Learning Coach, Alpha - $120,000/year USD

AI can teach a six-year-old to decode words. It cannot make her want to. Closing that gap is what you do. At Alpha, students in grades K–2 complete their academic learning through AI-powered applications in a two-hour block each day. No direct instruction. No paper drills. Half your time is devoted to facilitating one-hour life-skills workshops—public speaking, attention management, and how to give and receive feedback. A structured guide exists, but the strongest coaches tailor it to their group and build new exercises when the existing ones fall short. The rest of your time is spent coaching students individually or in small clusters, analyzing Coachbot data, and guiding every child toward 100% completion of their weekly app targets. Warmth creates trust. Trust gives you permission to demand more. Demanding more proves you know they can reach it. You succeed in a quarter when all students meet their weekly app targets, demonstrate mastery on the Test2Pass for each life skill, and 90% or more report that they love you. Fall short on any one metric and the role was not fulfilled. In your first year, you internalize the playbook; once you demonstrate your ability to maintain standards, the next step is Lead Guide, where you mentor incoming hires while continuing to run your own cohort. What You Will Be Doing Facilitating one-hour life-skills sessions for K–2 cohorts, covering public speaking, focus, feedback, and other foundational competencies, tailoring the existing playbook rather than following it verbatim. Conducting daily individual and small-group coaching conversations that ensure every student stays on track to meet weekly app targets, informed by Coachbot data, Alpha's incentive architecture (digital currency, leaderboards), and the personal rapport you establish with each child. Delivering the Test2Pass, Alpha's mastery assessment, for every life skill, and providing ongoing coaching to students until they achieve mastery. Engaging kindergarteners through songs, narratives, physical activity, and humor while maintaining rigorous, quantifiable expectations for first and second graders. Serving as the warm presence children are excited to greet each morning AND the adult who will not accept less than their best effort. What You Won’t Be Doing Delivering lessons from the front of the room. Academic content is embedded in the software, not delivered by you. Designing curriculum independently. Alpha supplies the framework; your role is to animate it. Passively monitoring students at devices. Motivation at Alpha is intentional, individualized, and continuous. Adjusting a weekly target downward to allow a student to meet it. When a child is struggling, the solution involves supporting the child, not revising the goal. Marking assignments, preparing for standardized exams, or handling parent outreach. Campus Leads manage family communication, and the other tasks are not part of this model. Key Responsibilities Guarantee that every student in your K–2 cohort completes their weekly learning targets, achieves mastery in each life skill, and finishes the year saying they loved you. Basic Requirements Willing 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, Miami Beach, or Palm Beach Gardens, 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. Nice-to-Have Requirements Experience in youth athletics coaching, children's theater, camp leadership, Montessori/progressive early education, or after-school programs where you were directly responsible for motivating young kids toward specific goals. Personal history of high achievement (academic, athletic, or professional), such that holding others to a hard bar is a pattern, not a posture. Natural performer's presence with little kids: the ability to hold a room of kindergarteners through voice, silliness, and movement. Track record of turning shy or resistant little kids into confident, active participants. Compensation & Work Details 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 per hour, which equates to $120,000 USD per year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. Payment is weekly. #J-18808-Ljbffr Crossover