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

About the role

$100,000 annual W2 compensation, distributed weekly; full medical, dental, and vision coverage begins day one
On-site position at an Alpha school in Phoenix, AZ; Oklahoma City, OK; Tulsa, OK; Nashville, TN; Austin, TX; Fort Worth, TX; Houston, TX; or Park City (Salt Lake City), UT (relocation assistance available)

Responsibilities

• Facilitating one-hour life-skills workshops for groups of 10-15 K-3 students covering public speaking, concentration, feedback, and other foundational competencies
• Conducting daily individual and small-group coaching sessions that maintain momentum toward weekly app targets, leveraging Coachbot analytics, Alpha's incentive structures (school currency, leaderboards), and the personal connection you have developed with each child
• Delivering the Test2Pass (Alpha's mastery-based evaluation) for each life skill, and supporting students who do not pass until mastery is achieved
• Engaging kindergarteners using songs, narratives, physical movement, and humor, while holding second and third graders accountable to concrete, trackable outcomes
• Serving as the warm presence children are eager to see at arrival AND the adult who will not permit them to settle for less than their best

Requirements

• Willing to work on-site at an Alpha campus in Phoenix, AZ; Oklahoma City, OK; Tulsa, OK; Nashville, TN; Austin, TX; Fort Worth, TX; Houston, TX; or Park City (Salt Lake City), UT (relocation support provided)
• Bachelor's degree in any discipline
• At least 3 years of direct experience working with children ages 4 to 9 (early-elementary instruction, coaching, tutoring, camp counseling, or youth program leadership)
• A concrete example you can articulate of motivating a young child toward a difficult goal: the goal itself, your actions, and the result
• Willingness to allow AI to deliver instructional content while you concentrate on motivation and life-skills coaching
• Able to participate in a paid training program at our Austin, TX campus
• Willingness to allow AI to deliver instructional content while you concentrate on motivation and life-skills coaching
• Legally authorized to work in the US without visa sponsorship

Qualifications

• Background in youth sports coaching, children's theater, camp leadership, Montessori or progressive early education, or after-school programs where you held direct accountability for motivating young children toward defined objectives
• Demonstrated success transforming hesitant or reluctant young children into engaged, confident contributors

Skills

• Natural performer's instinct with young children — the capacity to captivate a room of kindergarteners through voice, playfulness, and physical presence

Benefits

• Full medical, dental, and vision coverage begins day one

Pay

$50 USD/hour, which equates to $100,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year.

Schedule

Full-time (40 hours per week)

Application

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