Youth Development Coach, Unbound Academy; Remote

Hybrid AZ, W2, $60K/yr

Licensed teachers: this is your opportunity to leave traditional school management behind and focus on transforming student lives.

Imagine a teaching role with no lesson planning, no lectures, and no grading—just pure mentorship aimed at shaping confident, capable young people.

Unbound Academy has redesigned what teaching means. This hybrid position supports a tuition‑free Arizona virtual charter school where worksheets are replaced by experiential learning and personal development is the priority. Students handle their core academics independently in two concentrated daily hours using AI‑powered platforms. The remaining time is dedicated to building practical skills through facilitated workshops, coaching, and discovery.

You won't be delivering pre‑scripted content or monitoring a virtual classroom for compliance. Instead, you'll facilitate dynamic online sessions that push students to think critically, create, collaborate, and evolve. Your mentorship will guide them through storytelling, entrepreneurship, wellness, and complex problem‑solving while fostering independence, self‑assurance, and executive functioning.

This position is not designed for educators who want to recreate conventional schooling online. It's built for licensed teachers prepared to relocate to Arizona, operate in a hybrid environment, and support students in ways that genuinely prepare them for the real world. If you're finished with classroom busywork and ready for the most impactful work of your teaching career, continue reading.

• Facilitating engaging virtual workshops centered on life competencies including communication, creativity, critical thinking, and self‑management.
• Providing one‑on‑one and small‑group mentorship to strengthen student confidence, accountability, and executive functioning skills.
• Leveraging platform analytics and student indicators to tailor support and monitor development longitudinally.
• Working alongside peer educators to design and refine project‑based learning initiatives.
• Cultivating a supportive, high‑energy space where students feel recognized, challenged, and inspired to develop.

• Instructing core academic content; adaptive AI tutors manage that component.
• Conducting scripted lessons or operating within a traditional classroom framework.
• Evaluating worksheets, assigning homework, or creating standardized lesson plans.

Advance student growth and real‑world readiness by facilitating transformative, applied learning experiences within a hybrid, fully virtual charter school environment.

• Available to begin at the end of July 2026.
• Current U.S. teaching certificate from any state, or an expired certificate that qualifies for reinstatement, with the ability to transfer certification to Arizona.
• Demonstrated virtual facilitation skills and confidence leading students through video platforms.
• Capable of working in a hybrid capacity in Arizona.

Unbound Academy is Arizona’s first virtual, tuition‑free charter school, designed to make grades 4‑8 limitless, personal, and exciting. This isn’t just an alternative to the traditional school system. It’s a revolutionary way for your family to reclaim time, unlock potential, and reimagine what education can be.

At Unbound Academy, students can master their core academics in just two hours a day. Our teachers use an AI‑powered learning model to adjust to each child’s pace and interests, ensuring progress happens twice as fast as in a typical classroom.

By cutting out the fluff and streamlining coursework, we not only make a significant academic impact—we make learning fun, personal, and incredibly effective.

This 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 $30 USD/hour, which equates to $60,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly. Consult  for more details on this topic.

Crossover Job Code: LJ-5636-US-Tempe-Youth Developme.
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