Youth Development Specialist, Alpha

Compensation and Location

• $120,000/year W2 salary, paid weekly; health, dental, and vision benefits from day one
• On‑site at an Alpha K‑8 campus in Beverly Hills, CA;
  Piedmont, CA;
  Greenwich, CT;
  Boca Raton, FL;
  Fort Lauderdale, FL;
  Miami Beach, FL;
  Palm Beach Gardens, FL;
  Chicago, IL;
  Raleigh, NC;
  Portland, OR (relocation assistance available)

You will not teach. You will motivate.

When a student reaches 99% of their target, the most impactful action you can take is to refuse acceptance. If this expectation unsettles you, this role is not a fit. If it energizes you—because maintaining high standards demonstrates your belief in a student’s capability—continue reading.

Alpha students complete their academic work through AI‑driven applications. No classroom lectures. No traditional textbooks. Approximately 60% of your time is spent facilitating one‑hour life‑skills sessions focused on public speaking, concentration, and constructive feedback exchange. Around 30% involves meeting with students individually or in small groups, analyzing their progress via Coachbot analytics, and guiding each toward their weekly application targets. The remaining 10% is dedicated to data analysis that informs the following week’s coaching strategy.

You will not follow a rigid script; sessions provide a framework, and top performers modify them or create new content when gaps emerge.

Success in a semester is defined by at least 90% of your cohort achieving weekly app targets, demonstrating measurable life‑skill improvement on Test2

Pass, and rating their experience with you at 4 out of 5 or higher. Falling short on any metric constitutes underperformance. Once you demonstrate consistent results, advancement opportunities open to Lead Guide—mentoring newer Guides while managing your own cohort—and subsequently to Campus Lead, overseeing an entire school and managing parent relations.

If you prefer traditional pedagogy, require ready‑made curriculum, or view warmth and rigor as incompatible, this position will not suit you. If your background includes athletic coaching, camp counseling, tutoring where you refused to let students give up, or performance work that commanded the attention of middle schoolers, the final evaluation before an offer is a full day on campus coaching actual Alpha students.

If that prospect excites you most, submit your application today.

• Facilitating one‑hour life‑skills sessions for K‑8 cohorts covering public speaking, concentration, feedback exchange, and other foundational competencies, modifying the existing framework and creating new sessions when needed
• Conducting daily individual and small‑group motivation sessions that drive every student toward their weekly app targets, leveraging Coachbot analytics, Alpha’s incentive structures (school currency, leaderboards), and your rapport with each student to overcome resistance
• Delivering the Test2
  
  Pass (Alpha’s mastery‑based evaluation) for each life skill, and continuing to coach students who do not achieve passing scores until mastery is demonstrated
• Adjusting your coaching approach across a broad age spectrum, from kindergarteners requiring high energy and physical activity to 8th graders needing direct conversation and accountability
• Analyzing weekly cohort performance metrics in Coachbot, pinpointing students falling behind, and modifying your coaching tactics for the subsequent week based on data insights

• Delivering whiteboard lectures; academic content is handled by the applications, not by you
• Creating an entire curriculum without foundation; you begin with an established playbook and enhance it with your personal energy and narrative skills
• Passively monitoring students at computers; motivation in this role is active, individualized, and persistent
• Working through bureaucratic approval processes to secure resources for struggling students; when a student requires additional coaching time, you decide and implement immediately
• Grading assignments, conducting standardized test preparation, or handling parent communication;
  Campus Leads manage parent‑facing responsibilities, and the other tasks do not exist…