2nd Grade Teacher, Alpha - $150,000/year USD

About the Role

In-person role at an Alpha campus in Austin, TX or Scottsdale (Phoenix), AZ — relocation assistance available. Alpha operates using a two-hour learning framework where morning academics are taught through adaptive applications. This frees your schedule to focus on work that transforms a child's trajectory: motivation, life skills, coaching, and accountability. You directly own a cohort of K-3 students while coaching the Guides (adults responsible for inspiring and coaching the children) who oversee their daily development. You remain actively involved every day rather than managing remotely.

A typical day alternates between three activities: reviewing performance metrics and Coachbot analytics to identify interventions, conducting coaching sessions with concrete next actions, and engaging students through workshops on public speaking, attention, or feedback. When you identify effective approaches, you document them into playbooks that establish standards for every Guide, allowing your influence to expand across the entire level.

Responsibilities

• Coach both Guides and students through performance data, classroom observation, and direct feedback, then enforce accountability to quantifiable objectives
• Lead one-hour live workshops for K-3 students addressing life skills including public speaking, focus, collaboration, resilience, accountability, and exchanging feedback
• Conduct individual and small-group motivation sessions linking each child's interests and ambitions to tangible academic achievement
• Develop and refine playbooks that convert effective methods into repeatable frameworks other Guides can apply reliably
• Train Guides on these playbooks and demonstrate excellence in facilitation to maintain standards as the team expands
• Fulfill Alpha's three commitments to every K-3 student: they love attending school, they learn at twice the typical rate, and they develop outstanding life skills and independence

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Teaching academic content or presenting lectures from the classroom front (adaptive apps handle instruction while you coach individuals)
• Reducing expectations in response to student difficulties
• Managing from a distance; you remain directly embedded with your cohort each day
• Handling the full campus budget, operations, and parent communications (a Campus Lead manages those responsibilities)
• Advocating for traditional teaching approaches or adhering to a standard K-12 curriculum

Requirements

• Willing to work in person at an Alpha campus in Austin, TX or Scottsdale (Phoenix), AZ; relocation support is provided
• Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Business, Organizational Leadership, Child Development, or a related field
• At least 5 years working with elementary-aged children (roughly ages 5 to 9)
• Experience leading a team of 5 or more people, including authority to hire and remove people based on performance outcomes
• Experience building, launching, or significantly growing a program, team, school, or initiative from the ground up (not inheriting an existing one)
• Comfortable working in a school that rejects traditional teaching methods
• Legally authorized to work in the United States

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• Master's degree in a related field
• Proven track record using metrics, dashboards, or analytics to diagnose challenges and produce measurable improvement
• Experience coaching or managing other adults toward measurable results
• Background in youth development, camp leadership, competitive coaching, tutoring, or enrichment programs where motivation played a central role
• Comfort and proficiency facilitating sessions or speaking publicly before large groups of young children

About Alpha

Alpha reimagines the school day around faster learning, stronger mentorship, and more time for students to build real-world skills. The organization hires teachers (guides), operators, admissions experts, school & curriculum leaders, and remote team members. Alpha offers six-figure roles for people ready to help build a radically better school experience, with a culture built for builders who want to improve the system, not maintain it.

Pay

$150,000 per year, paid weekly.

Schedule

Full-time, year-long W2 employee position.

Benefits

Immediate access to benefits (details available at Crossover Benefits).