Educator, Alpha - $100,000/year USD

$100,000/year W2 salary paid weekly; health, dental, and vision benefits start on day oneOn-site role 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 support available)You are not here to teach. You are here to motivate.The most caring thing you can do for a six-year-old who reached 99% of their goal is tell them it isn't finished. If that expectation unsettles you, this role is not for you. If it energizes you because maintaining high standards is how you communicate belief in a kindergartener's potential, read on.At Alpha, K-2 students complete their academics through AI-powered apps in two hours each day. No lectures. No worksheets. You will spend half your day facilitating one-hour life-skills workshops on topics like public speaking, focus, and how to give and receive feedback. These workshops provide a foundation, not a rigid script—the most effective people in this role tailor them to their group and create new ones when needed. The other half of your day is spent coaching students individually or in small groups, analyzing Coachbot data, and guiding each child to reach 100% of their weekly app targets. With five- and six-year-olds, energy and playfulness are not optional—they are the tools that sustain attention long enough for learning to happen. Warmth builds trust and earns you the authority to push. Pushing demonstrates your confidence in their ability to succeed.A successful quarter means every student completes their weekly app goals, passes the Test2Pass for each life-skills workshop, and 90%+ report that they love you. Falling short on any of these three measures means the role was not fulfilled. In your first year, you will internalize the operating model; as you demonstrate the ability to uphold expectations, you become eligible for Lead Guide, where you mentor newer team members while continuing to work directly with students.If you are drawn to traditional teaching, prefer ready-made curriculum, or see warmth and rigor as incompatible, this is not the right fit. If you have been an early-elementary teacher who excelled during circle time, a camp counselor for young children, a youth sports coach, a children's theater performer, or anyone capable of commanding a room of kindergarteners through voice, play, and presence, the final stage before an offer is a shadow day on campus where you coach actual Alpha students. If that prospect excites you most, submit your application today.What You Will Be DoingFacilitating one-hour life-skills workshops for cohorts of 10-15 K-2 students, covering public speaking, focus, feedback, and other foundational skillsConducting daily 1:1 and small-group coaching sessions that help students stay on track for weekly app targets, using Coachbot analytics, Alpha's incentive structures (school currency, leaderboards), and the individual relationship you have built with each childAdministering the Test2Pass (Alpha's mastery-based assessment) for each life skill, and coaching students who do not pass until they achieve masteryMeeting kindergarteners at their developmental level with songs, stories, movement, and humor, while maintaining real, measurable expectations for first and second gradersBeing the warm adult children are excited to see at drop-off AND the adult who does not allow them to settle for lessWhat You Won’t Be DoingDelivering instruction from the whiteboard; academic content is delivered through the apps, not by youDeveloping curriculum from the ground up; Alpha supplies the framework and you execute itPassively supervising children on computers; motivation in this model is active, individualized, and sustainedAdjusting a weekly goal downward so a child can meet it; when a student falls behind, the solution is to support the student, not lower the targetGrading homework, running standardized test prep, or managing parent communication; Campus Leads handle parent-facing responsibilities, and the rest does not exist in this modelEducator Key ResponsibilitiesEnsure every student in your K-2 cohort reaches their weekly learning targets, demonstrates mastery of each life skill, and finishes the year reporting that they loved you.Basic RequirementsWilling 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 support provided)Bachelor's degree in any subjectAt least 3 years of direct experience working with children ages 4 to 8 (early-elementary teaching, coaching, tutoring, camp counseling, or youth program leadership)A concrete example you can describe of motivating a young child toward a challenging goal: the goal itself, your approach, and the resultAble to attend a paid training program at our Austin, TX campusWillingness to allow AI to manage instructional content while you concentrate on motivation and life-skills coachingLegally authorized to work in the US without visa sponsorshipNice-to-have RequirementsExperience in youth athletics coaching, children's theater, camp leadership, Montessori/progressive early education, or after-school programs where you held direct responsibility for motivating young children toward specific objectivesPersonal history of high achievement (academic, athletic, or professional), such that holding others to demanding standards is a consistent trait, not an adopted stanceNatural performer's presence with young children—the capacity to hold a room of kindergarteners through voice, humor, and movementDemonstrated success turning shy or reluctant young children into confident, engaged participantsAbout AlphaWant to join a learning rebellion that’s transforming the traditional classroom? Alpha School is on a mission to reshape education with a bold approach that harnesses AI to accelerate learning and unleash student potential.They don’t play by the old rules. Alpha is creating a new paradigm where students master core academics in just two hours a day, freeing up time for hands-on, passion-driven learning that truly prepares them for the real world.Alpha School is rewriting the rules of education.Sounds too good to be true? It’s not. There is so much to cover for this exciting role, and space here is limited. Hit the Apply button if you found this interesting and want to learn more. We look forward to meeting you!Working with usThis is a full-time (40 hours per week), long-term position. The position is immediately available and requires entering into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover as a Contractor of Record. The compensation level for this role is $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. Consult www.crossover.com/help-and-faqs for more details on this topic.Crossover Job Code: LJ-5149-US-Nashvill-Educator.007