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

About the role

Bridging the gap between AI-driven academic instruction and genuine student engagement is your primary responsibility. You will oversee a cohort band of Kindergarten and 1st graders or 2nd and 3rd graders, focusing on life-skills workshops and individual coaching sessions.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate one-hour life-skills workshops on topics like public speaking, focus, and feedback exchange, customizing the playbook for your group.
• Conduct daily one-on-one and small-group coaching sessions to ensure students stay on track for their weekly app targets using Coachbot analytics.
• Deliver the Test2Pass, Alpha's mastery-based evaluation, for each life skill, and provide targeted coaching to students who do not pass until they achieve mastery.
• Engage kindergarteners through songs, stories, movement, and play while maintaining concrete, measurable expectations for second and third graders.
• Build trust with students to set high expectations and motivate them to reach their best potential.

Requirements

• Willing to work on-site at an Alpha campus in California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, or Massachusetts (relocation support provided).
• Willing to hold high standards with students, even when they push back.
• Willingness to let AI handle the instructional content while focusing on motivation and life-skills coaching.
• Willingness to internalize the playbook during your first year and become eligible for Lead Guide status.
• Experience in early-elementary teaching, coaching, tutoring, camp counseling, or youth program leadership.
• A specific example of motivating a young child to a hard goal, detailing the goal, actions taken, and outcomes.
• Personal history of high achievement and a track record of turning shy or resistant little kids into confident, active participants.
• Willingness to work full-time (40 hours per week) as an independent contractor with Crossover.
• Legal authorization to work in the US without visa sponsorship.

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Experience in youth athletics coaching, children's theater, camp leadership, Montessori/progressive early education, or after-school programs.
• A track record of turning shy or resistant little kids into confident, active participants.
• A natural performer's presence with little kids, able to hold a room through voice, silliness, and movement.