2nd Grade Teacher

$120,000 USD/year ^{Pay is set based on global value, not the local market. Most roles = hourly rate x 40 hrs x 50 weeks}  ($60 USD/hour)

• Facilitating one-hour life-skills workshops for K–3 cohorts on topics such as public speaking, focus, and feedback, customizing the playbook for your group rather than delivering it verbatim.
• Conducting daily one-on-one and small-group coaching sessions to ensure every student stays on track for their weekly app goals, informed by Coachbot analytics, Alpha's incentive structures (digital currency, leaderboards), and the individual rapport you establish with each child.
• Delivering the Test2Pass—Alpha's mastery-based assessment—for each life skill, then coaching students who fall short until they achieve mastery.
• Engaging kindergarteners with songs, storytelling, physical activity, and humor, while simultaneously upholding concrete, measurable expectations for second and third graders.
• Serving as the warm presence children are excited to see at morning drop-off AND the adult who will not allow them to settle for less.

• Teaching from the front of the room. Academic content is delivered through the apps, not by you.
• Building curriculum from the ground up. Alpha supplies the playbook; your job is to execute and adapt it.
• Passively monitoring students on devices. Motivation in this role is hands-on, individualized, and continuous.
• Adjusting a weekly target downward so a child can meet it. When a student is falling behind, the solution is to support the student, not lower the bar.
• Grading assignments, preparing for standardized tests, or handling parent outreach. Campus Leads manage parent communication, and the other tasks are not part of this model.

Guarantee that every student in your K–3 cohort completes their weekly learning goals, achieves mastery in each life skill, and finishes the year reporting that they loved you.

• Able to work on-site at an Alpha campus located in La Jolla (San Diego), Lake Forest (Orange County), Palo Alto, Piedmont, San Francisco, Santa Monica, or South Bay (LA), CA; Greenwich, CT; Boca Raton, Miami, Miami Beach, or Palm Beach Gardens, FL; Chicago, IL; or Boston, MA (relocation assistance available).
• Bachelor's degree in any discipline.
• Minimum of 3 years of direct work with children ages 4 to 9 (examples: early-elementary classroom teaching, sports coaching, tutoring, camp counseling, youth program coordination).
• A concrete example you can share of motivating a young child toward a challenging goal: the goal itself, the actions you took, and the result.
• Comfort with AI handling academic instruction while you concentrate on motivation and life-skills development.
• Readiness to maintain high expectations with students even when met with resistance.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship.

• Background in youth sports coaching, children's theater, camp program leadership, Montessori or progressive early childhood education, or after-school enrichment where you held direct accountability for motivating young children toward defined objectives.
• History of personal excellence (academic, athletic, or career-related) that makes holding others to a demanding standard instinctive rather than performative.
• Ability to command attention in a room full of kindergarteners using voice modulation, playfulness, and physicality.
• Proven ability to transform timid or reluctant young children into confident, engaged contributors.