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

• $120,000 per year W2 salary paid weekly, with health, dental, and vision benefits starting day one
• Full-time position (40 hours per week), on-site at Alpha School's Kirkland, WA campus (temporary assignment at a different Alpha campus may occur before Kirkland opens)
• Active Washington State Teaching Certificate required. Without a certificate, no interview will be conducted.
  
  

You hold a WA teaching certificate already. The real question is whether you still want to fill your days with lectures, grading papers, and delivering a standardized curriculum to every student.

Your role here is not traditional teaching. You are a motivator. The most supportive action you can take with a student who reaches 99% of their weekly target is to refuse to call it complete. If that approach unsettles you, this may not be the right fit. If it energizes you—because maintaining high standards is how you demonstrate belief in a student's potential—then read on.

At Alpha, academic content is delivered through AI-powered adaptive applications. There are no lectures, no textbooks, and no lesson plans to prepare over the weekend. Approximately 60% of your time is spent facilitating one-hour life-skills workshops covering topics like public speaking, focus, and constructive feedback. Around 30% involves one-on-one or small-group sessions where you review Coachbot analytics and drive each student toward their weekly app progression goals. The remaining 10% is dedicated to data analysis that informs your coaching strategy for the following week. You will not follow a rigid script; the most effective coaches in this role modify existing workshops and create new content when they identify needs.

Success here is not defined by "engaging sessions." It is measured by tangible progress. A semester is successful when at least 90% of your cohort demonstrates pre-to-post improvement on Test2Pass, at least 90% meet their weekly learning-app progression 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 being fulfilled. As you demonstrate your ability to uphold 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 receiving a pre-packaged curriculum, or if you view warmth and rigorous expectations as incompatible, this position is not suitable. If your WA certificate is current and you are motivated by coaching K-8 students to measurable results 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 covering public speaking, focus, and constructive feedback, modifying existing materials and creating new sessions when you identify gaps
• Administering Test2Pass pre- and post-assessments and coaching students who have not achieved mastery until they demonstrate proficiency
• Conducting daily one-on-one and small-group motivation sessions that drive every student toward their weekly app progression targets, leveraging Coachbot analytics, Alpha's incentive structures (school currency, leaderboards), and your individual relationships to overcome resistance
• Analyzing weekly performance data, identifying at-risk students early, and implementing corrective measures within the same week
• Serving as the adult who maintains high expectations and whom students trust; warmth establishes your credibility to challenge them, and challenge communicates your confidence in their abilities
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Delivering lectures at a whiteboard or preparing daily lesson plans; academic content is embedded in the apps, not delivered by you
• Developing curriculum from the ground up; you bring an established playbook to life through energy and narrative
• Monitoring students passively at computers or allowing them to disengage throughout the day; motivation in this role is active, personalized, and persistent
• Reducing weekly goals or approving a student without demonstrated mastery to maintain schedule or avoid difficult discussions
• Grading assignments or handling parent communications
  
  

Learning Coach Key Responsibilities

Lead a K-8 cohort to measurable mastery of life skills and weekly learning-app progression targets.

Basic Requirements

• Active, valid Washington State Teaching Certificate (issued by WA OSPI) or ability to obtain it promptly
• Bachelor's degree in any discipline
• Willing to work full-time (40 hours per week) on-site at Alpha School's Kirkland, WA campus (with possible temporary placement at another Alpha campus before Kirkland opens)
• Comfortable allowing AI to deliver instructional content while you concentrate on motivation and life-skills coaching
• Legal authorization to work in the United States without visa sponsorship
  
  

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Experience working with K-8 children in any setting (classroom instruction, tutoring, athletics, debate, theater, camps, or after-school programs)
• Personal history of high achievement (academic, athletic, or professional) such that maintaining rigorous standards for others is natural, not performative
• Storytelling ability and stage presence sufficient to engage a room of 12-year-olds for an hour without needing to raise your voice
• Demonstrated success converting disengaged or resistant students into active, motivated participants
  
  

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-Phoenix-LearningCoach