2nd Grade Teacher, Alpha - $120,000/year USD

An AI can teach a six-year-old to read. It cannot make her care. That gap is your job.At Alpha, students in grades K–2 complete their academics through AI-driven apps in a two-hour daily block. No lectures. No worksheets. Half of your day is spent facilitating one-hour life-skills workshops—public speaking, focus, giving and receiving feedback. A playbook exists, but the strongest performers in this role tailor it to their cohort and create new activities when needed. The other half of your day, you work with students individually or in small groups, analyze Coachbot data, and coach each child toward 100% completion of their weekly app goals. Warmth buys you the credibility to push. Pushing communicates that you believe they are capable.A successful quarter means every student completes their weekly app goals, passes the Test2Pass for every life-skills workshop, and 90%+ report that they love you. Fall short on any of those three and you have fallen short of the role. In your first year you master the playbook; once you demonstrate you can maintain the bar, the opportunity opens to advance to Lead Guide, where you mentor newer hires while continuing to run your own cohort.If you love traditional teaching, prefer a curriculum delivered to you unchanged, or view warmth and high standards as opposing forces, this role is not for you. If you have been an early-elementary teacher who excelled at circle time, a camp counselor for young children, a youth sports coach, or a children's theater performer, the final step before an offer is a shadow day coaching actual Alpha students. Apply today.What You Will Be DoingFacilitating one-hour life-skills workshops for K-2 cohorts on public speaking, focus, feedback, and other enduring skills, tailoring the playbook to your cohort rather than delivering it verbatim.Conducting daily 1:1 and small-group motivation sessions that keep every student on track for weekly app goals, leveraging Coachbot analytics, Alpha's incentive systems (school currency, leaderboards), and the relationship you have established with each child.Administering the Test2Pass, Alpha's mastery-based assessment, for each life skill, and coaching students who do not pass until mastery is achieved.Meeting kindergarteners where they are with songs, stories, movement, and playfulness while maintaining real, measurable standards for first and second graders.Being the warm adult kids are excited to see at drop-off AND the adult who will not allow them to coast.What You Won’t Be DoingLecturing from the whiteboard. Academic instruction is delivered through the apps, not by you.Writing curriculum from scratch. Alpha supplies the playbook and you animate it.Supervising kids at computers. Motivation here is active, personal, and sustained.Lowering a weekly goal so a child can reach it. If a student is behind, the solution is the student, not the target.Grading homework, conducting standardized test prep, or managing parent communication. Campus Leads handle parent-facing work, and the rest does not exist here.2nd Grade Teacher Key ResponsibilitiesEnsure every student in your K-2 cohort completes their weekly learning goals, masters each life skill, and finishes the year reporting that they loved you.Basic RequirementsWilling to work on-site at an Alpha campus in La Jolla (San Diego), Lake Forest (Orange County), Palo Alto, Piedmont, San Francisco, Santa Monica, or South Bay (LA), CA; Greenwich, CT; Boca Raton, Miami, or Miami Beach, FL; Chicago, IL; or Boston, MA (relocation support provided).Bachelor's degree in any subject.At least 3 years working directly with children ages 4 to 7 (early-elementary teaching, coaching, tutoring, camp counseling, or youth program leadership).A specific example you can describe of motivating a young child to a hard goal: the goal, what you did, and the outcome.Willingness to let AI handle the instructional content while you focus on motivation and life-skills coaching.Willingness to hold high standards with students even when they push back.Legally authorized to work in the US without visa sponsorship.About 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 $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. Consult www.crossover.com/help-and-faqs for more details on this topic.Crossover Job Code: LJ-5634-US-BeverlyH-2ndGradeTeache