Guide II $120,000 USD/year Pay is set based on global value, not the local market.
Most roles = hourly rate x 40 hrs x 50 weeks
Description
- On-site at an Alpha School campus: Lake Forest (Orange County), CA · Piedmont, CA · Santa Barbara, CA · Santa Monica, CA · Fort Lauderdale, FL · Palm Beach Gardens, FL · Chicago, IL · Boston, MA · Raleigh, NC · Charlotte, NC · Portland, OR · Seattle, WA
- $120,000 USD annually, paid weekly. Day-one health, dental, and vision benefits
- Relocation support provided. No teaching certificate required.
The most supportive thing you can do for a student who scored 95% is refuse to call it done. If that instinct makes you uncomfortable, stop reading. If it makes you lean in, you already think like we do.
At Alpha, students don't sit through lectures. They learn academics through AI-powered adaptive software at their own pace, often completing a full grade level in weeks. Your job is everything the software can't do: coach kids through frustration, teach them to give feedback, hold them to standards they didn't know they could hit, and make them love showing up. You'll run hands-on life skills workshops on public speaking, focus, and time management, then lead motivation sessions where the goal isn't compliance but genuine buy-in.
This isn't a classroom. You'll work with a small cohort of K-12 students who know you by name. You'll track their progress through Coachbot analytics, spot when someone's stuck, and coach them on how to unstick themselves. When 100% of your students hit their weekly goals and 90% rate you highly on surveys, you'll know the model is working because you made it work.
Guides who master their cohort grow into Lead Guides — coaching other Guides and shaping how an entire campus delivers on Alpha's promises. Alpha is opening new campuses, and the people who define what great looks like today become the ones who scale it tomorrow. If you've never considered working in education but believe you could change a kid's trajectory, this is where that instinct becomes the job. Apply today.
What you will be doing
- Running one-hour life skills workshops with K-12 students on topics like public speaking, focus, and giving feedback: hands-on, project-based sessions where you're performing, not lecturing
- Coaching a small cohort of students daily, using Coachbot analytics and student profiles to set individualized goals, track app progress, and push every student to advance
- Preparing and delivering mastery-based assessments (Test2Pass) to verify students actually learned the skill, not just sat through the session
- Connecting with students as individuals: learning their interests, understanding what motivates each one, and adapting your approach accordingly
- Holding the quality bar: 100% of students hitting weekly goals, 90%+ student satisfaction scores on your surveys
What you will NOT be doing
- Teaching academic subjects. Students learn math, reading, and science through adaptive apps. You never stand at a whiteboard explaining long division.
- Writing lesson plans from scratch. Alpha provides a life skills curriculum and playbooks. Your job is to bring them to life, not build them from zero.
- Grading papers, managing parent conferences, or administering standardized tests. There are no report cards to fill out and no state test prep to cram.
- Babysitting kids on computers. If a student is stuck, you coach them on how to unstick themselves. Passive monitoring is the opposite of this role.
- Lowering the bar when a student pushes back. The motivational model is built around holding high standards, not making exceptions when it gets uncomfortable.
Key responsibilities
Coach a cohort of K-12 students who love school, learn faster through adaptive software, and master life skills through engaging workshops.
Candidate requirements
- Bachelor's degree in any field
- At least 3 years of experience working directly with K-8 students (professional or structured volunteer roles such as coaching, camp counseling, or youth programs)
- Willing to work in-person at an Alpha School campus in one of these locations: Lake Forest (Orange County), CA; Piedmont, CA; Santa Barbara, CA; Santa Monica, CA; Fort Lauderdale, FL; Palm Beach Gardens, FL; Chicago, IL; Boston, MA; Raleigh, NC; Charlotte, NC; Portland, OR; Seattle, WA
- Legal right to work in the United States without visa sponsorship
Nice to have
- Experience as an athletic coach, drama director, debate coach, or camp program leader where you motivated kids to perform, not just participate
- Track record of personal high achievement (academic, athletic, or professional) that students and parents recognize as credible
- Comfort performing in front of groups: the kind of presence that holds a room of twelve-year-olds without raising your voice
- Familiarity with adaptive learning platforms or ed-tech tools (e.g., Khan Academy, IXL, DreamBox)
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