Description
- On-site at an Alpha campus in Austin, TX or Scottsdale (Phoenix), AZ — relocation assistance available
- $150,000 annually
- Full-time position
Traditional elementary schools drop standards when children face challenges. You do the opposite. You know a six-year-old can accomplish far more than conventional classrooms demand, and you have used evidence to demonstrate this repeatedly.
Alpha operates on a two-hour learning framework. Morning academics are handled by adaptive applications, freeing your schedule for what truly transforms young lives: building motivation, teaching life skills, providing coaching, and establishing accountability. You take direct ownership of a K-3 student cohort while coaching the Guides—Alpha's name for the adults who mentor and motivate students—who oversee their daily development. You remain actively involved every day rather than supervising from a remote office.
Your typical day alternates among three core activities. You analyze performance metrics and Coachbot data to identify students and Guides falling behind. You conduct coaching sessions that conclude with concrete action steps rather than generic praise. And you capture and maintain the focus of a room filled with five- to nine-year-olds during workshops addressing public speaking, concentration, or how to give and accept feedback.
When you identify effective methods, you document them. The playbooks you create establish the benchmark that all other Guides follow, expanding your influence from a single cohort to the entire grade level. Demonstrating your ability to replicate that excellence is the pathway to greater leadership responsibility here.
If you view lowering expectations as compassion, this role will not suit you. If you see raising them as a form of respect, submit your application.
What you will be doing
- Coaching both Guides and students through performance metrics, classroom observation, and clear feedback, then enforcing accountability to quantifiable objectives
- Leading one-hour live workshops for K-3 students addressing life skills including public speaking, concentration, teamwork, resilience, accountability, and feedback exchange
- Conducting one-on-one and small-group motivation sessions that link each child's personal goals and interests to concrete academic outcomes
- Creating and iterating on playbooks that convert your successful methods into scalable systems other Guides can implement reliably
- Training Guides on these playbooks and demonstrating excellence in facilitation to maintain standards as the team expands
What you will NOT be doing
- Teaching academic content or lecturing in front of the classroom; adaptive applications handle instruction while you coach people
- Reducing expectations when students encounter difficulty
- Managing remotely the way instructional coaches and principals typically do; you remain embedded with your cohort every day
- Managing the full campus budget, operations, and parent communication; a Campus Lead handles those 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 develop a love for school, accelerate their learning by a factor of two, and cultivate outstanding life skills and independence.
Candidate requirements
- Available to work on-site at an Alpha campus in Austin, TX or Scottsdale (Phoenix), AZ; relocation assistance is available
- Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Business, Organizational Leadership, Child Development, or a related discipline
- Minimum of 5 years of experience working with elementary-aged children (approximately ages 5 to 9)
- Experience leading a team of at least 5 people, with hiring and termination authority based on performance results
- Experience building, launching, or substantially scaling a program, team, school, or initiative from inception rather than taking over an established operation
- Comfortable operating in a school environment that rejects conventional teaching methods
- Legal authorization to work in the United States
Nice to have
- Master's degree in a relevant field
- Proven experience using metrics, dashboards, or analytics to identify issues and achieve measurable progress
- Experience coaching or managing other adults to achieve quantifiable results, beyond executing tasks personally
- Background in youth development, camp leadership, competitive coaching, tutoring, or enrichment programs where motivation played a key role
- Confidence and ability facilitating or speaking publicly to groups of young children
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