Associate, Alpha - $100,000/year USD

Current openings at this compensation level are in Scottsdale, AZ; Oklahoma City and Tulsa, OK; Nashville, TN; Dallas, Plano, Fort Worth, Houston, and Brownsville, TX; Springfield, MA; and Park City, UT. Relocation assistance is available.

About the role

At Alpha, students master core subjects through adaptive AI-powered learning platforms. Your role is not academic instruction—it’s motivation and life skills. You’ll facilitate workshops and one-on-one sessions to drive students toward 100% completion of weekly app objectives, using data, incentives, and trust. Success is measured by three metrics: every student completes their weekly goals, demonstrates mastery on life-skill assessments, and reports valuing your support. Falling short on any metric means the role hasn’t been fulfilled.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate one-hour life-skills workshops for K-8 cohorts covering public speaking, focus, and constructive feedback practices
• Conduct daily individual and small-group motivation sessions to drive every student to 100% completion of weekly app goals, using Coachbot analytics and Alpha’s incentive structures (school currency, leaderboards)
• Deliver the Test2Pass mastery assessment for each life skill, then provide additional coaching until mastery is achieved
• Refine the workshop playbook and create new sessions to ensure content resonates with kindergarteners through 8th graders
• Serve as both the adult who maintains high expectations and the adult students voluntarily confide in
• Guarantee every student achieves weekly learning objectives, demonstrates mastery of life skills, and concludes the year affirming they enjoyed school

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Delivering whiteboard lectures, designing math and reading curricula, or grading assignments (academic content is delivered through apps)
• Conducting standardized test preparation or being accountable for class-wide test performance
• Managing parent conferences, correspondence, or concerns (campus leadership handles all parent communication)
• Managing behavior for 30 students simultaneously (cohorts are intentionally small, and behavior intervention is one-on-one)
• Passively monitoring students at computers (motivation work is hands-on and relational)

Requirements

• Able to work in person at an Alpha campus in Scottsdale, AZ; Oklahoma City or Tulsa, OK; Nashville, TN; Dallas, Plano, Fort Worth, Houston, or Brownsville, TX; Springfield, MA; or Park City, UT
• Bachelor’s degree in any field
• Minimum 3 years of direct experience working with K-8 students (e.g., classroom instruction, tutoring, athletic coaching, camp leadership, or youth programming)
• Comfortable allowing adaptive learning software to handle academic instruction while you focus on motivation and life-skills coaching
• A demonstrated history of high achievement—academic, athletic, or professional—that reflects habitual upholding of rigorous standards
• Stage presence capable of engaging a room of 12-year-olds for an hour without escalating volume
• Legal authorization to work in the United States without visa sponsorship

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Background in youth athletics coaching, debate, drama, camp leadership, or after-school programming where you held direct accountability for students achieving defined goals
• Experience delivering social-emotional learning (SEL) or durable-skills instruction
• A specific example of a student who transitioned from disengaged or resistant to fully committed, including the precise intervention you employed
• Regular use of generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini

About Alpha

Alpha reimagines the school day around faster learning, stronger mentorship, and more time for students to build real-world skills. The team includes guides (teachers), operators, admissions experts, school and curriculum leaders, and remote team members. Alpha offers six-figure roles for those ready to help build a radically better school experience, with a culture built for builders—fast-moving, ambitious, and student-focused.

Benefits

This is a full-time, W2 employee position with immediate access to benefits. All roles are year-long positions.

Pay

$100,000 USD/year, paid weekly.