Counselor, Alpha - $100,000/year USD

About the role

This is not a teaching position. It is a motivation position. The most meaningful support you can offer a child who reaches 99% of their target is to insist they finish. If that principle feels uncomfortable, this role is not for you. If it energizes you because maintaining high expectations signals belief in a student's capacity, continue reading.

Responsibilities

• Facilitating one-hour life-skills workshops for K-8 cohorts covering public speaking, focus, feedback, and other foundational competencies—modifying the standard playbook and creating new sessions when you identify content gaps
• Conducting daily individual and small-group motivation sessions to ensure every student reaches 100% of their weekly app goals, leveraging Coachbot analytics, Alpha's incentive structures (school currency, leaderboards), and your relationship with each child to overcome resistance
• Delivering the Test2Pass—Alpha's mastery-based assessment—for each life skill, then coaching students who fall short until they achieve passing performance
• Adjusting your coaching approach across a broad developmental spectrum, from kindergarteners requiring high energy and kinesthetic engagement to eighth graders needing candid conversation and accountability
• Serving as the adult who upholds rigorous standards and simultaneously earns students' trust; warmth creates the relational capital to challenge, and challenge demonstrates your confidence in their potential

Requirements

• Available for in-person work 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 offered
• Bachelor's degree in any field
• Minimum of 3 years of direct experience working with K-8 students (classroom instruction, coaching, tutoring, camp leadership, or youth program management)
• A concrete example you can articulate of motivating a K-8 student toward a challenging objective: the objective itself, your actions, and the result
• Comfort with AI managing instructional delivery while you concentrate on motivation and life-skills development
• Regular use of generative AI platforms (e.g., ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude)

Qualifications

• Authorization to work in the United States without visa sponsorship (or in Canada for the Toronto location)

Skills

• Strong interpersonal and motivational skills
• Experience with AI-driven educational platforms
• Ability to adapt and create new content as needed

Benefits

Full health, dental, and vision coverage begins day one

Pay

$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.

Schedule

Full-time (40 hours per week)