K-8 Life-Skills Coach — On-Site Camp Leader

Alpha School; Scottsdale (AZ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Alpha seeks a Camp Coordinator to lead motivation-based sessions for K-8 students at on-site campuses across multiple U.S. locations.

You will run one-hour life-skills workshops, analyze progress with Coachbot, and drive each student toward 100% weekly app targets while maintaining high standards. The role emphasizes an adaptive coaching approach across ages, mastery-based evaluation via Test2Pass, and potential advancement to Lead Guide as you mentor new teammates.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in any field.
• Minimum 3 years of direct experience working with K-8 students (classroom instruction, coaching, tutoring, camp counseling, or youth program management).
• Concrete example you can articulate of motivating a K-8 student toward a challenging objective: the objective, actions, and result.
• Comfort allowing AI to manage instructional content while you concentrate on motivation and life-skills development.
• Routine use of generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude).
• Legal authorization to work in the US without visa sponsorship (or in Canada for the Toronto location).

Responsibilities

• Facilitating one-hour life-skills workshops for K-8 student cohorts, customizing the playbook and creating new sessions when needed.
• Conducting daily individual and small-group motivation sessions to drive 100% weekly app target completion, using Coachbot analytics and Alpha incentives.
• Delivering the Test2Pass mastery evaluation for each life skill and coaching students who do not pass until mastery is achieved.
• Adapting coaching approaches across a broad age range from kindergartners to 8th graders.
• Maintaining expectations and earning trust as the responsible adult, while challenging students to reach their potential.

Skills

Motivation coaching

Life-skills coaching

Student engagement

AI tools usage

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

ChatGPT

Gemini

Claude

Job description

Alpha seeks a Camp Coordinator to lead motivation-based sessions for K-8 students at on-site campuses across multiple U.S. locations.

You will run one-hour life-skills workshops, analyze progress with Coachbot, and drive each student toward 100% weekly app targets while maintaining high standards. The role emphasizes an adaptive coaching approach across ages, mastery-based evaluation via Test2Pass, and potential advancement to Lead Guide as you mentor new teammates.