Associate, Alpha - $100,000/year USD

$100,000/year W2 salary paid weekly; health, dental, and vision benefits begin day oneOn-site at an Alpha K-8 campus in Scottsdale (Phoenix), AZ; Oklahoma City, OK; Tulsa, OK; Nashville, TN; Austin, TX; Brownsville, TX; Fort Worth, TX; Houston (Central, South, or The Woodlands), TX; Park City, UT (Salt Lake City area) — relocation support available You are not here to teach. You are here to motivate. The most meaningful thing you can do for a student who reaches 99% of their goal is refuse to accept it as complete. If that expectation unsettles you, this role is not for you. If it energizes you—because maintaining high standards is how you demonstrate belief in a student's potential—continue reading. At Alpha, students complete their academics through AI-powered applications. No lectures. No textbooks. Half of each day, you facilitate one-hour life-skills workshops covering public speaking, focus, and how to give and receive constructive feedback. The other half, you work with students individually or in small groups, analyze their progress using Coachbot analytics, and drive each one toward 100% completion of their weekly app goals. You will not follow a rigid script—workshops provide a foundation, but top performers in this role customize them and create new ones when a need arises. A successful quarter means every student in your cohort completes their weekly app goals, passes the Test2Pass for every life-skills workshop, and 90%+ report that they love you. Falling short on any of these three is falling short of the role. In your first year, you master the playbook; as you demonstrate the ability to uphold standards, you become eligible for Lead Guide, where you mentor newer hires while continuing to work directly with students. If you are drawn to traditional teaching, prefer pre-packaged curriculum, or view warmth and rigor as incompatible, this is not the right fit. If you have been an athletic coach, a camp counselor, a tutor who would not let a student give up, or a performer capable of commanding a room of eight-year-olds, the final step before receiving an offer is spending a full day on campus coaching actual Alpha students. If that prospect excites you most, apply today. What You Will Be Doing Facilitating one-hour life-skills workshops for K-8 cohorts on topics including public speaking, focus, feedback, and other transferable skills, customizing the playbook and creating new sessions when you identify a needConducting daily 1:1 and small-group motivation sessions that drive every student to 100% completion of their weekly app goals, leveraging Coachbot analytics, Alpha's incentive structures (school currency, leaderboards), and your individual relationship with each student to overcome resistanceAdministering the Test2Pass (Alpha's mastery-based assessment) for each life skill, then coaching students who do not pass until they achieve masteryAdjusting your coaching approach across a broad age spectrum, from kindergarteners who require high energy and physical activity to 8th graders who respond to candid conversation and accountabilityServing as the adult who maintains high standards and the adult students want to confide in; warmth grants you the credibility to challenge, and challenging demonstrates your belief in their capacity What You Won’t Be Doing Delivering lectures at a whiteboard; academic content is embedded in the apps, not delivered by youCreating curriculum from the ground up; you animate a proven playbook through energy and narrativePassively monitoring kids at computers; motivation in this role is active, individualized, and persistentReducing a weekly goal to make it easier for a student to reach; when a student falls behind, the solution is supporting the student, not adjusting the targetGrading homework, preparing for standardized tests, or handling parent communication; Campus Leads manage parent-facing responsibilities, and the rest do not exist in this model Associate Key Responsibilities Ensure every student in your K-8 cohort completes their weekly learning goals, achieves mastery in each life skill, and finishes the year reporting that they loved you. Basic Requirements Willing to work on-site at an Alpha campus in Scottsdale (Phoenix), AZ; Oklahoma City, OK; Tulsa, OK; Nashville, TN; Austin, TX; Brownsville, TX; Fort Worth, TX; Houston, TX (Central, South, or The Woodlands); Park City, UT — relocation support availableBachelor's degree in any fieldMinimum 3 years of direct experience working with K-8 students (classroom teaching, coaching, tutoring, camp counseling, or youth program leadership)A concrete example you can articulate of motivating a K-8 student toward a challenging goal: the goal itself, your actions, and the resultComfort allowing AI to deliver instructional content while you concentrate on motivation and life-skills coachingDaily use of generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude)Legal authorization to work in the US without visa sponsorship (or in Canada for the Toronto campus) Nice-to-have Requirements Background in youth sports coaching, debate, camp leadership, theater, or after-school programs where you held direct responsibility for motivating children toward measurable goalsPersonal record of high achievement (academic, athletic, or professional) such that holding others to rigorous standards is a consistent trait, not an adopted stanceStorytelling ability and stage presence sufficient to engage a room of 12-year-olds for an hour without needing to raise your voiceDemonstrated success converting disengaged or reluctant students into active, motivated participants About Alpha Join the team building school around student growth 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. There is so much to cover for this exciting role, and space here is limited. Hit the Apply button if you found this interesting and want to learn more. We look forward to meeting you! Working with us This is a full-time (40 hours per week), long-term position. The position is immediately available and requires entering into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover as a Contractor of Record. The compensation level for this role is $50 USD/hour, which equates to $100,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly. Consult www.crossover.com/help-and-faqs for more details on this topic. Crossover Job Code: LJ-4415-US-Murfrees-Associate.003