Educator, Alpha

Students may forget the specifics of each lesson, but they never forget the adult who truly believed in their potential. That defines this role. Alpha students complete their academic work in just two hours daily through adaptive learning technology, allowing Guides to dedicate their energy to cultivating confidence, resilience, communication skills, and the drive to embrace difficult challenges.

You’ll coach students through obstacles, acknowledge their successes, and demonstrate rigorous standards combined with authentic support. You’ll guide a single K-3 cohort band—either Kindergarten‑1st grade or 2nd‑3rd grade. Approximately half your time will be devoted to facilitating dynamic, one‑hour workshops focused on life skills such as public speaking, concentration, and constructive feedback. The remaining time is dedicated to individual and small‑group coaching, leveraging learning analytics to ensure every child progresses toward challenging weekly objectives.

• Facilitate dynamic life‑skills workshops that enable K‑3 students to develop communication, concentration, feedback skills, and other enduring competencies through hands‑on engagement rather than passive instruction.
• Provide one‑on‑one and small‑group coaching, utilizing Coachbot analytics, validated motivation frameworks, and meaningful relationships to ensure every child remains aligned with challenging weekly learning targets.
• Evaluate life‑skill proficiency using Alpha's Test2
  
  Pass system, coaching students until they exhibit genuine mastery—not merely attendance or effort.
• Tailor your coaching approach to match the developmental stage of your cohort, incorporating songs, physical movement, and narrative for younger students or emphasizing greater autonomy and responsibility for older learners.
• Cultivate relationships where students feel sufficiently supported to push beyond their perceived limitations.

• Delivering academic instruction from the front of the room; students complete academics via adaptive software.
• Developing curriculum independently. You’ll refine and customize established playbooks rather than creating lessons from the ground up.
• Supervising students as they work quietly on devices. Your function is active coaching, encouragement, and interpersonal engagement.
• Reducing standards when students encounter difficulty. Growth results from supporting students to meet the goal, not adjusting the goal downward.
• Overseeing homework, grading assignments, or conducting routine parent correspondence.

Develop a cohort of K‑3 students who are enthusiastic about attending school, regularly meet ambitious learning objectives, and acquire the life skills that equip them for success well beyond elementary education.

• Able to work on‑site at an Alpha campus. Current opportunities at this salary level are located in Scottsdale, AZ;
  Oklahoma City and Tulsa, OK;
  Nashville, TN;
  Austin, Georgetown, Dallas, Plano, Fort Worth, and Houston, TX; and Park City (Salt Lake City area), UT.
• Bachelor's degree in any discipline.
• Minimum of 3 years of direct experience with children ages 4‑9 in teaching, coaching, tutoring, camps, youth programming, or comparable settings.
• Demonstrated success motivating young children to reach demanding goals, with concrete examples of your influence.
• Confidence working with AI‑powered learning systems while directing your efforts toward coaching, motivation, and life‑skill cultivation.
• Capacity to integrate warmth with consistently high expectations.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship.

• Background in youth athletics, children's theater, camp direction, Montessori education, progressive schooling, or highly interactive after‑school initiatives.
• Personal history of reaching ambitious objectives in academics, sports, or professional pursuits.
• Exceptional narrative or performance abilities that effortlessly engage young children's attention.
• Track record of transforming hesitant or reserved children into confident, active contributors.

This is a full‑time (40 hours per week), long‑term position requiring entry into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover as a Contractor of Record. The compensation level for this role is $50 USD per hour, which equates to $100,000 USD per year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly.

If you're drawn to a different Alpha campus, submit your application and indicate your preferred location—we’ll review you for the relevant opening.