Kindergarten Teacher $100,000 USD/year Pay is set based on global value, not the local market.
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Description
- On-site positions available at Alpha School locations: Phoenix, Arizona; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Austin, Texas; Fort Worth, Texas; Houston, Texas; Park City (Salt Lake City), Utah
- $100,000 annual salary, paid weekly. Health benefits start on day one
- Relocation assistance provided
The most powerful support you can give a six-year-old facing a challenge is to guide them toward solving it themselves. You help them learn to navigate obstacles independently. If this approach feels counterintuitive to you, this position isn't the right fit.
Alpha operates differently from conventional schools. Students progress through academic content using adaptive software tailored to their individual pace. There are no traditional lectures, no worksheets, no standardized timeline for the entire class. Your role is to ensure a small group of K-2 students is excited to arrive each morning, achieves their learning targets each week, and develops life skills that many adults never acquire.
You'll facilitate hands-on workshops covering public speaking, concentration, and feedback skills with children ages five, six, and seven. You'll support students as they work through their learning applications—not by providing answers, but by helping them build the problem-solving capabilities to persevere independently. When 100% of your students reach their weekly targets and 90% describe you as someone they enjoy working with, you'll have clear evidence of your success.
This role is not about supervising children using computers. It's high-accountability coaching where each student's development is monitored, every session has quantifiable outcomes, and your effectiveness is demonstrated through data, not just intuition. If you believe children have unlimited potential and that conventional education constrains them, this is your opportunity to demonstrate it.
What you will be doing
- Facilitating one-hour life skills workshops covering subjects such as public speaking, concentration, and giving/receiving feedback for a small cohort of K-2 students
- Supporting students as they navigate adaptive learning apps by guiding them to develop problem-solving strategies, rather than providing direct answers
- Conducting motivation sessions using Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, goal-setting) to ensure 100% of students meet their weekly learning objectives
- Administering mastery-based assessments (Test2Pass) to verify students have genuinely mastered each skill
- Reviewing curriculum materials and lesson plans daily, then adapting your delivery to match each student's profile, interests, and performance data
What you will NOT be doing
- Presenting lectures to a classroom or teaching academic content directly (students master academics through apps; your focus is life skills coaching and motivation)
- Creating lesson plans from the ground up or designing curriculum (Alpha supplies the curriculum and playbooks; you provide the enthusiasm and implementation)
- Reducing standards when students encounter difficulties (Alpha's approach requires every student to reach mastery; advancing someone at 90% isn't acceptable)
- Handling parent correspondence or supervising school operations (these responsibilities belong to the Campus Lead)
Key responsibilities
Guide a small group of K-2 students to develop life skills and achieve their academic targets each week.
Candidate requirements
- Bachelor's degree in any field
- Minimum of 3 years of experience working with children ages 4 to 8 in educational settings, afterschool programs, coaching, or comparable environments
- Experience facilitating structured activities for groups of young children that balance clear expectations with strong engagement
- Willingness to work on-site at an Alpha campus in Phoenix, Arizona; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Park City (Salt Lake City), Utah; Austin, Texas; Fort Worth, Texas; or Houston, Texas
- Able to participate in a paid training program at our Austin, Texas campus
- Legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship
Nice to have
- Background in youth sports coaching, theater, or camp leadership where you successfully maintained children's attention AND upheld high standards
- Experience leveraging data or analytics to monitor student or participant progress and modify your methods
- Demonstrated history of accepting feedback and making visible adjustments to your work based on it
- Knowledge of growth mindset coaching methods or positive behavioral frameworks for young children
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