Description
- On-site at an Alpha campus in Austin, TX or Scottsdale (Phoenix), AZ — relocation assistance available
- $150,000/year
- Full-time
When a child faces difficulty, most elementary schools reduce expectations. You do the opposite. You are convinced that six-year-olds are far more capable than traditional classrooms demand of them, and you have used evidence to demonstrate this repeatedly.
Alpha operates on a two-hour learning framework. Adaptive applications handle morning academics, freeing your schedule for the activities that genuinely transform a child's trajectory: motivation, life skills, coaching, and accountability. You directly oversee a cohort of K-3 students and coach the Guides (Alpha's name for the adults who mentor and inspire students) who manage their day-to-day development. You remain actively involved every day rather than directing from a remote office.
A typical day alternates among three core activities. You analyze performance metrics and Coachbot analytics to identify which students and Guides need intervention. You conduct coaching sessions that equip people with concrete next actions rather than general encouragement. And you engage groups of five- to nine-year-olds through workshops covering public speaking, concentration, or feedback exchange.
When you identify effective approaches, you document them. The playbooks you create establish the benchmark that every other Guide replicates, expanding your influence from one cohort to the entire grade level. Demonstrating your ability to scale that quality is the pathway to greater leadership responsibilities here.
If reducing standards feels compassionate to you, this role is not suitable. If elevating them feels respectful, submit your application.
What you will be doing
- Coaching Guides and students through performance metrics, classroom observation, and targeted feedback, then maintaining accountability for measurable objectives
- Leading one-hour live workshops for K-3 students on life skills including public speaking, focus, collaboration, resilience, accountability, and feedback processes
- Conducting individual and small-group motivation sessions that link each child's aspirations and interests to tangible academic advancement
- Creating and iterating on playbooks that convert your most effective practices into replicable systems other Guides can implement reliably
- Training Guides on these playbooks and demonstrating excellence in facilitation to maintain standards during team expansion
What you will NOT be doing
- Providing academic instruction or lecturing in front of a classroom; adaptive apps manage the curriculum while you coach the individuals
- Reducing expectations when students encounter challenges
- Managing remotely as instructional coaches and principals typically do; you remain embedded daily with your cohort
- Managing campus-wide budget, operations, and family communications; a Campus Lead handles these responsibilities so you can concentrate on student and Guide results
- Advocating for traditional teaching approaches or adhering to a standard K-12 curriculum
Key responsibilities
Fulfill Alpha's three commitments to every K-3 student: they love school, learn twice as fast, and develop exceptional life skills and independence.
Candidate requirements
- Willing to work in person at an Alpha campus in Austin, TX or Scottsdale (Phoenix), AZ; relocation support is provided
- Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Business, Organizational Leadership, Child Development, or a related field
- At least 5 years working with elementary-aged children (roughly ages 5 to 9)
- Experience leading a team of 5 or more people, including authority to hire and to remove people based on performance outcomes
- Experience building, launching, or significantly growing a program, team, school, or initiative from the ground up, not inheriting an existing one
- Comfortable working in a school that rejects traditional teaching methods
- Legally authorized to work in the United States
Nice to have
- Master's degree in a related field
- Track record using metrics, dashboards, or analytics to diagnose problems and drive measurable improvement
- Experience coaching or managing other adults toward measurable outcomes, not just doing the work yourself
- Background in youth development, camp leadership, competitive coaching, tutoring, or enrichment where motivation was central
- Comfort and skill facilitating or public speaking in front of rooms full of young children
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