Youth Development Specialist, Alpha

Compensation and Benefits

$100,000/year W2 compensation, distributed weekly; full health, dental, and vision coverage starting day one.

On‑campus role at an Alpha K‑8 school in Scottsdale (Phoenix), AZ;
Oklahoma City, OK;
Tulsa, OK;
Nashville, TN;
Austin, TX;
Brownsville, TX;
Fort Worth, TX;
Houston (Central, South, or The Woodlands), TX;
Park City, UT (Salt Lake City metro) – relocation assistance available.

You are not a classroom instructor. You are a motivator. You hold students to high standards and refuse to call a learning session complete when goals are not met. If you thrive on challenging students to reach 100% of their targets and can inspire 8‑year‑olds and 8th graders alike, this role fits you.

Academic learning occurs through AI‑driven applications; you do not give lectures or use textbooks. Half your time facilitates one‑hour life‑skills workshops in public speaking, focus, and constructive feedback. The other half involves individual or small‑group coaching, analyzing progress via Coachbot data, and driving each student toward 100% completion of their weekly app targets.

A successful quarter means every student in your cohort completes their weekly app objectives, passes the Test2

Pass for all life‑skills modules, and at least 90% report that they love you. Success in the first year leads to advancement to Lead Guide, where you mentor newer team members while continuing direct student work.

• Facilitating one‑hour life‑skills sessions for K‑8 groups covering public speaking, focus, feedback, and other transferable competencies, customizing the framework and creating new modules when you identify needs
• Conducting daily individual and small‑group coaching sessions that drive every student to 100% of their weekly app targets, leveraging Coachbot data, Alpha’s motivation systems, and your rapport with each student to overcome resistance
• Delivering the Test2
  
  Pass (Alpha’s mastery‑based evaluation) for each life skill, and working with students who don’t achieve mastery until they do
• Adjusting your approach across a broad age spectrum, from kindergarteners who thrive on energy and activity to 8th graders who respond to candor and accountability
• Serving as the adult who maintains high expectations and the adult students trust; warmth creates the foundation for challenge, and challenge communicates your confidence in their potential

• Teaching content at a whiteboard; academic instruction is embedded in the apps, not delivered by you
• Creating curriculum from the ground up; you animate an established framework with energy and narrative
• Passively monitoring students on devices; motivation in this role is active, individualized, and persistent
• Reducing a weekly target to help a student reach it; when a student is behind, the solution is supporting the student, not adjusting the goal
• Marking assignments, running standardized test preparation, or handling parent outreach;
  Campus Leads manage parent communication, and the other tasks don’t exist in this model

Ensure every student in your K‑8 cohort completes their weekly learning targets, achieves mastery in each life skill, and finishes the year reporting that they loved you.

• Available to work on‑site at an Alpha campus in Scottsdale, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Nashville, Austin, Brownsville, Fort Worth, Houston (Central, South, or The Woodlands), Park City – relocation assistance available
• Bachelor’s degree in any discipline
• Minimum 3 years of direct experience working with K‑8 students (classroom instruction, coaching, tutoring, camp counseling, or youth program management)
• A concrete example you can articulate of motivating a K‑8 student toward a challenging goal: the objective, your actions, and the result
• Comfort with AI managing instructional delivery while you concentrate on motivation and life‑skills development
• Regular use of generative AI platforms (e.g., ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude)
• Legal authorization to work in the US without visa sponsorship

• Background in youth sports coaching, debate, camp leadership, theater, or after‑school programming where you held direct responsibility for motivating students toward measurable goals
• Personal track record of significant achievement (academic, athletic, or professional), demonstrating that holding others to high standards is intrinsic, not performative
• Communication and presentation skills capable of engaging a room of 12‑year‑olds for an hour without relying on volume
• Proven ability to transform disengaged or reluctant students into engaged contributors

Alpha reimagines the school day around faster learning, stronger mentorship, and more time for students to build real‑world skills.