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

AI can deliver academic instruction to a six‑year‑old. It cannot inspire her to care. That difference is where you come in. At Alpha, students in grades K–3 complete their academic work through AI‑powered applications in two hours each day. As a Guide, you lead one cohort band—either K‑1 (Kindergarten through 1st grade) or 2‑3 (2nd through 3rd grade)—and adjust your energy, pacing, and workshop delivery to fit that band. There are no lectures. No worksheets. Half of your day is spent facilitating one‑hour life‑skills workshops covering public speaking, focus, and the skills of giving and receiving feedback. A playbook is provided, but the most effective Guides adapt it for their cohort and create new activities when gaps emerge. The remaining half of your day is spent sitting with students individually or in small groups, analyzing Coachbot data, and coaching each child toward 100 % completion of their weekly app goals. Warmth builds the trust that gives you permission to push. Pushing communicates your belief that they are capable. A successful quarter means every student completes their weekly app goals, passes the Test2Pass for every life‑skills workshop, and 90 % or more report that they love you. If you miss any one of those three metrics, you have not met the standard. In your first year, you will master the playbook; once you demonstrate the ability to maintain that bar, the path opens to Lead Guide, where you mentor newer hires while continuing to run your own cohort. If you are drawn to traditional teaching, prefer a fully scripted curriculum, or see warmth and high expectations as opposing forces, this role is not a fit. If you have been an early‑elementary teacher who thrived during circle time, a camp counselor for young children, a youth sports coach, or a performer in children’s theater, the final step before receiving an offer is a shadow day coaching real Alpha students. Apply today. What You Will Be Doing Facilitating one‑hour life‑skills workshops for K‑3 cohorts on public speaking, focus, feedback, and other foundational skills, adapting the existing playbook to your cohort rather than following it verbatim. Conducting daily 1:1 and small‑group motivation sessions to ensure every student remains on track for weekly app goals, leveraging Coachbot analytics, Alpha’s incentive structures (school currency, leaderboards), and the individual relationship you have built with each child. Administering Test2Pass, Alpha’s mastery‑based assessment, for each life skill, and continuing to coach students who do not initially pass until they achieve mastery. Meeting kindergarteners at their developmental level with songs, stories, movement, and play, while simultaneously holding second and third graders to concrete, measurable standards. Serving as the warm adult children are excited to see at drop‑off and the adult who will not permit them to settle for less than their best. What You Won’t Be Doing Delivering lectures at the whiteboard. Academic content is delivered through the apps, not by you. Creating curriculum from the ground up. Alpha supplies the playbook, and you bring it to life. Passively supervising children at computers. Motivation in this role is active, personal, and sustained. Lowering a weekly goal to make it easier for a student to succeed. When a student falls behind, the solution is to support the student, not adjust the target. Grading homework, running test prep for standardized assessments, or managing parent communication. Campus Leads handle parent‑facing responsibilities, and the other tasks do not exist in this model. Student Success Coach Key Responsibilities Ensure that every student in your K‑3 cohort achieves their weekly learning goals, masters 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. Working with us This is a full‑time (40 hours per week) role. The candidate will enter into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover as Contractor of Record. Compensation for this role is $60 USD per hour, roughly $120,000 USD per year (based on 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year). Pay is weekly. #J-18808-Ljbffr Crossover