Kindergarten Teacher, Alpha - $100,000/year USD

Compensation & Location $100,000 annual W2 salary with weekly pay; health, dental, and vision coverage start on day one. On‑site position at an Alpha campus in Phoenix, AZ; Oklahoma City, OK; Tulsa, OK; Nashville, TN; Austin, TX; Fort Worth, TX; Houston, TX; or Park City (Salt Lake City), UT (relocation assistance available). About the Role You are not teaching. You are motivating. The most caring thing you can do for a six‑year‑old who reaches 99% of their target is to refuse to call it complete. If that principle unsettles you, this role is not for you. If it energizes you because maintaining high expectations is how you demonstrate belief in a kindergartener's potential, read on. At Alpha, students in grades K‑3 complete academic learning through AI‑driven applications in two hours daily. As a Guide, you lead one cohort band — either K‑1 (Kindergarten–1st grade) or 2‑3 (2nd–3rd grade) — and adjust your approach, rhythm, and workshops to fit that band. No traditional lectures. No worksheets. Half your day is spent facilitating one‑hour life‑skills workshops covering public speaking, focus, and feedback skills. These workshops serve as frameworks, not rigid scripts — high performers in this role customize them for their cohort and create new ones when gaps appear. The remaining half, you work with students individually or in small clusters, analyze Coachbot data, and guide each child toward completing 100% of their weekly app targets. With five‑ and six‑year‑olds, energy and playfulness are not supplementary; they are essential tools for sustaining attention long enough to teach effectively. Warmth creates the foundation to challenge. Challenge communicates your confidence in their ability. A successful quarter means every student meets their weekly app targets, passes the Test2Pass for all life‑skills workshops, and 90%+ report they love you. Falling short on any of these three means the job is incomplete. In your first year, you internalize the playbook; as you demonstrate your ability to maintain standards, advancement to Lead Guide becomes possible, where you mentor newer team members while continuing direct work with children. What You Will Be Doing Facilitating one‑hour life‑skills workshops for cohorts of 10‑15 K‑3 students covering public speaking, focus, feedback, and other foundational skills. Conducting daily 1:1 and small‑group coaching sessions that maintain student progress toward weekly app targets, leveraging Coachbot analytics, Alpha's incentive structures (school currency, leaderboards), and the individual relationship you've established with each child. Delivering the Test2Pass (Alpha's mastery‑based assessment) for each life skill, and guiding students who do not pass until mastery is achieved. Engaging kindergarteners authentically with songs, stories, movement, and humor, while maintaining real, measurable expectations for second and third graders. Serving as the warm adult children are excited to see at drop‑off and the adult who will not allow them to settle for less. What You Won't Be Doing Delivering lectures from the whiteboard; academic content is managed by the apps, not by you. Creating curriculum from the ground up; Alpha supplies the playbook and you execute it. Passively monitoring kids at computers; motivation in this role is active, personalized, and continuous. Adjusting a weekly target downward so a child can reach it; when a student falls behind, the solution is to coach the student, not change the goal. Grading homework, administering standardized test prep, or handling parent communication; Campus Leads manage parent‑facing responsibilities, and the rest do not exist in this model. Key Responsibilities Ensure every student in your K‑3 cohort achieves their weekly learning targets, masters each life skill, and finishes the year reporting they loved you. Basic Requirements Willing to work on‑site at an Alpha campus in Phoenix, AZ; Oklahoma City, OK; Tulsa, OK; Nashville, TN; Austin, TX; Fort Worth, TX; Houston, TX; or Park City (Salt Lake City), UT (relocation assistance available). Bachelor's degree in any field. At least 3 years of direct experience working with children ages 4 to 9 (early‑elementary teaching, coaching, tutoring, camp counseling, or youth program leadership). A concrete example you can articulate of motivating a young child toward a challenging goal: the goal itself, your actions, and the result. Able to participate in a paid training program at our Austin, TX campus. Willingness to allow AI to manage instructional content while you concentrate on motivation and life‑skills coaching. Legally authorized to work in the US without requiring visa sponsorship. Nice‑to‑have Requirements Background in youth sports coaching, children's theater, camp leadership, Montessori/progressive early education, or after‑school programs where you held direct responsibility for motivating young children toward defined goals. Personal track record of high achievement (academic, athletic, or professional), such that holding others to demanding standards is a consistent practice, not an adopted stance. Natural performer's energy with young children — the capacity to command a room of kindergarteners through voice, humor, and movement. Demonstrated success converting shy or hesitant young children into confident, engaged participants. 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 $50 USD/hour, which equates to $100,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly. Consult Crossover Help & FAQs for more details on this topic. Crossover Job Code: LJ-5149-US-Scottsda-KindergartenTe. #J-18808-Ljbffr Crossover