Associate, Alpha - $100,000/year USD

About the role

This is not a teaching position. Your role is to motivate. If a student reaches 99% of their goal and you're tempted to call it complete, you're missing the point. That standard might make you uncomfortable—if so, this isn't the right fit. But if you light up at the idea of holding that bar because it demonstrates your belief in what students can achieve, read on.

Responsibilities

• Facilitating one-hour life-skills workshops for K-8 cohorts covering public speaking, focus, feedback, and other foundational skills, adapting existing content and creating new sessions when you identify gaps
• Conducting 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 resistance
• Administering Test2Pass (Alpha's mastery-based assessment) for each life skill, then coaching students who fall short until they achieve mastery
• Adjusting your coaching approach across a broad age spectrum, from kindergarteners requiring high energy and physical activity to 8th graders needing direct conversation and accountability
• Serving as the adult who maintains standards and the adult students want to confide in; warmth creates the permission to push, and pushing demonstrates your belief in their potential

Requirements

• Able to work in-person 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 assistance provided
• Bachelor's degree in any field
• Minimum of 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 result
• Comfort allowing AI to manage instructional content while you concentrate on motivation and life-skills coaching
• Daily usage of generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude)
• Legal authorization to work in the US without requiring visa sponsorship (or in Canada for the Toronto campus)

Qualifications

• Background in youth sports coaching, debate, camp leadership, drama, or after-school programs where you held direct responsibility for motivating children toward defined goals
• Storytelling ability and stage presence capable of engaging a room of 12-year-olds for an hour without volume escalation
• Promised success converting disengaged or resistant students into engaged contributors

Skills

• Generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude)

Benefits

• Full health, dental, and vision benefits from day one

Pay

$100,000/year W2 salary with weekly pay

Schedule

Full-time (40 hours per week), long-term position