Description
- On-site at an Alpha campus in New York City, NY; Miami, FL; or San Francisco, CA — relocation assistance available
- $200,000 annually
- Full-time position
Traditional elementary schools reduce expectations when children face difficulty. Your approach is the opposite. You hold the conviction that six-year-olds possess far greater capability than conventional classrooms demand, and you have demonstrated this through data on multiple occasions.
Alpha operates on a two-hour academic model. Adaptive applications handle morning instruction, freeing your schedule for the interventions that genuinely transform a child's trajectory: motivation, life skills development, direct coaching, and accountability systems. You take personal ownership of a K-3 cohort while simultaneously coaching the Guides—Alpha's designation for the adults who inspire and coach students—who drive their day-to-day advancement. Your leadership remains direct and embedded, not remote or office-based.
A typical day revolves around three core activities. You analyze performance metrics and Coachbot data to identify students and Guides falling behind. You conduct coaching sessions that equip people with concrete next actions rather than general encouragement. And you command the focus of rooms 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 set the benchmark for every Guide on campus, multiplying your influence from a single cohort to an entire grade level. Demonstrating your ability to replicate that quality at scale determines your path to greater leadership responsibility.
If you view lowering standards as compassion, this role is not for you. If you see raising them as a form of respect, submit your application.
What you will be doing
- Coaching both Guides and students through performance analytics, classroom observation, and targeted feedback, while maintaining accountability to quantifiable objectives for both groups
- Leading one-hour live workshops for K-3 students focused on life skills including public speaking, concentration, teamwork, resilience, accountability, and feedback practices
- Conducting individual and small-group coaching sessions that link each child's personal goals and interests to measurable academic outcomes
- Developing and iterating on playbooks that convert your most effective techniques into replicable frameworks other Guides can implement reliably
- Training Guides on these playbooks and exemplifying best-in-class facilitation to maintain consistent standards as the team expands
What you will NOT be doing
- Providing direct academic instruction or lecturing; adaptive applications handle content delivery while you focus on coaching people
- Reducing expectations in response to student challenges
- Managing remotely in the manner of traditional instructional coaches or principals; you remain embedded daily within your own cohort
- Overseeing the full campus budget, operations, and parent communications; a Campus Lead manages those areas so you can concentrate on student and Guide performance
- Advocating for traditional pedagogical approaches or adhering to standard K-12 curricula
Key responsibilities
Fulfill Alpha's three core commitments to every K-3 student: they develop a love for school, achieve learning gains at twice the standard rate, and cultivate outstanding life skills and self-sufficiency.
Candidate requirements
- Available to work on-site at an Alpha campus in New York City, NY; Miami, FL; or San Francisco, CA; relocation assistance is available
- Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Business, Organizational Leadership, Child Development, or related discipline
- Minimum of 5 years of experience working with elementary-aged children (approximately ages 5 to 9)
- Demonstrated experience leading a team of 5 or more individuals, including hiring and performance-based termination authority
- Proven experience building, launching, or substantially scaling a program, team, school, or initiative from inception, rather than managing an established operation
- Willingness 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
- Demonstrated history using data systems, dashboards, or analytics to identify performance gaps and generate measurable gains
- Experience coaching or managing other adults to achieve specific, measurable results rather than executing work independently
- Background in youth development, camp leadership, competitive athletics coaching, tutoring, or enrichment programs where motivational strategies were essential
- Demonstrated ability and confidence facilitating or presenting to large groups of young children
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