Kindergarten Teacher $100,000 USD/year Pay is set based on global value, not the local market.
Most roles = hourly rate x 40 hrs x 50 weeks
Description
Young children don't remember every lesson, but they never forget the adult who believed in them. That's what this position is about.
At Alpha, academic instruction takes just two hours daily through adaptive learning technology. That design allows Guides to concentrate on what truly transforms lives: fostering confidence, resilience, communication skills, and the determination to embrace difficult challenges. Your days won't involve standing at the front of a room delivering lessons. Instead, you'll coach students through obstacles, recognize their achievements, and model what rigorous expectations look like when combined with authentic support.
You'll oversee one K-3 cohort band—either Kindergarten-1st grade or 2nd-3rd grade. Roughly half your time is dedicated to facilitating dynamic, one-hour workshops focused on foundational skills such as public speaking, concentration, and receiving feedback. The remaining time is spent coaching students individually or in small groups, leveraging learning analytics to ensure every child advances toward ambitious weekly targets. Each moment counts. Students should exit your workshops more skilled than when they entered and finish coaching sessions convinced they can accomplish more than they previously imagined.
This position isn't suited for someone seeking to deliver prescribed curriculum or maintain traditional classroom order. It's designed for someone who enjoys motivating young learners, values measurable progress, and believes the right coach can fundamentally alter a child's path. If you've inspired children as a teacher, coach, camp counselor, youth leader, or performer, you'll discover a very different kind of learning environment here.
This is a full-time, on-site position at one of Alpha's campuses. We recruit nationally, so job boards may list this opportunity in nearby cities that do not have a campus.
Current openings for this salary tier are available in Scottsdale, AZ; Oklahoma City and Tulsa, OK; Nashville, TN; Austin, Georgetown, Dallas, Plano, Fort Worth, and Houston, TX; and Park City (Salt Lake City area), UT.
If you're interested in another Alpha campus, apply anyway and tell us your preferred location—we'll consider you for the appropriate opening.
What you will be doing
- Facilitate dynamic life-skills workshops that enable K-3 students to develop communication, focus, feedback, and other foundational skills through active engagement rather than passive listening.
- Provide one-on-one and small-group coaching, utilizing Coachbot analytics, established motivation systems, and strong rapport to ensure every child progresses toward ambitious weekly learning targets.
- Evaluate life-skill proficiency using Alpha's Test2Pass framework, coaching students until they show genuine mastery—not merely attendance.
- Modify your coaching approach based on the developmental stage of your cohort, incorporating songs, movement, and storytelling for younger students or emphasizing greater independence and accountability for older learners.
- Cultivate relationships where students feel secure enough to push beyond what they believed they could accomplish.
What you will NOT be doing
- Delivering academic lessons from a whiteboard. Students complete academics through adaptive software.
- Creating curriculum from the ground up. You'll refine and customize proven playbooks rather than designing lessons from scratch.
- Supervising students who work quietly on computers. Your function is active coaching, motivation, and engagement.
- Reducing expectations when students face difficulty. Success requires helping students meet the standard, not adjusting the standard downward.
- Overseeing homework, grading assignments, or managing routine parent communication.
Key responsibilities
Develop a cohort of K-3 students who are excited to attend school, reliably meet ambitious learning goals, and acquire the life skills that equip them to succeed well beyond elementary school.
Candidate requirements
- Willing to work on-site at one of Alpha's campuses. Current openings for this salary tier are available in Scottsdale, AZ; Oklahoma City and Tulsa, OK; Nashville, TN; Austin, Georgetown, Dallas, Plano, Fort Worth, and Houston, TX; and Park City (Salt Lake City area), UT.
- Bachelor's degree in any subject.
- At least 3 years of experience working directly with children ages 4-9 through teaching, coaching, tutoring, camps, youth programs, or similar environments.
- A track record of motivating young children to achieve challenging goals, with specific examples of your impact.
- Comfort using AI-powered learning while focusing your own energy on coaching, motivation, and life-skill development.
- The ability to balance warmth with unwavering expectations.
- Legal authorization to work in the United States without visa sponsorship.
Nice to have
- Experience in youth sports, children's theater, camp leadership, Montessori, progressive education, or high-engagement after-school programs.
- Personal experience achieving ambitious goals in academics, athletics, or your career.
- Outstanding storytelling or performance skills that naturally capture the attention of young children.
- Evidence of helping reluctant or shy children become confident, engaged participants.
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