Associate, Alpha - $100,000/year USD

About the role

This is not a teaching position. You motivate. The most helpful thing you can do for a student who reached 99% of their goal is to refuse to accept it as complete. If that expectation makes you uncomfortable, this role isn't for you. If it energizes you because maintaining high standards is how you demonstrate belief in a student's ability, read on.

Responsibilities

• Facilitating one-hour life-skills workshops for K-8 cohorts covering public speaking, focus, feedback, and other essential skills, customizing the playbook and creating new sessions when you identify a need
• Conducting daily individual 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 relationship with each student to overcome resistance
• Delivering the Test2Pass (Alpha's mastery-based assessment) for each life skill, and supporting students who don't pass until they achieve mastery
• Adjusting your coaching approach across a broad age spectrum, from kindergarteners who require high energy and physical activity to 8th graders who need direct communication and accountability
• Serving as the adult who maintains standards and the adult students want to confide in; warmth gives you permission to push, and pushing demonstrates your confidence in their potential

Requirements

• Willing 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 support available
• Bachelor's degree in any subject
• At least 3 years working directly 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 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 specific objectives
• History of personal high achievement (academic, athletic, or professional), such that holding others to rigorous standards is habitual, not performative
• Narrative skills and stage presence strong enough to engage a room of 12-year-olds for an hour without needing to raise your voice
• Demonstrated success converting disengaged or reluctant students into engaged 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.

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.