Youth Development Specialist, Alpha - $150,000/year USD

On-site at an Alpha campus: Denver, CO Atlanta, GA Oklahoma City, OK Tulsa, OK Keller (Fort Worth), TX The Woodlands (Houston), TX Park City (Salt Lake City), UT Toronto, Canada$150,000/year W2 salary, paid weekly. Day-one health benefits.Relocation support availableThe most supportive thing you can do for a kid who scored 99% is tell them they didn't pass. If that sentence made you flinch, stop reading. If it made you nod, keep going.At Alpha, kids learn academics in two hours a day through self-guided AI-powered apps. No teachers. No lectures. No classroom management of subject content. That frees you to do the work that actually changes their trajectory: leading high-energy workshops on public speaking, focus, and feedback; motivating students to hit every learning goal using real-time analytics; and coaching the Guides who work alongside you.Your morning might start with a one-on-one coaching session with a Guide, reviewing performance data and identifying where a cohort is falling behind. By midday you're leading a live workshop with students, running a playbook activity on giving and receiving feedback. Afternoons shift to motivation sessions: connecting with individual students, understanding what drives them, and using Alpha's incentive model to get a resistant 7th grader back on track. You carry your own cohort directly, so you stay sharp on the same skills you're coaching others to develop.You've probably been the square peg in education: too data-driven, too results-focused, too willing to challenge what's "supposed to" happen with kids. Alpha is the first place that might actually fit. You'll coach other Guides from day one, and as you deliver results at scale, your influence over campus-wide program quality grows.Hold the standard. Change the student. Apply now.What You Will Be DoingLeading one-hour live workshops on life skills (public speaking, focus, giving and receiving feedback) for K-8 (elementary and middle school) cohorts, following Alpha's playbook rather than improvisingRunning motivation sessions using student analytics and Alpha's incentive system (school currency, leaderboards) to drive 100% student goal completionCoaching Guides on program fidelity and standards enforcement, with every session producing tangible improvement actionsMaintaining your own student cohort while developing other GuidesTracking student satisfaction scores, goal completion rates, and Guide performance metrics weekly to spot underperformance before it compoundsWhat You Won’t Be DoingLecturing or tutoring students on academic subjects. Students learn through self-guided apps without an adult in the room.Designing curriculum or building lesson plans from scratch. The playbook exists; the bar is fidelity of delivery, not originality.Coaching Guides on teaching technique. Guides don't teach, so you're coaching energy, motivation, and accountability instead.Making exceptions when a student scores 99% instead of 100%. Holding the line is how you show them you believe they can get there.Being the "big ball of empathy" every school has. Kids get connection here, and they also get honest feedback and real consequences.Youth Development Specialist Key ResponsibilitiesDeliver Alpha's three promises to every student in your cohort: they love school, learn twice as fast as a traditional classroom, and develop real life skills.Basic RequirementsWilling to work on-campus in Denver, CO; Atlanta, GA; Oklahoma City, OK; Tulsa, OK; Keller (Fort Worth), TX; The Woodlands (Houston), TX; Park City (Salt Lake City), UT; or Toronto, Canada (relocation support provided)Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Business, or a related field5+ years of experience in education, learning and development, coaching, youth leadership, or a comparable fieldTrack record of leading a team of 5 or more adults, including hiring and making performance-based termination decisionsDirect experience working with kids aged 5-14 in an educational or developmental settingBuilt, launched, or significantly grew a program, team, business, school, or initiative from the ground upProven use of data and metrics to set weekly goals and drive decisions, not just report resultsLegally authorized to work in the United States or CanadaNice-to-have RequirementsMaster's degree in Education, Psychology, Organizational Leadership, or a related fieldCoached athletics, led wilderness or experiential programs, directed camps, or ran youth ministry at a scale that required running cohorts and measuring outcomesLeft classroom teaching to build or run programs from a different seat: EdTech, tutoring businesses, youth nonprofits, or school intervention teamsEarly-career track record of high personal performance — academic, athletic, or professional — before moving into leadershipBelief that the current education system is broken and personal investment in rebuilding itAbout 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 $75 USD/hour, which equates to $150,000 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-4844-US-Nashvill-YouthDevelopme