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

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

Most educators burn out battling bureaucracy. Crafting lesson plans no one will review. Enduring meetings that produce no change. You recognized years ago that the real work isn't in those rituals—it's in connecting with the student sitting across from you.

At Alpha, academic instruction happens through software. Adaptive platforms guide each student through content at their individual pace. No traditional lectures, no homework assignments, no grading papers. This structure allows you to focus entirely on what transforms outcomes: facilitating life skills workshops where high schoolers develop public speaking abilities, concentration techniques, and feedback literacy, then working with them individually to maintain momentum toward their learning objectives. You'll spend half your time leading group sessions. The other half involves one-on-one coaching, using Coachbot analytics to pinpoint exactly where each student encounters obstacles.

Students complete a mastery assessment following every workshop. You should earn high ratings from 90% of participants. 100% should be making progress in their learning apps. These aren't stretch goals—they define the standard. Maintaining high expectations demonstrates your confidence in their potential. Through this work, you'll develop expertise in creating workshops that teenagers genuinely want to attend, mastering advanced educational technology, and forming meaningful relationships with students and families. Our Brownsville location neighbors SpaceX. Educational innovation converges with aerospace exploration, and you'll execute Alpha's fundamental mission: cultivating students who enjoy learning, progress at twice the typical rate, and acquire genuinely useful capabilities. If you've been searching for an educational environment aligned with your vision of how school should function, you've found it.

What You Will Be Doing

• Facilitating one-hour life skills workshops for high school students covering public speaking, concentration, and feedback exchange, with mastery verified through structured Test2Pass assessments
• Conducting daily individual motivation sessions that leverage Coachbot data to engage students, diagnose learning app obstacles, and guide them through challenges
• Collaborating with students to create personalized motivation frameworks, including reward systems and incentives that encourage autonomous advancement in academic applications
• Preparing by reviewing curriculum and session plans, then adjusting your approach based on real-time assessment of student engagement
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Delivering academic content. Software platforms manage instruction in mathematics, literacy, and all other subjects.
• Overseeing school operations or supervising staff. No budget management, no recruitment, no administrative meetings—your attention stays with your student cohort.
• Enforcing discipline through conventional authority structures. No detention assignments, no suspensions, no power-based directives. You rely on reasoning and positive reinforcement to create a respectful, energized learning space.
  
  

Youth Coach Key Responsibilities

Develop a high school student cohort that enjoys the educational experience, achieves 2x accelerated learning through adaptive technology, and exhibits mastery of practical life competencies.

Basic Requirements

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

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Experience as a sports coach, camp counselor, or youth program coordinator who has inspired teenagers in non-classroom settings
• Demonstrated success guiding groups toward quantifiable objectives (completion metrics, performance standards, behavioral outcomes)
• Familiarity with adaptive learning systems or educational technology platforms
• Narrative communication skills that engage teenage audiences, delivered with cultural sensitivity and authenticity
  
  

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.001