Youth Development Specialist, Alpha - $120,000/year USD

$120,000 annual W2 salary with weekly pay; health, dental, and vision coverage begins day oneOn-site role at an Alpha K-8 school in Beverly Hills, CA; La Jolla (San Diego), CA; Palo Alto, CA; Piedmont, CA; South Bay (LA), CA; Greenwich, CT; Boca Raton, FL; Fort Lauderdale, FL; Miami, FL; Miami Beach, FL; Palm Beach Gardens, FL; Chicago, IL; Raleigh, NC; Portland, OR; or Seattle, WA (relocation assistance available)This is not a teaching position. This is a motivation role.When a student reaches 99% of their target, the most impactful thing you can do is refuse to let them stop there. If that expectation unsettles you, this role is not a fit. If it energizes you—because maintaining high standards is how you demonstrate belief in a student's potential—read on.At Alpha, academic learning happens through AI-driven applications. No lectures. No textbooks. Roughly 60% of your time is spent facilitating one-hour life-skills sessions on subjects like public speaking, focus, and constructive feedback. Approximately 30% of your time involves sitting with students individually or in small groups, analyzing their progress via Coachbot data, and driving them toward their weekly app targets. The remaining 10% is spent reviewing performance metrics and translating them into actionable coaching strategies for the week ahead. You will not follow a rigid script; workshops serve as frameworks, and the most effective Guides modify them or create new content when needed.A successful semester means at least 90% of your cohort meets their weekly app targets, demonstrates quantifiable improvement in life skills via Test2Pass, and rates their experience with you at 4 out of 5 or higher. Falling short on any of these three metrics means the role has not been fulfilled. As you demonstrate your ability to uphold these standards, advancement opportunities open to Lead Guide—mentoring new Guides while managing a cohort—and eventually to Campus Lead, where you oversee an entire school and manage parent relations.If you prefer traditional classroom instruction, expect a ready-made curriculum, or see warmth and rigor as incompatible, this position is not right for you. If you have experience as a sports coach, camp counselor, tutor who refused to accept defeat, or performer capable of commanding a room of 12-year-olds, the final interview stage is a full day on campus coaching actual Alpha students. If that prospect excites you most, submit your application today.What You Will Be DoingFacilitating one-hour life-skills sessions for K-8 groups covering public speaking, focus, feedback exchange, and other foundational competencies, modifying the framework and creating new sessions when you identify unmet needsConducting daily individual and small-group coaching that drives every student toward their weekly app targets, leveraging Coachbot data, Alpha's motivational tools (school currency, leaderboards), and personal rapport to overcome resistanceAdministering Test2Pass (Alpha's competency-based evaluation) for each life skill, and continuing to coach students who fall short until they achieve masteryAdjusting your approach across a broad developmental spectrum, from kindergarteners requiring energetic, kinesthetic engagement to 8th graders needing candid conversation and accountabilityAnalyzing weekly cohort metrics in Coachbot, pinpointing students falling behind, and refining your coaching tactics for the next week based on data insightsWhat You Won’t Be DoingDelivering instruction at a whiteboard; academic content is embedded in the applications, not delivered by youDesigning a full curriculum from scratch; you begin with an established framework and infuse it with your own creativity and presencePassively monitoring students at workstations; motivation in this environment is direct, individualized, and persistentWorking through bureaucratic channels to secure support for at-risk students; when a student requires additional coaching, you decide and implement immediatelyGrading assignments, administering standardized test preparation, or handling parent outreach; Campus Leads manage parent communication, and the other tasks do not exist in this modelYouth Development Specialist Key ResponsibilitiesEnsure that every student in your K-8 cohort achieves their weekly learning targets, attains mastery in each life skill, and finishes the year reporting a positive experience with you.Basic RequirementsWilling to work on-site at an Alpha campus in Beverly Hills, CA; La Jolla (San Diego), CA; Palo Alto, CA; Piedmont, CA; South Bay (LA), CA; Greenwich, CT; Boca Raton, FL; Fort Lauderdale, FL; Miami, FL; Miami Beach, FL; Palm Beach Gardens, FL; Chicago, IL; Raleigh, NC; Portland, OR; or Seattle, WA (relocation assistance available)Bachelor's degree in any disciplineMinimum 3 years of direct experience working with K-8 students (teaching, coaching, tutoring, camp counseling, or youth program management)A concrete example you can articulate of pushing a K-8 student toward a challenging goal: the objective, your actions, and the resultComfort with AI-delivered academic instruction while you concentrate on motivation and life-skills developmentAuthorized to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorshipNice-to-have RequirementsBackground in youth sports coaching, debate, camp leadership, theater, or extracurricular programming where you were accountable for driving kids toward defined outcomesDemonstrated history of personal excellence (academic, athletic, or career-related), indicating that maintaining rigorous standards is intrinsic, not performativeNarrative skill and stage confidence sufficient to engage a room of 12-year-olds for an hour without escalating volumeProven ability to convert unmotivated or oppositional students into engaged contributorsAbout 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 $60 USD/hour, which equates to $120,000 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-5607-US-Seattle-YouthDevelopme