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

About the role

The role involves helping K-3 students discover their capabilities through a unique, adaptive learning environment. This position focuses on fostering resilience, confidence, communication skills, and the determination to tackle challenges.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate dynamic life-skills workshops to enhance communication, concentration, feedback reception, and other foundational competencies.
• Provide one-on-one and small-group coaching using Coachbot analytics, motivation frameworks, and meaningful relationships to ensure students meet ambitious weekly learning targets.
• Evaluate life-skill proficiency using Alpha's Test2Pass framework and continue coaching until students demonstrate genuine mastery.
• Tailor coaching approaches to the developmental stage of the cohort, incorporating activities like songs, physical exercise, and narratives for younger children or emphasizing greater autonomy and responsibility for older students.
• Cultivate relationships where students feel encouraged to push beyond their perceived limits.

Requirements

• Willing to work in person at an Alpha campus.
• Current positions are open in various locations including La Jolla, Orange County, Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay Area, Greenwich, CT, Boca Raton, Miami, Chicago, Boston, New York City, and Kirkland.
• 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 influence.
• Comfort integrating AI-powered learning tools while dedicating 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.

About Alpha

Alpha reimagines the school day around faster learning, stronger mentorship, and more time for students to build real-world skills. We hire teachers (guides), operators, admissions experts, school & curriculum leaders, and remote team members. Our compensation levels are competitive, and our culture is built for builders who want to improve the system, not maintain it.