Description
- On-site at an Alpha campus in Austin, TX or Scottsdale (Phoenix), AZ — we provide relocation support
- $150,000/year
- Full-time
Traditional elementary schools reduce expectations when students face difficulty. Your approach is the opposite. You hold the conviction that a six-year-old can achieve far more than conventional classrooms demand, and you have used measurable outcomes to demonstrate this repeatedly.
Alpha operates on a two-hour learning structure. Academic content is delivered through adaptive applications in the morning, freeing your schedule for the interventions that truly transform lives: motivation, life skills development, coaching, and accountability systems. You directly own a cohort of K-3 learners while simultaneously coaching the Guides—Alpha's term for the adults who mentor and drive student progress daily. Your leadership remains hands-on throughout each day, not isolated in a back office.
Your typical day rotates among three core activities. You analyze performance metrics and Coachbot analytics to identify students and Guides who need intervention. You conduct targeted coaching conversations that conclude with concrete next actions rather than general affirmation. And you command the focus of a room filled with five- to nine-year-olds during workshops addressing public speaking, concentration, or feedback exchange.
When you identify effective methods, you document them. The playbooks you create establish the benchmark that all other Guides implement, extending your influence beyond a single cohort to the entire grade level. Demonstrating your capacity to replicate this excellence is the pathway to expanded leadership responsibility here.
If you view lowering standards as compassionate, this role is not for you. If you see raising them as an act of respect, we want your application.
What you will be doing
- Coaching both Guides and students through performance metrics, classroom observation, and direct feedback, then maintaining accountability to quantifiable objectives
- Leading one-hour live workshops for K-3 students focused on life skills including public speaking, concentration, teamwork, resilience, accountability, and feedback exchange
- Conducting individual and small-group sessions that tie each child's personal goals and interests to tangible academic advancement
- Creating and iterating on playbooks that convert your most effective practices into replicable frameworks other Guides can implement reliably
- Preparing Guides on these playbooks and demonstrating facilitation excellence to maintain standards as the team expands
What you will NOT be doing
- Providing academic instruction or presenting lectures; adaptive applications handle content delivery while you focus on coaching people
- Reducing standards when students encounter challenges
- Leading from a distance in the manner of instructional coaches or principals; you remain integrated with your cohort every day
- Managing the full campus budget, operations, and family relations; a Campus Lead handles those responsibilities so you can concentrate on student and Guide results
- Advocating for traditional pedagogical approaches or adhering to a standard K-12 curriculum
Key responsibilities
Fulfill Alpha's three core commitments to every K-3 student: they love school, learn twice as fast, and develop exceptional life skills and independence.
Candidate requirements
- Available to work in person at an Alpha campus in Austin, TX or Scottsdale (Phoenix), AZ; we provide relocation support
- 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
- Proven experience using metrics, dashboards, or analytics to identify issues and achieve measurable improvement
- Background coaching or managing other adults toward quantifiable results, not simply executing tasks independently
- Experience in youth development, camp leadership, competitive coaching, tutoring, or enrichment settings where motivating participants was essential
- Confidence and ability facilitating or speaking publicly before groups of young children
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