson plans. Approximately 60% of your time is devoted to facilitating one-hour life-skills workshops covering public speaking, focus, and constructive feedback exchange. Roughly 30% involves sitting with students individually or in small groups, analyzing Coachbot data, and driving each child toward their weekly app progression benchmarks. The remaining 10% is spent reviewing performance data to inform the following week's coaching strategy. You will not follow a script; the most effective people in this role modify existing workshops and create new ones when gaps appear.
Excellence in this position is not defined by "engaging activities." It is measured by concrete improvement. A successful semester means at least 90% of your cohort demonstrates pre-to-post growth on Test2Pass, at least 90% reaches their weekly learning-app progression benchmarks, and students rate their experience with you at 4 out of 5 or higher. Falling short on any of these three metrics means falling short of the role. As you demonstrate your ability to maintain standards, you can advance to Lead Guide — mentoring newer Guides while managing your own cohort — and eventually to Campus Lead.
If you prefer receiving pre-packaged curriculum, or believe that warmth and rigorous expectations cannot coexist, this role will not suit you. If your WA certificate is current and you are motivated by coaching K-8 students to tangible results rather than lecturing from a textbook, submit your application today.
What you will be doing
- Facilitating one-hour life-skills workshops for K-8 cohorts addressing public speaking, focus, and feedback skills, modifying existing materials and creating new sessions when you identify missing content
- Administering Test2Pass pre- and post-assessments and coaching students who have not yet achieved mastery until they demonstrate proficiency
- Conducting daily 1:1 and small-group motivation sessions designed to drive every student toward their weekly app progression benchmarks, leveraging Coachbot analytics, Alpha's incentive structures (school currency, leaderboards), and your individual relationship with each student to overcome resistance
- Analyzing weekly performance data, identifying struggling students quickly, and implementing corrective interventions within the same week
- Serving as the adult who maintains high expectations and the adult students trust and confide in; warmth creates the foundation for rigorous coaching, and rigorous coaching communicates your confidence in their potential
What you will NOT be doing
- Delivering lectures at a whiteboard or preparing daily lesson plans; academic content is delivered through the apps, not through direct instruction
- Creating curriculum from the ground up; you implement a proven framework with energy and narrative skill
- Passively monitoring students at computers or allowing them to drift through the day without engagement; motivation in this role is active, individualized, and persistent
- Reducing a weekly target or advancing a student without demonstrated mastery to maintain schedule or avoid difficult discussions
- Grading assignments or handling parent correspondence
Key responsibilities
Guide a K-8 cohort to measurable mastery of life skills and weekly learning-app progression benchmarks.
Candidate requirements
- Active, valid Washington State Teaching Certificate (issued by WA OSPI) or ability to secure it promptly
- Bachelor's degree in any field
- Able to work full-time (40 hours per week) on-site at Alpha School's Kirkland, WA campus (with possible temporary assignment to another Alpha campus before Kirkland opens)
- Comfortable allowing AI to manage instructional content while you concentrate on motivation and life-skills coaching
- Legal authorization to work in the US without requiring visa sponsorship
Nice to have
- Experience working with K-8 children in any setting (classroom instruction, tutoring, athletics, debate, drama, camps, or after-school programs)
- Background of high achievement (academic, athletic, or professional), demonstrating that holding others to rigorous standards is ingrained rather than affected
- Storytelling ability and stage presence sufficient to engage a room of 12-year-olds for an hour without needing to raise your voice
- Proven ability to transform disengaged or resistant students into active, engaged learners
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