Youth Development Specialist, Alpha

Location:

Austin, TX. On‑site position with relocation assistance available.

Compensation: $100,000 annually, W2 status, weekly pay cycle.

Full‑time (40 hours per week), direct daily engagement with students in grades K‑8.

• Facilitating one‑hour life‑skills sessions for K‑8 student groups, guiding them through public speaking, teamwork, focus, and feedback skills using structured exercises and narrative techniques.
• Conducting 1:1 and small‑group coaching sessions focused on motivation, establishing goals alongside students, monitoring their academic app performance, and stepping in when progress stalls.
• Tailoring your coaching approach across diverse age groups: strategies effective for kindergartners differ significantly from methods that challenge 13‑year‑olds.
• Facilitating Test2
  
  Pass evaluations to verify students have genuinely achieved mastery of the life‑skills curriculum.
• Leveraging student profiles, performance metrics, and coachbot data to maintain precise awareness of each student’s status prior to every interaction.

• Delivering academic instruction. Mathematics, literacy, and science content is delivered through adaptive software rather than traditional teaching.
• Creating original lesson plans. You will utilize an existing life‑skills curriculum and implementation guide.
• Handling traditional paperwork such as grading assignments, maintaining report cards, or preparing students for standardized exams. Mastery is demonstrated through assessments you facilitate, not administrative tasks.
• Remaining stationary at a desk. This position requires physical presence, active movement, and direct student interaction throughout the day.

• Lead a cohort of K‑8 students to achieve mastery in life‑skills and reach ambitious academic milestones.

• Bachelor’s degree in any discipline.
• 3+ years of direct experience working with students in grades K‑8.
• Demonstrated success motivating or coaching K‑8 students to achieve goals exceeding baseline standards, including at least one concrete example you can describe in detail (the objective, your approach, the result).
• Willingness to work on‑site in Austin, TX (relocation assistance provided).
• Comfort operating in a non‑traditional educational setting centered on motivation and engagement rather than traditional instruction.
• Authorization to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship.

• Experience in youth sports coaching, competitive academic programs, or organized enrichment camps.
• Familiarity with behavioral motivation approaches such as goal‑setting methodologies, reward systems, or accountability frameworks.
• Proven ability to connect with disengaged or resistant young learners and facilitate positive turnarounds.
• Experience leading group activities for mixed‑age groups of children.

This is a full‑time (40 hours per week), long‑term position. 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. Payment is weekly. The position requires entering into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover as a Contractor of Record.