Personalized Learning Guide K-2, Alpha

Overview

On-site role at Alpha School campuses across multiple locations. Relocation assistance available for some positions. Annual compensation of $120,000, distributed weekly, with full health, dental, and vision coverage beginning on day one. Aligned with the school-year calendar and predictable daily hours.

• Conduct daily motivational sessions with K-2 students: analyze Coachbot data, set personalized objectives, and apply Alpha's motivational framework (leaderboards, school currency, individual coaching) to achieve goal attainment.
• Facilitate one-hour life skills workshops focused on public speaking, concentration, constructive feedback, and time management—experiential and project-driven per Alpha's curriculum framework.
• Guide emotional self-regulation, resilience, and critical thinking in collaboration with Reading Specialists responsible for literacy development.
• Oversee Test2
  
  Pass mastery evaluations where students prove comprehension and internalization before progression.
• Establish authentic connections with each student by understanding their passions, capabilities, and challenges so guidance is tailored.

• Teaching from the front of the classroom or providing direct academic instruction. Academic content is delivered through adaptive applications.
• Creating curriculum independently. Alpha provides the life skills curriculum and lesson frameworks; your role is to execute them effectively.
• Advancing students who haven t proven mastery. If they achieved 99%, guide them to 100%.
• Supervising children passively while they use computers. Every moment is structured around active guidance, motivation, and competency development.
• Handling parent communications or campus-wide logistics. Those responsibilities belong to the Campus Lead.

• Bachelor s degree from an accredited institution in any discipline.
• Minimum of 3 years working directly with children ages 4–7 (classroom settings, after school programs, youth coaching, camp environments, or comparable contexts).
• Proven ability to manage groups of young children with clear structure while maintaining high engagement levels.
• Engaging storyteller and dynamic presenter capable of captivating 5-year-olds.
• Track record of incorporating feedback to drive continuous personal improvement.
• On-site availability at an Alpha campus location (Chicago, IL;
  Miami, FL;
  Palo Alto, CA;
  Piedmont, CA;
  San Francisco, CA; Santa Monica, CA; Lake Forest, CA; Greenwich, CT; Boston, MA; relocation support provided).
• Current legal authorization to work in the United States without requiring sponsorship.

• Experience in youth sports coaching, camp program leadership, or after school coordination with participant engagement and measurable outcomes.
• Background in performance disciplines (theater, public speaking, improvisational arts) to captivate young children.
• Familiarity with adaptive learning systems or educational technology in classroom or tutoring contexts.
• Personal history of high achievement that informs maintaining elevated standards for students.

Alpha School is on a mission to reshape education with a bold approach that uses AI to accelerate learning and unleash student potential. The school emphasizes learning through adaptive software and a life-skills-focused curriculum, with guidance provided by on-site Guides rather than traditional front-of-classroom instruction.

This 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, totaling $120,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly.