Early Childhood Educator, Alpha - $100,000/year USD
About the role
At Alpha, students in grades K-3 complete academic learning through AI-driven applications during two hours each day. As a Guide, you work with one cohort band—either K-1 or 2-3—and customize your approach, tempo, and workshops for that specific band.
Responsibilities
- Facilitating one-hour life-skills workshops covering public speaking, concentration, feedback, and other enduring competencies
- Conducting daily individual and small-group motivation sessions to maintain student progress toward weekly app targets, leveraging Coachbot analytics, Alpha's incentive structures (school currency, leaderboards), and the rapport you establish with each child
- Delivering the Test2Pass (Alpha's mastery-based evaluation) for each life skill, and coaching students who fall short until they achieve mastery
- Engaging kindergarteners at their developmental level with songs, narratives, movement, and playfulness, while maintaining real, measurable expectations for second and third graders
- Serving as the warm adult children are excited to see at morning drop-off AND the adult who will not permit them to settle for less
Requirements
- Basic Requirements: Willing to work on-site at an Alpha campus in Phoenix, AZ; Oklahoma City, OK; Tulsa, OK; Nashville, TN; Austin, TX; Fort Worth, TX; Houston, TX; or Park City (Salt Lake City), UT (relocation assistance provided)
- Bachelor's degree in any field
- Minimum of 3 years working directly with children ages 4 to 9 (early-elementary instruction, coaching, tutoring, camp counseling, or youth program leadership)
- A concrete example you can articulate of motivating a young child toward a challenging goal: the goal itself, your actions, and the result
- Able to participate in a paid training program at our Austin, TX campus
- Willingness to allow AI to deliver instructional content while you concentrate on motivation and life-skills coaching
- Legally authorized to work in the US without visa sponsorship
Nice-to-have Requirements
- Background in youth sports coaching, children's theater, camp leadership, Montessori/progressive early education, or after-school programs where you held direct responsibility for motivating young children toward defined objectives
- Demonstrated success transforming reserved or reluctant young children into confident, engaged contributors
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.
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.