Youth Program Assistant - Part-Time, Alpha

"All of my students came back in the top 1% for growth and achievement on their MAP scores."— Sam DePalo, Lead Guide, Alpha Fort Worth Texas

Alpha is hiring.

• On-site:
  Alpha Schools, Scottsdale (Phoenix), AZ
• $30/hr | 10–30 hrs/week | Full-time path available at $60,000/year + benefits
• Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–4:00 PM (choose your schedule within school hours)

If redirecting a distracted 10-year-old before they pull the rest of the group off-task is the part of youth program work you're actually good at, keep reading. If "assistant" means standing back and jumping in only when things go wrong, this isn't that job.

Alpha runs a compressed K-12 learning model: structured to the minute, faster than a traditional school day, and built around a Guide who stays focused entirely on instruction. That model only holds if someone owns the operational layer — transitions on time, materials ready before the lesson starts, student engagement managed before small distractions become disruptions.

From your first week, you're in the middle of it. No warmup period. You're monitoring the room, applying Alpha-approved motivational techniques (positive reinforcement, structured prompts, real-time redirection), and prepping each activity so the Guide walks in and starts immediately. When you do your job well, a student who was drifting is back on task before the lesson breaks stride. The expectations are concrete: 95% of transitions on time, materials ready before every lesson, students engaged throughout.

The more fluent you become in Alpha's model, the more you own. Assistants who master the operational layer take on broader classroom responsibility — and for the right person, the path to becoming a Guide is direct.

• Supervising student transitions between activities (roughly 30% of your time): monitoring the clock, prompting students to move, and using positive reinforcement to keep movement orderly and on schedule
• Preparing classroom materials before each lesson by gathering supplies, organizing them per the activity plan, and confirming setup matches the Guide's instructions before instruction begins
• Facilitating student engagement during structured activities (roughly 40% of your time) by monitoring participation, identifying disengagement early, and redirecting students using Alpha-approved classroom management techniques without interrupting instruction

• Standing at the back of the room waiting for something to go wrong — this role requires active presence and real-time decision-making throughout the school day
• Designing lessons, writing activity plans, or being accountable for academic outcomes (the Guide's responsibility)
• Inventing your own approach to student behavior;
  Alpha's motivational techniques are defined and you'll apply them consistently
• Managing facility tasks, carpool logistics, or after-hours events; your scope is classroom operations during the school day

Keep Alpha's classroom operations running so Guides can stay focused on instruction.

• Willing to work in person at our Scottsdale campus.
• Work a minimum of 10 hours per week, with total flexibility to choose your schedule during school hours (Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM). Option for full-time position.
• Experience working with children ages 5–14 in a structured setting (school, camp, childcare, tutoring, or coaching).
• Ability to coordinate people, materials, and activities quickly and effectively.
• Kid-friendly and comfortable redirecting children using encouragement.
• Legal right to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship.

• Hands-on group management experience with children in motion (camp counselor, classroom aide,…