Student Success Coach, Alpha - $120,000/year USD

The curriculum is already designed. The AI already handles the instruction. Your role is to help a child believe they're capable of something they never imagined they could do. At Alpha, students complete academic work in only two hours per day through adaptive learning technology. This structure allows Guides to dedicate their energy to what truly transforms lives: developing confidence, resilience, communication skills, and the drive to embrace difficult challenges. You won't be standing at the front of a room delivering lessons. Instead, you'll coach students through obstacles, recognize their achievements, and demonstrate what rigorous standards look like when combined with authentic support. You'll guide a single K-3 cohort band—either Kindergarten-1st grade or 2nd-3rd grade. Half your time is dedicated to facilitating dynamic, one-hour workshops focused on life skills such as public speaking, concentration, and receiving feedback. The remaining half involves coaching students both individually and in small groups, leveraging learning analytics to ensure every child progresses toward challenging weekly objectives. Every moment counts. Students should emerge from your workshops more skilled than when they entered and leave coaching sessions convinced they can accomplish more than they believed possible. This position isn't designed for someone seeking to deliver curriculum or oversee a traditional classroom. It's intended for someone passionate about motivating young children, energized by measurable results, and convinced that the right coach can alter a child's path. If you've motivated kids as an educator, coach, camp counselor, youth mentor, or performer, you'll discover a fundamentally different kind of classroom environment here. This is a full-time, on-site position at one of Alpha's campuses. We recruit nationally, so job postings may appear in nearby cities that do not currently host a campus. Current openings are available in Palo Alto, Los Angeles (South Bay), Malibu, Orange County (Lake Forest), San Francisco, and Santa Monica, CA; Greenwich, CT; Boca Raton and Miami, FL; Chicago, IL; Boston, MA; New York City, NY; and Seattle (Kirkland), WA. What You Will Be Doing Facilitate dynamic life-skills workshops that guide K-3 students toward mastery of communication, concentration, feedback reception, and other enduring skills through active engagement rather than traditional instruction. Provide one-on-one and small-group coaching, utilizing Coachbot analytics, established motivation frameworks, and meaningful relationships to ensure every child remains on pace for challenging weekly learning targets. Evaluate life-skill proficiency using Alpha's Test2Pass framework, coaching students until they show genuine mastery—not merely attendance. Adjust your coaching approach to match the developmental stage of your cohort, whether that involves songs, physical activity, and narratives for younger students or increased autonomy and responsibility for older learners. Cultivate relationships where students feel secure enough to push beyond what they previously believed they could accomplish. What You Won’t Be Doing Delivering academic lessons from a whiteboard. Students master academics through adaptive software. Creating curriculum from the ground up. You'll refine and customize proven playbooks rather than designing lessons. Observing students as they quietly work on computers. Your role centers on active coaching, encouragement, and engagement. Reducing standards when students face difficulties. Success emerges from guiding students to meet the goal, not adjusting the goal downward. Overseeing homework, grading assignments, or managing routine parent communication. Student Success Coach Key Responsibilities Develop a cohort of K-3 students who are excited to attend school, reliably meet ambitious learning targets, and acquire the life skills that equip them to succeed well beyond elementary school. Basic Requirements Willing to work on-site at one of Alpha's campuses. Current openings are available in Palo Alto, Los Angeles (South Bay), Malibu, Orange County (Lake Forest), San Francisco, and Santa Monica, CA; Greenwich, CT; Boca Raton and Miami, FL; Chicago, IL; Boston, MA; New York City, NY; and Seattle (Kirkland), WA. Relocation assistance is available. Bachelor's degree in any subject. At least 3 years of experience working directly with children ages 4-9 through teaching, coaching, tutoring, camps, youth programs, or similar environments. Experience leading group activities for young children, with a concrete example of the structure or routine you used and how you kept the group engaged. A track record of motivating young children to achieve challenging goals, with specific examples of your impact. A concrete example of changing your approach based on feedback and the result. Comfort using AI-powered learning while focusing your own energy on coaching, motivation, and life-skill development. The ability to balance warmth with unwavering expectations. Legal authorization to work in the United States without visa sponsorship. Nice-to-have Requirements Experience in youth sports, children's theater, camp leadership, Montessori, progressive education, or high-engagement after-school programs. Personal experience achieving ambitious goals in academics, athletics, or your career. Outstanding storytelling or performance skills that naturally capture the attention of young children. Evidence of helping reluctant or shy children become confident, engaged participants. About Alpha Join the team building school around student growth Alpha reimagines the school day around faster learning, stronger mentorship, and more time for students to build real-world skills. Roles with real student impact: Alpha hires teachers (guides), operators, admissions experts, school & curriculum leaders, and remote team members. Education work that pays like it matters: Alpha offers six-figure roles for people ready to help build a radically better school experience. A culture built for builders: Alpha is fast-moving, ambitious, and student focused. It’s for people who want to improve the system, not maintain it. Alpha is where you can do the most meaningful work of your career. There is so much to cover for this exciting role, and space here is limited. Working with us This is a full-time, W2 employee position with immediate access to benefits ( All roles are year-long positions. The compensation level for this role is $120,000 USD/year. The payment period is weekly. 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