2nd Grade Teacher, Alpha - $100,000/year USD

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate dynamic life-skills workshops that enable K-3 students to develop communication, concentration, feedback reception, and other enduring competencies through active engagement rather than passive instruction.
• Provide individualized and small-group coaching, utilizing Coachbot analytics, established motivation frameworks, and meaningful relationships to ensure each child advances toward challenging weekly learning targets.
• Evaluate life-skill proficiency using Alpha's Test2Pass methodology, guiding students until they exhibit genuine mastery—not merely attendance.
• Tailor your coaching approach to match the developmental stage of your cohort, incorporating songs, physical activity, and narratives for younger children or emphasizing greater autonomy and responsibility for older students.
• Cultivate relationships in which students feel sufficiently encouraged to push past their perceived limitations.

Basic Requirements

• Willing to work on-site at one of Alpha's campuses.
• Bachelor's degree in any subject.
• At least 3 years of experience working directly with children ages 4-9 through teaching, coaching, tutoring, camps, youth programs, or similar environments.
• A track record of motivating young children to achieve challenging goals, with specific examples of your impact.
• Comfort using AI-powered learning while focusing your own energy on coaching, motivation, and life-skill development.
• The ability to balance warmth with unwavering expectations.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States without visa sponsorship.

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Background in youth athletics, children's performance arts, camp administration, Montessori education, progressive schooling models, or highly interactive after-school initiatives.
• Firsthand experience pursuing and attaining ambitious objectives in academic, athletic, or professional contexts.
• Demonstrated success in helping hesitant or reserved children become self-assured, active contributors.

About Alpha

Alpha reimagines the school day around faster learning, stronger mentorship, and more time for students to build real-world skills. Roles with real student impact: Alpha hires teachers (guides), operators, admissions experts, school & curriculum leaders, and remote team members. Education work that pays like it matters: Alpha offers six-figure roles for people ready to help build a radically better school experience. A culture built for builders: Alpha is fast-moving, ambitious, and student focused. It’s for people who want to improve the system, not maintain it. Alpha is where you can do the most meaningful work of your career.