Description
- On-site at an Alpha campus in Austin, TX or Scottsdale (Phoenix), AZ — relocation assistance available
- $150,000/year
- Full-time
Traditional elementary schools reduce expectations when children face difficulty. You do the opposite. You are convinced that a six-year-old can accomplish far more than conventional classrooms demand, and you have used measurable results 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 work that genuinely transforms 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 the children) who manage their day-to-day development. You remain actively involved each day, never managing remotely from an office.
A typical day alternates among three activities. You analyze performance metrics and Coachbot data to identify which students and Guides need intervention. You conduct coaching sessions that equip people with clear next actions rather than generic encouragement. And you capture and sustain the focus of a room filled with five- to nine-year-olds during a workshop addressing public speaking, concentration, or constructive feedback.
When you identify effective methods, you document them. The playbooks you create establish the benchmark that all other Guides follow, extending your influence from a single cohort to the entire level. Demonstrating your ability to replicate that quality is the pathway to greater leadership responsibility here.
If reducing expectations seems compassionate to you, this role will not fit. If elevating them feels like genuine respect, apply.
What you will be doing
- Coaching Guides and students through performance metrics, direct observation, and targeted feedback, then maintaining accountability to quantifiable objectives for both groups
- Leading one-hour live workshops for K-3 students on life skills including public speaking, concentration, teamwork, resilience, accountability, and constructive feedback
- Conducting individual and small-group motivation sessions that tie each child's personal goals and interests to measurable academic achievement
- Developing and iterating on playbooks that convert your most effective practices into replicable systems that other Guides can implement reliably
- Training Guides on these playbooks and demonstrating excellence in facilitation to preserve standards as the team expands
- Providing academic instruction or lecturing from the front of a classroom; adaptive applications handle content delivery while you coach the people
- Reducing expectations when students encounter challenges
- Managing from a distance as instructional coaches and principals typically do; you remain embedded with your cohort every day
- Overseeing campus-wide budget, operations, and parent engagement; 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 enjoy school, advance academically at twice the typical rate, and develop outstanding life skills and independence.
Candidate requirements
- Willing 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 field
- At least 5 years of experience working with elementary-aged children (approximately ages 5 to 9)
- Experience leading a team of 5 or more individuals, with authority to hire and terminate based on performance results
- Experience building, launching, or substantially expanding a program, team, school, or initiative from inception, rather than inheriting an established one
- Comfortable operating in a school environment that rejects conventional teaching methods
- Legally authorized to work in the United States
Nice to have
- Master's degree in a related field
- Demonstrated ability using metrics, dashboards, or analytics to identify issues and produce measurable improvement
- Experience coaching or managing other adults toward quantifiable outcomes, beyond executing tasks yourself
- Background in youth development, camp leadership, competitive coaching, tutoring, or enrichment programs where motivation played a central role
- Confidence and proficiency facilitating or speaking publicly before groups of young children
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