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Description
- $120,000/year W2 salary paid weekly, with health, dental, and vision benefits starting on day one
- Full-time role (40 hours per week), on-site at Alpha School's Kirkland, WA campus (potential temporary assignment at another Alpha campus prior to Kirkland opening)
- Valid Washington State Teaching Certificate is mandatory. Without it, there will be no interview.
You hold a current WA teaching certificate. What remains to be determined is whether you still want your days filled with lectures, grading stacks of papers, and delivering standardized curriculum to every student.
Your role here is not traditional teaching. You are a motivator. The most meaningful support you can offer a student who reaches 99% of their weekly target is to refuse to accept it as finished. If that idea creates discomfort, this role is not for you. If it energizes you—because maintaining high standards is how you demonstrate belief in a student's capacity—then continue reading.
At Alpha, academic learning happens through AI-driven adaptive applications. There are no lectures, no textbooks, and no lesson plans consuming your Sunday evenings. Approximately 60% of your time is spent facilitating one-hour life-skills workshops covering public speaking, concentration, and constructive feedback. Around 30% is dedicated to individual and small-group sessions where you review Coachbot analytics and guide each student toward their weekly app progression goals. The remaining 10% involves analyzing performance data to shape the following week's coaching strategy. You will not follow a rigid script; the most effective Guides adjust existing workshops and develop new ones when they identify unmet needs.
Success in this role is not defined by "engaging activities." It is measured by tangible progress. A semester is successful when at least 90% of your cohort demonstrates pre-to-post gains on Test2Pass, at least 90% meet their weekly learning-app progression benchmarks, and students rate their experience with you at 4 out of 5 or higher. Falling short on any of these three metrics means the role is not a fit. As you consistently uphold these standards, advancement opportunities open—first to Lead Guide, where you mentor newer Guides while continuing to lead a cohort, and eventually to Campus Lead.
If you prefer ready-made curriculum delivered to you, or if you see warmth and rigorous expectations as conflicting values, this position will not suit you. If your WA certificate is active and you are motivated by coaching K-8 students toward measurable results rather than lecturing from a textbook, submit your application today.
What you will be doing
- Facilitating one-hour life-skills workshops for K-8 cohorts covering topics such as public speaking, concentration, and constructive feedback—modifying the existing framework and creating new sessions when you identify a need
- Administering Test2Pass pre- and post-assessments and providing coaching to students until they achieve demonstrated mastery
- Conducting daily individual and small-group motivation sessions to guide every student toward their weekly app progression benchmarks, leveraging Coachbot analytics, Alpha's incentive structures (school currency, leaderboards), and your rapport with each child to overcome resistance
- Analyzing weekly performance metrics, identifying struggling students promptly, and implementing corrective interventions within the same week
- Serving as the adult who maintains rigorous standards while remaining approachable; your warmth creates the trust that allows you to challenge students, and your challenges communicate belief in their potential
What you will NOT be doing
- Delivering whiteboard lectures or creating daily lesson plans; academic content is embedded in the apps, not delivered by you
- Developing curriculum from the ground up; you animate a tested framework with energy and narrative skill
- Passively monitoring students at computers or allowing them to disengage throughout the day; motivation in this role is proactive, individualized, and sustained
- Reducing a weekly target or advancing a student without demonstrated mastery to maintain schedule or sidestep difficult conversations
- Evaluating homework assignments or managing parent correspondence
Key responsibilities
Guide a K-8 cohort toward measurable mastery of life skills and consistent achievement of weekly learning-app progression benchmarks.
Candidate requirements
- Active, valid Washington State Teaching Certificate (issued by WA OSPI) or the ability to secure one promptly
- Bachelor's degree in any field
- Availability to work full-time (40 hours per week) on-site at Alpha School's Kirkland, WA campus (with possible temporary assignment at another Alpha campus before Kirkland opens)
- Comfort with allowing AI to manage instructional content while you concentrate on motivation and life-skills coaching
- Legal authorization to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship
Nice to have
- Experience engaging with K-8 children in any setting (classroom instruction, tutoring, athletics, debate, theater, camps, or after-school programming)
- Background of notable personal achievement (academic, athletic, or professional) that makes holding others to demanding standards a natural behavior rather than an adopted stance
- Narrative and presentation skills capable of commanding the attention of a room full of 12-year-olds for an hour without escalating your volume
- History of successfully converting disengaged or resistant students into engaged, active learners
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