The curriculum is already designed. The AI is already programmed to deliver instruction. Your role is to help a child discover they're capable of things they never imagined.
At Alpha, academic work is completed in only two hours per day through adaptive technology. This structure allows Guides to concentrate on what truly transforms lives: fostering resilience, confidence, communication skills, and the determination to embrace difficult challenges. You won't be standing in front of a classroom delivering lessons. Instead, you'll be coaching students through obstacles, recognizing their successes, and demonstrating what rigorous standards look like when combined with authentic support.
You'll guide one K-3 cohort band—Kindergarten-1st grade or 2nd-3rd grade. Approximately half your time is devoted to facilitating dynamic, one-hour workshops focused on essential life skills such as public speaking, concentration, and constructive feedback. The remaining time is spent providing individual and small-group coaching, leveraging learning analytics to ensure every student progresses toward challenging weekly objectives. Every moment counts. Students should emerge from your workshops with greater capability and leave coaching sessions with expanded belief in their potential.
This position is not designed for someone seeking to deliver standard curriculum or oversee a traditional classroom. It's intended for someone who is energized by motivating young learners, values measurable progress, and understands that the right mentor can fundamentally alter a child's path. If you've made an impact with children as an educator, athletic coach, camp director, youth mentor, or performer, you'll discover a distinctly different classroom experience here.
This is a full-time, in-person position based at an Alpha campus. We conduct national recruitment, so job postings may appear in nearby cities that do not currently host a campus.
Current positions are open in La Jolla (San Diego), Orange County (Lake Forest), Los Angeles (South Bay, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Malibu), San Francisco Bay Area (San Francisco, Palo Alto, Piedmont), Greenwich, CT, Boca Raton, Miami, Miami Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Chicago, Boston, New York City, and Kirkland (Seattle area).
If your preferred campus is not listed, we encourage you to apply and indicate your desired location—we will evaluate you for suitable opportunities.
What you will be doing
- Facilitate dynamic life-skills workshops designed to help K-3 students develop communication, concentration, feedback reception, and other foundational competencies through active engagement rather than passive instruction.
- Provide one-on-one and small-group coaching, utilizing Coachbot analytics, established motivation frameworks, and meaningful relationships to ensure every student meets ambitious weekly learning targets.
- Evaluate life-skill proficiency using Alpha's Test2Pass framework, continuing to coach students until they demonstrate genuine mastery—not merely attendance.
- Tailor your coaching approach to match the developmental stage of your cohort, incorporating songs, physical activity, and narrative for younger children or emphasizing greater autonomy and responsibility for older students.
- Cultivate relationships where students feel sufficiently encouraged to reach beyond their perceived limitations.
What you will NOT be doing
- Delivering academic instruction from the front of the room. Academic content is taught via adaptive software.
- Creating lesson plans from the ground up. You'll refine and customize existing, proven frameworks rather than designing new content.
- Supervising students as they work quietly on computers. Your function is active mentorship, encouragement, and engagement.
- Reducing standards when students face difficulty. Growth happens by supporting students to meet the challenge, not by adjusting the challenge downward.
- Overseeing homework assignments, grading assessments, or managing day-to-day parent correspondence.
Key Responsibilities
Develop a cohort of K-3 students who are enthusiastic about attending school, reliably meet ambitious learning objectives, and acquire the life skills that equip them for long-term success beyond elementary education.
Candidate Requirements
- Willing to work in person at an Alpha campus. Current positions are open in La Jolla (San Diego); Orange County (Lake Forest); Los Angeles (South Bay, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Malibu); San Francisco Bay Area (San Francisco, Palo Alto, Piedmont); Greenwich, CT; Boca Raton; Miami; Miami Beach; Palm Beach Gardens; Chicago; Boston; New York City; and Kirkland (Seattle area). Relocation support is provided.
- Bachelor's degree in any discipline.
- A minimum of 3 years of direct experience working with children ages 4-9 in teaching, coaching, tutoring, camps, youth programs, or comparable settings.
- Demonstrated success motivating young children to reach demanding goals, with concrete examples of your influence.
- Comfort integrating AI-powered learning tools while dedicating your own efforts to coaching, motivation, and life-skill instruction.
- The capacity to combine warmth with consistently high expectations.
- Legal authorization to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship.
Nice to have
- Background in youth athletics, children's theater, camp leadership, Montessori education, progressive schooling, or engaging after-school programs.
- Personal track record of reaching ambitious objectives in academics, sports, or professional life.
- Exceptional narrative or performance abilities that naturally engage young children's attention.
- Success in helping hesitant or reserved children become confident, active contributors.
This position is also known as:
- Youth Development Coach
- Student Success Coach
- Early Childhood Educator
- Learning Coach
- Kindergarten Teacher
