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

• On-site at Alpha's Central Houston, South Houston, or The Woodlands locations (relocation assistance available)
• $100,000 annual salary paid weekly. Full health, dental, and vision coverage begins on day one
  
  

When a student reaches 99% of their target, the most meaningful support you can offer is refusing to accept it as complete. If that principle feels uncomfortable, this position isn't the right fit. If it energizes you because you understand that maintaining high standards demonstrates your belief in a student's capacity to achieve them, continue reading.

Alpha operates differently from conventional schools. Students complete a full academic day in approximately two hours using adaptive software—no traditional lectures or textbooks involved. Your responsibility centers on what technology cannot replicate: developing life skills in Pre-K through 8th grade students, including public speaking, concentration, and feedback exchange. You'll spend half your time facilitating hands-on workshops guided by structured materials and narrative techniques. The remaining time involves individual or small-group sessions where you analyze student performance in adaptive platforms via Coachbot analytics and ensure they reach 100% of weekly objectives. Students demonstrate competency through Test2Pass evaluations rather than participation-based grading.

During your first year, you'll manage a student cohort while mastering Alpha's approach: life skills facilitation, motivational coaching, and competency-based evaluation. Once you consistently guide all students to 100% goal completion while maintaining satisfaction ratings above 90%, advancement to Lead Guide becomes possible, allowing you to mentor fellow Guides while continuing direct student work. Top performers don't just transform individual trajectories—they influence campus-wide operations.

If you've dedicated years to coaching, counseling, or mentoring young people while wishing to eliminate traditional instruction and concentrate on their genuine development, this opportunity is designed for you.

What You Will Be Doing

• Facilitating one-hour life skills workshops for Pre-K–8 students covering public speaking, concentration, teamwork, and feedback skills through hands-on, project-oriented methods
• Conducting daily individual and small-group motivational sessions to analyze student performance in adaptive platforms (utilizing Coachbot analytics), establish objectives, and ensure 100% weekly target achievement
• Overseeing and assessing Test2Pass evaluations to verify genuine life skill mastery rather than simple participation
• Adjusting your coaching approach across diverse age groups, from Pre-K learners requiring energetic, movement-based engagement to 8th graders needing direct accountability conversations
• Cultivating authentic connections with each student to establish trust that enables effective coaching through resistance, distraction, and uncertainty
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Providing lectures or conventional academic instruction (core academic content is delivered through adaptive applications, not by you)
• Creating lesson plans or developing curriculum independently (Alpha supplies life skills frameworks; your role is executing them with energy and narrative skill)
• Handling parent communications or administrative duties (Campus Leads manage these areas; your focus remains on students)
• Evaluating homework or conducting standardized test preparation (these elements don't exist in this model)
• Operating independently (you're integrated into a campus team including Lead Guides, Campus Leads, and colleagues who provide mutual feedback and accountability)
  
  

Youth Development Coach Key Responsibilities

Guarantee that every student in your cohort develops a love for learning, achieves mastery of critical life skills, and reaches 100% of their academic objectives through adaptive learning platforms.

Basic Requirements

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

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Background in youth sports coaching, camp direction, or after-school programs where you held direct responsibility for motivating children toward specific objectives
• History of significant personal accomplishment (academic distinctions, competitive sports, or leadership positions requiring sustained high performance)
• Innate storytelling capability: you can maintain the attention of a room full of 12-year-olds for an hour without elevating your voice
• Success motivating disengaged or reluctant students and converting them into active participants
  
  

About Alpha

Join the team building school around student growth

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

Roles with real student impact: Alpha hires teachers (guides), operators, admissions experts, school & curriculum leaders, and remote team members.

Education work that pays like it matters: Alpha offers six-figure roles for people ready to help build a radically better school experience.

A culture built for builders: Alpha is fast-moving, ambitious, and student focused. It’s for people who want to improve the system, not maintain it.

Alpha is where you can do the most meaningful work of your career.

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-Dripping-YouthDevelopme1