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

• On-site at Alpha's Houston-area campuses: Central Houston, South Houston, or The Woodlands (relocation assistance available)
• $100,000 annual compensation, distributed weekly. Full health, dental, and vision coverage begins immediately
  
  

The kindest thing you can offer a student who achieved 99% of their target is to clarify that it isn't finished. If that principle feels harsh, this position won't be a fit. If it resonates because you understand that maintaining high standards is how you communicate belief in a student's potential, continue reading.

Alpha operates outside conventional school models. Students complete a full academic day in roughly two hours using adaptive technology. No classroom lectures. No traditional textbooks. Your role centers on what software cannot replicate: developing life competencies in Pre-K through 8th grade students—public speaking, sustained attention, feedback exchange. Half of each day involves facilitating hands-on skill-building sessions using prepared frameworks and narrative techniques. The remainder is spent in one-on-one or small-group settings, where you examine student progress through Coachbot analytics within adaptive platforms and guide them toward achieving 100% of weekly objectives. Mastery is validated through Test2Pass evaluations, not effort-based grading.

During your first year, you'll guide a dedicated student cohort and internalize Alpha's operational model: life competency sessions, individual motivation meetings, mastery-based evaluation. Once you consistently hold every student accountable to full goal completion while maintaining satisfaction ratings above 90%, advancement to Lead Guide becomes accessible—a role where you mentor fellow Guides while remaining active with students. Top performers don't merely influence individual trajectories; they define campus-wide culture.

If your background includes years of coaching, counseling, or mentoring young people and you've wished to eliminate traditional instruction in favor of genuine developmental work, this opportunity is designed for you.

What You Will Be Doing

• Facilitating one-hour life competency workshops for Pre-K–8 students covering public speaking, focus, teamwork, and feedback skills (experiential and project-driven)
• Conducting daily individual and small-group coaching conversations where you analyze each student's adaptive learning progress via Coachbot analytics, establish targets, and guide them to complete 100% of weekly objectives
• Overseeing and assessing Test2Pass evaluations to verify genuine life skill mastery rather than simple attendance
• Adjusting your approach across developmental stages, from Pre-K learners requiring energetic, kinesthetic engagement to 8th graders needing direct communication and personal responsibility
• Cultivating authentic connections with every student so they trust your guidance through moments of resistance, distraction, or uncertainty
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Presenting lectures or traditional subject-matter instruction (core academics are delivered through adaptive software, not direct teaching)
• Creating original lesson plans or curriculum materials (Alpha supplies structured life skills frameworks; your role is to execute them with presence and narrative skill)
• Handling parent communication or administrative duties (Campus Leads manage these areas; your focus remains on student development)
• Evaluating assignments or preparing for standardized testing (these elements don't exist in Alpha's model)
• Operating independently (you collaborate within a campus team including Lead Guides, Campus Leads, and colleagues who exchange feedback and mutual accountability)
  
  

Youth Coach Key Responsibilities

Guarantee that each student in your cohort develops a love for learning, achieves mastery of core life competencies, and reaches 100% of their academic targets through adaptive learning platforms.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in any discipline
• 3 years of direct experience working with Pre-K–8 students (in teaching, coaching, counseling, or youth program management roles)
• Demonstrated experience coaching or motivating Pre-K–8 students toward academic, behavioral, or extracurricular objectives, with at least one concrete example you can articulate (including the objective, your approach, and the result)
• Regular use of generative AI platforms (e.g., ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude)
• Availability to work on-site at Alpha's Central Houston, South Houston, or The Woodlands location (relocation assistance provided)
• Authorization to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship
  
  

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Background in youth sports coaching, camp facilitation, or after-school programming where you held direct accountability for motivating children toward measurable outcomes
• History of personal achievement (academic distinctions, competitive athletics, or leadership positions requiring consistent high performance)
• Innate storytelling capability: you can maintain the attention of a group of 12-year-olds for an hour without escalating volume
• Success engaging disengaged or reluctant students and transforming them into willing contributors
  
  

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-5767-US-Miami-YouthCoach.001