2nd Grade Teacher, Alpha - $120,000/year USD

What You Will Be Doing

• Facilitate dynamic life-skills workshops designed to help K-3 students develop communication, concentration, feedback reception, and other foundational competencies through active engagement rather than passive instruction.
• Provide one-on-one and small-group coaching, utilizing Coachbot analytics, established motivation frameworks, and meaningful relationships to ensure every student meets ambitious weekly learning targets.
• Evaluate life-skill proficiency using Alpha's Test2Pass framework, continuing to coach students until they demonstrate genuine mastery—not merely attendance.
• Tailor your coaching approach to match the developmental stage of your cohort, incorporating songs, physical activity, and narrative for younger children or emphasizing greater autonomy and responsibility for older students.
• Cultivate relationships where students feel sufficiently encouraged to reach beyond their perceived limitations.

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Delivering academic instruction from the front of the room.
• Creating lesson plans from the ground up.
• Supervising students as they work quietly on computers.
• Reducing standards when students face difficulty.
• Overseeing homework assignments, grading assessments, or managing day-to-day parent correspondence.

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.

Basic Requirements

• Willing to work in person at an Alpha campus.
• Current positions are open in La Jolla (San Diego); Orange County (Lake Forest); Los Angeles (South Bay, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Malibu); San Francisco Bay Area (San Francisco, Palo Alto, Piedmont); Greenwich, CT; Boca Raton; Miami; Miami Beach; Palm Beach Gardens; Chicago; Boston; New York City; and Kirkland (Seattle area).
• Relocation support is provided.
• Bachelor's degree in any discipline.
• A minimum of 3 years of direct experience working with children ages 4-9 in teaching, coaching, tutoring, camps, youth programs, or comparable settings.
• Demonstrated success motivating young children to reach demanding goals, with concrete examples of your influence.
• Comfort integrating AI-powered learning tools while dedicating your own efforts to coaching, motivation, and life-skill instruction.
• The capacity to combine warmth with consistently high expectations.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship.

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Background in youth athletics, children's theater, camp leadership, Montessori education, progressive schooling, or engaging after-school programs.
• Personal track record of reaching ambitious objectives in academics, sports, or professional life.
• Exceptional narrative or performance abilities that naturally engage young children's attention.
• Success in helping hesitant or reserved children become confident, active contributors.