Enrichment Teacher, Alpha - $120,000/year USD

• $120,000 annual W2 salary with weekly pay; health, dental, and vision coverage begins day one
• Full-time position (40 hours per week), based on-site at Alpha School's Kirkland, WA campus (possible temporary assignment to another Alpha campus prior to Kirkland opening)
• Valid Washington State Teaching Certificate is mandatory. No certificate means no interview.
  
  

You hold a WA teaching certificate. What matters now is whether you still want to fill your days with lectures, grading stacks of papers, and delivering the same curriculum to every student.

Your title here is not teacher—it is motivator. The most powerful support you can offer a student who reaches 99% of their weekly target is to refuse to accept it as complete. If that thought unsettles you, this role is not for you. If it excites you because maintaining high expectations is how you demonstrate belief in a student's capacity, continue reading.

Alpha students complete their academic work through AI-driven adaptive applications. There are no lectures, no textbooks, and no lesson plans to prepare over the weekend. Roughly 60% of your time is spent facilitating one-hour life-skills workshops covering topics like public speaking, focus, and the exchange of constructive feedback. Another 30% involves working with students individually or in small groups, analyzing Coachbot data, and guiding each one toward their weekly app progression goals. The remaining 10% is dedicated to reviewing performance data and translating insights into actionable coaching strategies for the week ahead. You will not follow a rigid script; the most effective people in this role customize workshops and create new content where gaps exist.

Success here is not defined by "engaging sessions." It is measured by tangible progress. A semester is considered successful when at least 90% of your cohort demonstrates pre-to-post improvement on Test2Pass, at least 90% meet their weekly learning-app targets, and students rate their experience with you at 4 out of 5 or higher. Falling short on any of these three metrics means the role is not a fit. Once you demonstrate your ability to maintain high standards, advancement opportunities open to Lead Guide—where you mentor newer Guides while continuing to lead a cohort—and eventually to Campus Lead.

If you prefer to receive a pre-packaged curriculum, or if you believe warmth and rigorous standards cannot coexist, this position is not right for you. If your WA certificate is current and you are motivated by the opportunity to coach K-8 students toward real, measurable outcomes rather than lecturing from a textbook, submit your application today.

What You Will Be Doing

• Facilitating one-hour life-skills workshops for K-8 cohorts on topics including public speaking, focus, and feedback exchange, customizing the existing framework and creating new sessions when you identify a need
• Administering Test2Pass pre- and post-assessments and continuing to coach students who have not yet achieved mastery until they succeed
• Conducting daily individual and small-group motivation sessions designed to drive every student toward their weekly app progression goals, leveraging Coachbot analytics, Alpha's incentive structures (school currency, leaderboards), and your personal connection with each student to overcome resistance
• Analyzing weekly performance data, identifying struggling students early, and implementing corrective measures within the same week
• Serving as the adult who maintains high standards and the adult students choose to confide in; warmth creates the foundation for challenge, and challenge communicates your belief in their potential
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Delivering lectures at a whiteboard or creating daily lesson plans; academic content is delivered through the apps, not by you
• Developing curriculum from the ground up; you animate a proven framework with energy and narrative skill
• Monitoring students passively as they use computers or allowing them to coast through the day; motivation in this role is intentional, individualized, and persistent
• Reducing a weekly target or advancing a student without verified mastery in order to maintain schedule or sidestep difficult conversations
• Evaluating homework assignments or managing communication with parents
  
  

Enrichment Teacher Key Responsibilities

Guide a K-8 cohort to verifiable mastery of life skills and consistent achievement of weekly learning-app progression goals.

Basic Requirements

• Current, valid Washington State Teaching Certificate (issued by WA OSPI) or the ability to secure one promptly
• Bachelor's degree in any discipline
• Available to work full-time (40 hours per week) on-site at Alpha School's Kirkland, WA campus (with potential temporary assignment to another Alpha campus if necessary before Kirkland opens)
• Comfortable allowing AI to manage instructional delivery while you concentrate on motivation and life-skills development
• Authorized to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship
  
  

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Prior experience working with K-8 students in any setting (classroom instruction, tutoring, sports, debate, theater, camps, or after-school programs)
• Background of personal high achievement (academic, athletic, or professional) that makes holding others to rigorous standards a consistent practice, not an adopted stance
• Narrative ability and stage presence sufficient to captivate a group of 12-year-olds for an hour without needing to raise your voice
• Demonstrated success in converting disengaged or reluctant students into motivated, active learners
  
  

About Alpha

Want to join a learning rebellion that’s transforming the traditional classroom?

Alpha School is on a mission to reshape education with a bold approach that harnesses AI to accelerate learning and unleash student potential.

They don’t play by the old rules.

Alpha is creating a new paradigm where students master core academics in just two hours a day, freeing up time for hands-on, passion-driven learning that truly prepares them for the real world.

Alpha School is rewriting the rules of education.

Sounds too good to be true? It’s not.

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 www.crossover.com/help-and-faqs for more details on this topic.

Crossover Job Code: LJ-5790-US-Seattle-EnrichmentTeac.002