January Pulse Check: What’s New, What’s Coming, and You

January 12, 2026 | Issue 10

January is about getting grounded and looking ahead.

Inside this Pulse Check, you’ll find key updates, helpful reminders, and new opportunities taking shape across AlphaBEST as we start the year together.

🎉 Congrats to December's New Hires and Promotions! 🎉

⚒️ Operations & Support

Jennifer Tennyson, Administrative Assistant, Washington

Jasmine Howse, Manager of Content Support and Training, Texas

📍 Regional & District Leadership

Laurence Vargas, Regional Director, New Jersey

Brianna Creech, Area Manager, Texas

Stephanie Gunn-Monnett, Area Manager, Texas

Kelsey Merritt, Area Manager, Texas

Jessica Boulris, Area Manager, Rhode Island

🏫 Site Leadership & Educators

Site Directors: 22

Group Leaders & Assistants: 105

Company-Wide

Q3 Expedition Overviews Schedule Jan-Feb (includes Google Calendar Invite)

For Site Directors & Program Managers

Wedensday January 21st

AB Ascend Webinar: Career Coaching with Guild

🕑Session 1: PST 8:30–9:30 AM • MST 9:30–10:30 AM • CST 10:30–11:30 AM • EST 11:30 AM–12:30 PM

🕒Session 2: PST 11:30 AM–12:30 PM • MST 12:30–1:30 PM • CST 1:30–2:30 PM • EST 2:30–3:30 PM

Please welcome Anna Wilmoth to AlphaBEST

Anna brings 11 years of leadership experience from Kaplan Early Learning Company, where she led brand strategy, marketing, product development, and merchandising teams.

Her background spans publishing, integrated marketing campaigns for national brands, and early-career work in journalism and agency marketing. She lives in Winston-Salem, N.C., with her family and a very full house of pets.

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New Curriculum Partnership Launch 🚀

We’re excited to announce our new curriculum partnership with SAM Labs, a hands-on STEM learning platform that brings coding and creative problem-solving to life for learners of all ages.

In December, the SAM Labs founder and team shared a sneak peek of our Q4 program launch with staff in our North Carolina office.

Training and more details coming soon!

This month, we’re spotlighting our For-Cause Reasonable Suspicion Drug & Alcohol Testing policy. This policy outlines the procedures for managers to follow when there is a reasonable suspicion that a team member may be impaired while on duty.

Program Managers, please visit our Employee Knowledge Base for information on to to properly handle this situation.

All team members are encouraged to review it to understand how these situations are handled.

Reasonable suspicion may be based on observable factors such as:

Smell of alcohol or drugs
Slurred speech or unsteady movement
Confusion, poor judgment, or inability to perform routine tasks
Sudden or extreme behavioral changes
Unsafe actions or performance concerns

👉 Visit our Employee Knowledge Base to Learn More

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