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

AI can teach a young child to read, but it cannot inspire her to want to. Closing that gap is your responsibility. At Alpha, students in grades K-3 complete academic learning through AI‑driven applications in a two‑hour window each day. As a Guide, you are assigned to one cohort band—either K‑1 or 2‑3—and you shape your energy, timing, and workshop design to fit that band. There are no lectures and no worksheets. Half of your day is spent facilitating one‑hour life‑skills workshops covering public speaking, concentration, and peer feedback. A playbook is provided, but top performers in this role customize it for their cohort and build new exercises when gaps appear. The remaining half of your day is spent in individual or small‑group sessions, analyzing Coachbot data, and coaching each student toward 100% completion of their weekly app targets. Your warmth creates trust; your insistence proves you believe in their capacity. A successful quarter means every student completes their weekly app goals, passes the Test2Pass for every life‑skills workshop, and at least 90% report that they love you. Falling short on any of these three markers means the job was not done. In your first year you master the playbook; once you demonstrate you can maintain standards, you become eligible for Lead Guide, where you mentor new hires while continuing to lead your own cohort. If you prefer conventional teaching, need a ready‑made curriculum handed to you, or see warmth and rigor as incompatible, this role is not a fit. If you have worked as an early‑elementary teacher who excelled during circle time, a camp counselor for young children, a youth sports coach, or a children's theater performer, the final step before receiving an offer is a shadow day coaching live Alpha students. Submit your application today. What You Will Be Doing Facilitating one‑hour life‑skills workshops for K‑3 cohorts on topics including public speaking, concentration, feedback, and other transferable skills, customizing the playbook to your group rather than following it verbatim. Conducting daily individual and small‑group coaching sessions that ensure every student stays on track to meet weekly app goals, informed by Coachbot analytics, Alpha's incentive structures (school currency, leaderboards), and the rapport you establish with each child. Delivering the Test2Pass, Alpha's mastery‑based evaluation, for each life skill, and continuing to coach students who do not initially pass until mastery is achieved. Engaging kindergarteners through songs, storytelling, physical activity, and playfulness while simultaneously holding second and third graders accountable to clear, quantifiable expectations. Serving as the warm, trusted adult that children are excited to see at arrival and the adult who will not accept complacency. What You Won’t Be Doing Delivering lessons from the front of the room. Academic content is delivered through the apps, not by you. Creating curriculum from the ground up. Alpha supplies the playbook; your role is to animate it. Passively monitoring students at computers. Motivation in this role is hands‑on, individualized, and persistent. Adjusting a weekly goal downward so a student can meet it. When a student falls behind, the solution is to support the student, not lower the expectation. Grading assignments, preparing for standardized tests, or handling parent outreach. Campus Leads manage parent‑facing responsibilities, and the other tasks do not exist in this model. Learning Coach Key Responsibilities Guarantee that every student in your K‑3 cohort meets their weekly learning objectives, achieves mastery in each life skill, and finishes the year reporting that 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 9 (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. About Alpha Alpha School is on a mission to reshape education with a bold approach that harnesses AI to accelerate learning and unleash student potential. Alpha is creating a new paradigm where students master core academics in just two hours a day, freeing up time for hands‑on, passion‑driven learning that truly prepares them for the real world. Working with Us 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, which equates to $120,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly. Crossover Job Code: LJ‑5634‑US‑PaloAlto‑LearningCoach.002 #J-18808-Ljbffr Crossover