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

The curriculum is already in place. The AI handles the instruction. Your role is to help a child accomplish something they never believed they could. At Alpha, academic work is completed by students in only two hours each day through adaptive learning technology. This structure allows Guides to concentrate on what truly transforms lives: developing confidence, resilience, communication skills, and the drive to embrace difficult challenges. Your day won't involve standing before a class delivering lessons. Instead, you'll coach students through obstacles, recognize their achievements, and demonstrate what rigorous standards look like when combined with authentic encouragement. You'll oversee one K-3 cohort band—either Kindergarten-1st grade or 2nd-3rd grade. Half of 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 in individual and small-group settings, leveraging learning analytics to ensure every child progresses toward challenging weekly targets. Each moment counts. Students should emerge from your workshops with greater capability and leave coaching sessions convinced they can accomplish more than they previously imagined. This position is not suited for someone seeking to deliver curriculum or oversee a traditional classroom. It's designed for someone who enjoys inspiring young children, excels with measurable results, and believes the right coach can alter a child's path. If you've motivated kids as a teacher, coach, camp counselor, youth leader, or performer, you'll discover a very different classroom experience here. This is a full-time, on-site position at one of Alpha's campuses. We recruit nationally, so job boards may list this opportunity in nearby cities that do not have a campus. Current openings are available in La Jolla (San Diego), Orange County (Lake Forest), Los Angeles (South Bay, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Malibu), San Francisco Bay Area (San Francisco, Palo Alto, Piedmont), Greenwich, CT, Boca Raton, Miami, Miami Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Chicago, Boston, New York City, and Kirkland (Seattle area). If you're interested in another Alpha campus, apply anyway and tell us your preferred location—we’ll consider you for the appropriate opening. What You Will Be Doing Facilitate dynamic life-skills workshops that enable K-3 students to develop communication, focus, feedback, and other enduring skills through active engagement rather than passive listening. Provide one-on-one and small-group coaching, utilizing Coachbot analytics, established motivation systems, and meaningful relationships to ensure every child remains on course for challenging weekly learning targets. Evaluate life-skill proficiency using Alpha's Test2Pass framework, coaching students until they show genuine comprehension—not merely attendance. Tailor your coaching approach to match the developmental stage of your cohort, whether that involves songs, movement, and narratives for younger children or greater independence and responsibility for older students. Cultivate relationships where students feel encouraged enough to push beyond what they believed they could accomplish. What You Won’t Be Doing Presenting academic lessons at a whiteboard. Students complete academics through adaptive software. Creating curriculum from the ground up. You'll refine and customize proven playbooks rather than designing lessons. Observing students working quietly on computers. Your responsibility is active coaching, motivation, and engagement. Reducing expectations when students face difficulties. Success involves helping students meet the goal, not adjusting the goal downward. Overseeing homework, grading assignments, or managing routine parent communication. Learning Coach Key Responsibilities Develop a cohort of K-3 students who are excited to attend school, consistently reach ambitious learning goals, 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 La Jolla (San Diego); Orange County (Lake Forest); Los Angeles (South Bay, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Malibu); San Francisco Bay Area (San Francisco, Palo Alto, Piedmont); Greenwich, CT; Boca Raton; Miami; Miami Beach; Palm Beach Gardens; Chicago; Boston; New York City; and Kirkland (Seattle area). 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. A track record of motivating young children to achieve challenging goals, with specific examples of your impact. 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 Alpha reimagines the school day around faster learning, stronger mentorship, and more time for students to build real-world skills. Join the team building school around student growth Alpha hires teachers (guides), operators, admissions experts, school & curriculum leaders, and remote team members. 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. Hit the Apply button if you found this interesting and want to learn more. We look forward to meeting you! 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. Consult for more details on this topic. Crossover Job Code: LJ-5634-US-PaloAlto-LearningCoach.006 #J-18808-Ljbffr