Youth Coach, Alpha - $100,000/year USD

• On-site position in Brownsville, TX (relocation support provided)
• $100,000 annual salary paid weekly, plus full health benefits
  
  

Most educators burn their energy battling bureaucracy. They draft lesson plans that gather dust. They endure faculty meetings that lead nowhere. You gave up on that version of the job years ago. For you, the job is the student sitting in front of you.

At Alpha, academic content is delivered through software. Adaptive applications guide each learner through subjects at an individualized pace. No traditional lectures, no homework assignments, no grading papers. This structure frees you to focus on what truly transforms lives: facilitating life skills workshops where high schoolers develop public speaking abilities, sharpen their focus, and practice giving and receiving constructive feedback—then coaching them individually to maintain motivation and reach their learning targets. You'll spend half your time leading group sessions. The other half, you'll sit one-on-one with a student, analyzing Coachbot data to pinpoint precisely where they're struggling and why.

After every workshop, your students complete a mastery-based assessment. Over 90% should rate your sessions highly. Every single one should be progressing through their learning apps. These aren't stretch goals; they're minimum expectations. Setting high standards for students demonstrates your confidence in their capacity to succeed. In this role, you'll develop expertise in designing workshops teenagers actively want to attend, mastering advanced learning technology, and forming meaningful relationships with students and families. Our Brownsville campus is located adjacent to SpaceX. The cutting edge of education meets the cutting edge of aerospace, and you'll be the one fulfilling Alpha's fundamental promise: students who love learning, advance at twice the typical rate, and acquire skills with real-world application. If you've been waiting for a school structured the way you believe schools should be, this is your opportunity.

What You Will Be Doing

• Facilitating one-hour life skills workshops for high school students covering subjects such as public speaking, focus techniques, and constructive feedback exchange, with mastery evaluated through structured Test2Pass assessments
• Conducting daily individual motivation sessions informed by Coachbot analytics to engage with students personally, diagnose obstacles in their app-based learning, and help them overcome challenges
• Co-creating personalized motivational frameworks with students, incorporating rewards and incentives that fuel independent progress in their academic applications
• Preparing by reviewing curriculum and lesson materials before each workshop, then adjusting your approach in real time based on student engagement and classroom dynamics
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Delivering instruction in academic subjects. All core content—math, literacy, and other disciplines—is taught via software.
• Overseeing school operations or managing staff. No budget responsibilities, no recruitment duties, no administrative meetings; your sole focus is your group of students.
• Enforcing rules through traditional disciplinary measures. No detentions, no suspensions, no authoritarian directives. You rely on reasoning and positive reinforcement to cultivate a respectful, energized learning space.
  
  

Youth Coach Key Responsibilities

Develop a cohort of high school students who genuinely enjoy school, achieve learning gains at twice the standard pace using adaptive software, and demonstrate competency in practical life skills.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in any field
• 3 years of direct experience working with high school students (ages 13-18)
• Willing to work on-site in Brownsville, TX (relocation support available)
• Legal authorization to work in the US
  
  

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Experience as an athletic coach, camp counselor, or youth program facilitator who has successfully motivated teenagers in non-classroom settings
• Demonstrated success guiding groups to achieve quantifiable objectives (completion metrics, performance standards, behavioral improvements)
• Familiarity with adaptive learning systems or educational technology platforms
• Strong storytelling skills that captivate teenage audiences, delivered with cultural sensitivity and authentic connection
  
  

About Alpha

Want to join a learning rebellion that’s transforming the traditional classroom?

Alpha School is on a mission to reshape education with a bold approach that harnesses AI to accelerate learning and unleash student potential.

They don’t play by the old rules.

Alpha is creating a new paradigm where students master core academics in just two hours a day, freeing up time for hands-on, passion-driven learning that truly prepares them for the real world.

Alpha School is rewriting the rules of education.

Sounds too good to be true? It’s not.

There is so much to cover for this exciting role, and space here is limited. Hit the Apply button if you found this interesting and want to learn more. We look forward to meeting you!

Working with us

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 $50 USD/hour, which equates to $100,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly. Consult www.crossover.com/help-and-faqs for more details on this topic.

Crossover Job Code: LJ-5771-US-Orlando-YouthCoach