Program Director: K-3 Coaching & Playbooks (In-Person; Relocation)

Crossover; Murrieta (CA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Job summary

Alpha is seeking a Program Director to coach Guides and K-3 students using performance data and direct feedback, owning accountability for progress. You will run one-hour live workshops on life skills, deliver motivation sessions, and refine playbooks that scale best practices across cohorts.

As a leader, you will train Guides, monitor outcomes, and ensure alignment with Alpha's three promises: love of school, faster learning, and strong life skills.

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.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States.
• Comfortable working in a school that rejects traditional teaching methods.

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

Public speaking

Data-driven decisions

Program development

Education

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

Master's degree in a related field

Tools

Analytics dashboards

Job description

Alpha is seeking a Program Director to coach Guides and K-3 students using performance data and direct feedback, owning accountability for progress. You will run one-hour live workshops on life skills, deliver motivation sessions, and refine playbooks that scale best practices across cohorts.

As a leader, you will train Guides, monitor outcomes, and ensure alignment with Alpha's three promises: love of school, faster learning, and strong life skills.