Student Learning Coach, Alpha - $120,000/year USD

About the role

This is not a teaching position. You are here to motivate. The most powerful way to support a student who reaches 99% of their target is to refuse to accept it as complete. If that principle unsettles you, this role is not the right fit. If it energizes you—because you know that holding a high standard is the clearest way to communicate belief in a student's potential—then read on.

Responsibilities

• Facilitating one-hour life-skills workshops for K-8 cohorts covering public speaking, focus, feedback exchange, and other enduring competencies, customizing the framework and creating new sessions when you identify a need
• Conducting daily individual and small-group motivation sessions that drive each student toward their weekly app targets, leveraging Coachbot analytics, Alpha's incentive structures (school currency, leaderboards), and your individual rapport with each student to overcome reluctance
• Administering Test2Pass (Alpha's competency-based assessment) for each life skill, and coaching students who fall short until they achieve mastery
• Adjusting your coaching approach across a broad age spectrum, from kindergarteners requiring high energy and physical activity to 8th graders needing candid conversations and accountability
• Analyzing weekly cohort performance data in Coachbot, pinpointing students who are behind, and modifying your coaching tactics for the upcoming week based on the data

Requirements

• Willing to work on-site at an Alpha campus in Beverly Hills, CA; Piedmont, CA; Greenwich, CT; Boca Raton, FL; Fort Lauderdale, FL; Miami Beach, FL; Palm Beach Gardens, FL; Chicago, IL; Raleigh, NC; Portland, OR (relocation assistance provided)
• Bachelor's degree in any field
• A minimum of 3 years of direct experience working 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 objective, your actions, and the result
• Comfort with AI managing instructional content while you concentrate on motivation and life-skills coaching
• Authorization to work in the US without requiring visa sponsorship

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 defined objectives
• Personal track record of high achievement (academic, athletic, or professional), demonstrating that holding others to rigorous standards is intrinsic, not performative
• Narrative ability and stage presence sufficient to engage a room of 12-year-olds for an hour without needing to raise your voice
• Promised ability to transform disengaged or resistant students into active, motivated learners

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.

Benefits

At Alpha, health, dental, and vision coverage begins day one.

Pay

$60 USD/hour, which equates to $120,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly.

Schedule

This is a full-time (40 hours per week), long-term position.