Counselor, Alpha

About the Role

You will coach K‑8 students in an AI‑powered learning environment, facilitating life‑skills workshops and motivating students toward weekly application targets.

Compensation: $100,000 annual W2, paid weekly. Full health, dental, and vision coverage from day one.

On‑site role at Alpha K‑8 campuses located in Scottsdale (Phoenix), AZ;
Denver, CO;
Oklahoma City, OK;
Tulsa, OK;
Nashville, TN;
Austin, TX;
Brownsville, TX;
Fort Worth, TX;
Houston (Central, South, or The Woodlands), TX;
Park City, UT (Salt Lake City area). Relocation assistance available.

• Facilitating one‑hour life‑skills sessions for K‑8 groups covering public speaking, focus, feedback, and other essential skills, modifying the framework and creating new sessions when needed.
• Conducting daily individual and small‑group motivation meetings that drive every student to 100% of their weekly app targets, leveraging Coachbot analytics and Alpha’s reward systems.
• Delivering the Test2
  
  Pass mastery evaluation for each life skill and continuing to coach students who do not pass until mastery is achieved.
• Adjusting your coaching approach across a broad age spectrum, from kindergarteners requiring high energy and physical activity to 8th graders needing direct conversation and personal accountability.
• Serving as the adult who maintains expectations and earns trust; connection allows you to challenge students and demonstrate confidence in their potential.

• Delivering whiteboard lessons; academic content is housed in the applications.
• Creating curriculum from scratch; you animate an established framework with enthusiasm and narrative.
• Monitoring students at workstations; motivation is hands‑on, interpersonal, and persistent.
• Reducing a weekly target to enable a student to reach it; the solution is support, not goal adjustment.
• Evaluating assignments, conducting standardized test preparation, or handling parent outreach; campus leads manage family communication.

Guarantee that every student in your K‑8 cohort completes their weekly learning targets, achieves mastery in each life skill, and finishes the year reporting that they loved you.

• Must be able to work in‑person at an Alpha campus in Scottsdale (Phoenix), AZ;
  Denver, CO;
  Oklahoma City, OK;
  Tulsa, OK;
  Nashville, TN;
  Austin, TX;
  Brownsville, TX;
  Fort Worth, TX;
  Houston, TX (Central, South, or The Woodlands);
  Park City, UT.
• Bachelor’s degree in any discipline.
• Minimum 3 years of direct experience working with K‑8 students (classroom instruction, coaching, tutoring, camp counseling, or youth program management).
• A concrete example you can articulate of motivating a K‑8 student toward a challenging objective: the objective, your actions, and the result.
• Comfort with AI delivering instructional content while you focus on motivation and life‑skills coaching.
• Regular use of generative AI platforms (e.g., ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude).
• Legal authorization to work in the US without visa sponsorship.

• Background in youth sports coaching, debate, camp leadership, theater, or after‑school programming with direct responsibility for motivating children toward defined objectives.
• History of personal high performance (academic, athletic, or professional) that demonstrates holding others to demanding standards.
• Strong narrative and presentation skills to engage a room of 12‑year‑olds for an hour without raising your voice.
• Demonstrated ability to convert disengaged or reluctant students into active contributors.

This is a full‑time (40 hours per week), long‑term position. Compensation is $100,000 per year, equivalent to $50 per hour, paid weekly. The role is available immediately and involves an independent contractor agreement as a Contractor of Record with the recruiting firm.