Youth Counselor, Alpha - $100,000/year USD

On-site position at Alpha School's Brownsville, TX campus$100,000 annual W2 salary with weekly pay. Health benefits start day one.Relocation assistance available for a one-school-year campus commitmentYou've built your career coaching young people — not instructing them. You understand the distinction: coaching means connecting with students, setting high expectations, and pushing them past their comfort zones. Instruction is about delivering curriculum. You've never viewed yourself as a curriculum delivery mechanism.Alpha operates one of the most non-traditional schools in the country. Students don't sit in traditional classrooms listening to lectures. They progress through AI-driven educational apps tailored to their individual pace. AI manages the academic instruction. Your responsibility is to facilitate life skills workshops that captivate K-8 students, lead motivation sessions that drive them toward their weekly learning targets, and maintain high standards when students attempt to underperform. The academic content manages itself. You're responsible for the human development piece.This position offers meaningful upward trajectory, and that trajectory centers on expanded student influence. Educators who consistently achieve their metrics (100% of students reaching weekly app targets, satisfaction ratings above 90%) advance to Lead Guide positions where they mentor other educators in refining their practice. Students remain the focus.The campus sits in Brownsville, neighboring SpaceX's Starbase facility. If your motivation for leaving your current position is the mission — transforming what a young person believes they're capable of — rather than resume building, submit your application.What You Will Be DoingFacilitating one-hour life skills workshops for K-8 students on topics including public speaking, sustained attention, and peer feedback exchangeAdministering Test2Pass mastery assessments following each workshop to validate that students have internalized the skill, not merely attended the sessionLeading daily motivation sessions informed by student profiles, personal interests, and Coachbot data to ensure 100% of your cohort achieves their weekly app progression targetsLeveraging narrative techniques, incentive structures (campus currency, performance leaderboards), and individual relationships to overcome student reluctanceMonitoring cohort satisfaction metrics with a goal of maintaining 90%+ ratings on student feedback surveysWhat You Won’t Be DoingDelivering traditional lectures at a whiteboard. Academic progression happens through student-directed AI-powered applications, not through direct instruction from you.Passive supervision. The environment involves technology; the role demands active student engagement.Compromising standards when students resist. Test2Pass benchmarks remain consistent, even during challenging weeks for individual students.Creating original curriculum materials. Workshop plans and instructional frameworks are supplied; your responsibility is executing them with the storytelling ability and personal presence that drives genuine student learning.Handling parent communications, admissions processes, or facility management. Those functions belong to separate roles.Youth Counselor Key ResponsibilitiesGuide a cohort of K-8 students to achieve 100% of their weekly academic targets while facilitating life skills workshops that maintain 90%+ satisfaction ratings.Basic RequirementsBachelor's degree in any fieldMinimum 3 years of direct experience working with K-8 (elementary and middle school) age studentsStrong storytelling and group facilitation skills — capable of maintaining student engagement throughout one-hour sessionsAvailable to work on-site at the Alpha campus in Brownsville, TXAuthorized to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorshipNice-to-have RequirementsExperience as an athletic coach, camp counselor, or youth program leaderDemonstrated history of excellence in competitive settings (academic, athletic, or professional contexts)Familiarity with self-paced or technology-based learning environmentsAbout AlphaWant 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 usThis 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 $50 USD/hour, which equates to $100,000 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-5234-US-Houston-YouthCounselor.005