K-3 Program Director & Playbook Coach

Crossover; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 128,000 - 173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

In-person at Austin campus

Job summary

Alpha is hiring a Program Director to lead Guides and a cohort of K-3 students at an Austin, TX campus with relocation support. You will stay hands-on daily, coaching and measuring progress, and you will translate data into practical improvements that raise outcomes for every child.

In this full-time role you build and refine playbooks, run workshops on life skills, and train guides to deliver scalable coaching.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Business, Organizational Leadership, Child Development, or a related field
• At least 5 years working with elementary-aged children (roughly ages 5 to 9)
• Experience leading a team of 5 or more people, including authority to hire and to remove people based on performance outcomes
• Experience building, launching, or significantly growing a program, team, school, or initiative from the ground up, not inheriting an existing one
• Legally authorized to work in the United States

Responsibilities

• Coach Guides and students using performance data, classroom observation, and direct feedback, then hold both accountable to measurable goals
• Facilitating one-hour live workshops for K-3 students on life skills such as public speaking, focus, collaboration, resilience, accountability, and giving and receiving feedback
• Running individual and small-group motivation sessions that connect each child's goals and interests to real academic progress
• Building and refining playbooks that turn your best practices into repeatable systems other Guides can execute consistently
• Training Guides on those playbooks and modeling excellence in facilitation so standards hold as the team grows

Skills

Team leadership

Coaching

Public speaking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Business, Organizational Leadership, Child Development, or related field

Job description

Alpha is hiring a Program Director to lead Guides and a cohort of K-3 students at an Austin, TX campus with relocation support. You will stay hands-on daily, coaching and measuring progress, and you will translate data into practical improvements that raise outcomes for every child.

In this full-time role you build and refine playbooks, run workshops on life skills, and train guides to deliver scalable coaching.