Description
- On-site at an Alpha campus located in Austin, TX or Scottsdale (Phoenix), AZ — support for relocation available
- Annual salary: $150,000
- Full-time position
Traditional elementary schools reduce expectations when children face challenges. Your approach is the opposite. You recognize that six-year-olds possess far greater capacity than conventional classrooms demand, and you have demonstrated this with measurable results on multiple occasions.
Alpha operates on a two-hour learning framework. Adaptive applications handle academic instruction each morning, freeing your schedule for the work that truly transforms children's lives: building motivation, developing life skills, delivering coaching, and maintaining accountability. You directly oversee a cohort of K-3 students while simultaneously coaching the Guides—Alpha's designation for the adults who inspire and mentor the children—who manage their day-to-day development. Your involvement remains direct and daily, not administrative from a removed office.
Your typical workday cycles through three core activities. You analyze performance metrics and Coachbot data to identify which students and Guides require intervention. You conduct targeted coaching sessions that provide clear, actionable next steps rather than ambiguous encouragement. And you capture and maintain 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 approaches, you document them. The operational guides you create establish the benchmark that all other Guides follow, extending your influence beyond a single cohort to an entire level. Demonstrating your ability to replicate this excellence at scale defines your path to expanded leadership responsibility.
If reducing standards feels compassionate to you, this role is not suitable. If elevating them represents respect, submit your application.
What you will be doing
- Coaching both Guides and students through performance metrics, classroom observation, and clear feedback, then maintaining accountability to quantifiable objectives for both groups
- Leading one-hour interactive workshops for K-3 students focused on life skills including public speaking, concentration, teamwork, resilience, accountability, and feedback practices
- Conducting individual and small-group sessions that align each child's personal goals and interests with tangible academic advancement
- Creating and iterating on playbooks that transform your most effective methods into systematic processes other Guides can implement reliably
- Providing training to Guides on these playbooks and demonstrating facilitation excellence to preserve standards during team expansion
What you will NOT be doing
- Providing academic instruction or presenting lectures; adaptive applications deliver content while you develop the people
- Reducing expectations in response to student difficulties
- Managing remotely as instructional coaches and principals typically do; you remain integrated with your cohort on a daily basis
- Handling campus-wide budget, operations, and parent relations; a Campus Lead manages those functions to keep you concentrated on student and Guide results
- Advocating for traditional pedagogical approaches or implementing standard K-12 curricula
Key responsibilities
Fulfill Alpha's three commitments to each K-3 student: ensuring they love attending school, learn at twice the typical rate, and develop outstanding life skills and autonomy.
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 related discipline
- Minimum 5 years of experience working with elementary-aged children (approximately ages 5 to 9)
- Track record leading a team of 5 or more individuals, with decision-making authority for hiring and performance-based removals
- Demonstrated experience building, launching, or substantially scaling a program, team, school, or initiative from inception rather than managing an established operation
- Willing to work in an educational environment that rejects conventional teaching methodologies
- Legal authorization to work in the United States
Nice to have
- Master's degree in a relevant discipline
- Proven ability using data tools, dashboards, or analytics to identify issues and produce measurable improvements
- History of coaching or managing other adults to achieve quantifiable results, beyond individual execution
- Experience in youth development, camp leadership, competitive coaching, tutoring, or enrichment contexts where motivating participants was essential
- Demonstrated confidence and competence facilitating sessions or speaking publicly to groups of young children
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