Description
- $120,000 annual W2 salary paid weekly, with health, dental, and vision benefits starting day one
- Full-time position (40 hours per week), on-site at Alpha School's Kirkland, WA campus (temporary assignment at a different Alpha campus may occur prior to Kirkland opening)
- Valid Washington State Teaching Certificate mandatory. Without certification, no interview will be scheduled.
You hold a WA teaching certificate. The real question is whether you still want to fill your days with lectures, grading stacks of papers, and delivering standardized curriculum to every student the same way.
Your role here is not traditional teaching. You are a motivator. The most powerful support you can offer a student who reaches 99% of their weekly target is to insist it is not finished. If that idea troubles you, this may not be the right fit. If it energizes you—because maintaining high standards is how you communicate belief in a student's potential—then continue reading.
Alpha students complete their academic work through AI-driven adaptive applications. There are no lectures, textbooks, or lesson plans to prepare on weekends. Roughly 60% of your time is spent facilitating one-hour life-skills workshops covering public speaking, concentration, and constructive feedback. Approximately 30% involves meeting with students individually or in small groups, analyzing Coachbot data, and driving each learner toward their weekly app progression benchmarks. The remaining 10% is dedicated to reviewing performance metrics and translating them into actionable coaching strategies for the following week. You will not follow a rigid script; the most effective Guides modify existing workshops and create new ones when they identify unmet needs.
Excellence in this role is not defined by "engaging activities." It is measured by tangible progress. A successful semester means at least 90% of your cohort demonstrates pre-to-post growth on Test2Pass, at least 90% meets their weekly learning-app progression targets, and students rate their experience with you at 4 out of 5 or higher. Falling short on any of these three metrics means you have not fulfilled the role. Once you consistently uphold these standards, advancement to Lead Guide becomes possible—mentoring newer Guides while continuing to lead a cohort—with further progression to Campus Lead.
If you prefer ready-made curriculum or believe that warmth and rigor cannot coexist, this position is not suitable. If your WA certificate is current and you are driven by the prospect of coaching K-8 students to measurable outcomes 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 public speaking, concentration, and constructive feedback, modifying existing content and creating new sessions when gaps are identified
- Administering Test2Pass pre- and post-assessments and guiding students who have not yet achieved mastery until they do
- Conducting daily individual and small-group coaching sessions that drive 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 early, and implementing corrective interventions within the same week
- Serving as the adult who maintains high expectations while being someone students genuinely want to approach; warmth creates the foundation for challenge, and challenge demonstrates your confidence in their abilities
What you will NOT be doing
- Delivering whiteboard lectures or preparing daily lesson plans; academic content is delivered through the applications, not by you
- Creating curriculum materials from the ground up; you animate a proven framework through energy and narrative
- Passively monitoring students at computers or allowing them to disengage throughout the day; motivation in this role is proactive, individualized, and persistent
- Reducing a weekly target or advancing a student without confirmed mastery in order to maintain schedule or sidestep difficult conversations
- Evaluating homework assignments or handling parent correspondence
Key responsibilities
Guide a K-8 cohort to verifiable mastery of life skills and weekly learning-app progression benchmarks.
Candidate requirements
- Current, valid Washington State Teaching Certificate (issued by WA OSPI) or capacity to secure one promptly
- Bachelor's degree in any discipline
- Able to work full-time (40 hours per week) on-site at Alpha School's Kirkland, WA campus (with potential temporary assignment at another Alpha campus before Kirkland opens)
- Comfortable allowing AI to deliver instructional content while you concentrate on motivation and life-skills coaching
- Authorized to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship
Nice to have
- Background working with K-8 students in any setting (classroom instruction, tutoring, athletics, debate, theater, camps, or after-school programming)
- Demonstrated record of personal excellence (academic, athletic, or professional), showing that holding others to rigorous standards is an ingrained habit rather than an affectation
- Narrative ability and stage presence sufficient to engage a room of 12-year-olds for an hour without needing to raise your voice
- Proven success converting disengaged or resistant learners into motivated, active participants
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