Career Coach, Alpha - $100,000/year USD

About the role

At Alpha, students master academic content through AI-driven adaptive learning applications. Your focus is on motivation and essential life skills—elements conventional schools typically relegate to the sidelines. You facilitate workshops and work individually with K-8 students to drive them toward 100% completion of their weekly app targets, using tools like school currency, leaderboards, and Coachbot analytics. Your performance is measured by three metrics: all students complete their weekly app goals, all pass the Test2Pass mastery verification for each workshop, and 90% or higher report that they love you.

This is a full-time, on-site position at one of Alpha's campuses. Current openings at this salary 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.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate one-hour life-skills workshops for K-8 groups covering public speaking, focus, and the exchange of constructive feedback.
• Conduct daily one-on-one and small-group motivation sessions to drive every student to 100% of their weekly app targets, utilizing Coachbot analytics and Alpha's incentive structures (school currency, leaderboards).
• Deliver the Test2Pass mastery assessment for each life skill, then provide additional coaching to any student who does not pass until mastery is achieved.
• Modify the workshop playbook and create new sessions when needed, ensuring content resonates with both kindergarteners and eighth graders.
• Serve as both the adult who maintains high standards and the trusted confidant your students willingly turn to.
• Guarantee that every student in your K-8 cohort completes their weekly learning targets, achieves mastery in each life skill, and finishes the year reporting they loved school.

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Delivering instruction at a whiteboard, creating math and reading lesson plans, or grading assignments (academic teaching is handled by the apps).
• Conducting standardized test preparation or being held accountable for class-wide test scores.
• Managing parent conferences, emails, or concerns (campus leadership handles all parent communication).
• Controlling behavior in large groups (cohorts are small, and behavioral work is one-on-one coaching).
• Passively monitoring children at computers (motivation here is hands-on and interpersonal).

Requirements

• Willing to work on-site at an Alpha campus in Scottsdale, AZ; Oklahoma City and Tulsa, OK; Nashville, TN; Dallas, Plano, Fort Worth, Houston, and Brownsville, TX; Springfield, MA; or Park City, UT.
• Bachelor's degree in any field.
• At least 3 years of direct experience working with K-8 students (e.g., classroom instruction, tutoring, athletic coaching, camp leadership, or youth program facilitation).
• Comfortable allowing adaptive learning software to handle academic instruction while you focus on motivation and life-skills coaching.
• A documented history of high achievement—academic, athletic, or professional—that demonstrates your ability to uphold rigorous standards.
• Command of a room sufficient to engage a group of 12-year-olds for an hour without needing to raise your voice.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship.

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Youth sports coaching, debate, theater, camp leadership, or after-school program experience where you were directly responsible for students achieving a defined objective.
• Background teaching social-emotional learning (SEL) or durable-skills curriculum.
• A specific example of a student who transitioned from disengaged or resistant to fully invested, along with the precise action you took.
• 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 organization hires 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 and fosters 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.

Pay

The compensation for this role is $100,000 USD per year, with weekly payments.