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

Compensation & Benefits $120,000 annual W2 salary paid weekly, with health, dental, and vision benefits starting day one. Location On-site position at an Alpha K-8 campus located in Beverly Hills, CA; La Jolla (San Diego), CA; Palo Alto, CA; Piedmont, CA; South Bay (LA), CA; Greenwich, CT; Boca Raton, FL; Fort Lauderdale, FL; Miami, FL; Miami Beach, FL; Palm Beach Gardens, FL; Chicago, IL; Boston, MA; Raleigh, NC; Portland, OR; or Seattle, WA (with relocation support available). About the Role You are not here to teach. Your role is to motivate. The most powerful way to support a student who reaches 99% of their target is to refuse to accept it as complete. If that expectation troubles you, this role is not the right fit. If it energizes you—because maintaining high standards is how you signal your belief in a student's capacity—then continue reading. At Alpha, academic learning happens through AI‑powered applications. There are no lectures or textbooks. Approximately 60% of your time is spent facilitating one‑hour life‑skills workshops covering topics like public speaking, focus, and constructive feedback. Around 30% of your time involves meeting with students individually or in small groups, analyzing their progress via Coachbot analytics, and driving each one toward their weekly app targets. The remaining 10% is dedicated to data analysis that informs your coaching strategy for the week ahead. You will not be following a fixed script; workshops provide a framework, and top performers in this role customize them and create new sessions as needed. Success Metrics A successful semester means at least 90% of your cohort achieves their weekly app goals, demonstrates measurable improvement in life skills on Test2Pass, and rates their experience with you at 4 out of 5 or higher. Falling short on any of these three metrics means the role has not been fulfilled. As you demonstrate the ability to uphold these standards, opportunities open to advance to Lead Guide—where you mentor newer Guides while continuing to lead a cohort—and eventually to Campus Lead, where you manage an entire school and oversee parent engagement. What You Will Be Doing Facilitating one‑hour life‑skills workshops for K‑8 cohorts covering public speaking, focus, feedback exchange, and other essential skills, customizing the existing playbook and creating new sessions when you identify a need Conducting daily individual and small‑group motivation sessions to drive every student toward their weekly app goals, leveraging Coachbot analytics, Alpha's incentive structures (school currency, leaderboards), and your rapport with each student to overcome resistance Administering Test2Pass (Alpha's mastery‑based assessment) for each life skill and coaching students who fall short until they achieve mastery Adjusting your coaching approach across a broad age spectrum, from kindergarteners requiring high energy and physical activity to 8th graders needing direct conversation and accountability Analyzing weekly cohort performance data in Coachbot, pinpointing students who are falling behind, and modifying your coaching tactics for the next week based on the data insights What You Won’t Be Doing Delivering whiteboard lectures; academic content is embedded in the apps, not delivered by you Creating an entire curriculum from scratch; you begin with an established playbook and personalize it with your own voice and examples Passively monitoring students on computers; motivation in this role is active, direct, and persistent Working through bureaucratic processes to secure resources for students in need; when a student requires additional coaching time, you decide and implement immediately Grading assignments, running standardized test preparation, or handling parent communications Basic Requirements Willing to work on‑site at an Alpha campus listed above (relocation support available) Bachelor's degree in any field Minimum of 3 years of direct experience working with K‑8 students (teaching, coaching, tutoring, camp counseling, or youth program leadership) A concrete example you can share of motivating a K‑8 student toward a challenging goal: objective, actions, and result Comfort with allowing AI to manage instructional delivery while you concentrate on motivation and life‑skills development Legal authorization to work in the United States without visa sponsorship Nice‑to‑Have Requirements Background in youth sports coaching, debate, camp leadership, theater, or after‑school programs with direct responsibility for motivating children toward measurable outcomes Demonstrated personal record of high achievement (academic, athletic, or professional) showing holding others to rigorous standards as consistent practice Storytelling ability and stage presence capable of engaging a room of 12‑year‑olds for an hour without raising voice Proven success in converting disengaged or reluctant students into engaged, active learners 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 (equivalent to $120,000 USD per year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year) and payment is weekly. Consult for more details on this topic. Crossover Job Code: LJ‑5607‑US‑Stamford‑LearningGuide.031 #J-18808-Ljbffr