Youth Development Manager, Alpha - $200,000/year USD

• On-site locations: Beverly Hills, CA; La Jolla (San Diego), CA; Piedmont, CA; South Bay (LA), CA; Greenwich, CT; Boca Raton, FL; Miami, FL; Boston, MA; Bethesda, MD; Raleigh, NC; New York City, NY; Seattle, WA (relocation assistance available)
• $200,000 annually, distributed weekly | Health, dental, and vision coverage from day one
  
  

The most impactful support you can offer a student achieving 99% is declining to call it 100%. Not out of apathy — but because you know they're capable of reaching that mark, and accepting less represents the true disservice. If this reasoning resonates, continue reading. If it feels overly strict, you'll find this position challenging.

Alpha students don't attend traditional lectures. They advance through adaptive applications at double the speed of conventional classrooms while simultaneously developing practical life competencies. Your responsibility is ensuring three commitments are fulfilled for every child in your cohort: genuine enthusiasm for learning, 2x accelerated progress, and acquisition of skills beyond standard curricula. You simultaneously develop the Guides who execute these same commitments throughout your campus.

Data informs all decisions and every interaction is in-person. You divide your attention between your personal student cohort and the Guides under your leadership — maintaining identical standards for both: quantifiable advancement, without compromise. When a Guide's session underperforms, you skip the documentation; instead, you observe, review, and resolve it within hours.

You'll witness reserved children confidently presenting to adults. You'll observe a student who previously "despised school" requesting extended time. And you'll recognize that the standard you maintained is precisely what enabled their transformation, because upholding expectations demonstrates your belief in their capacity to meet them.

You may be establishing a completely new campus from the ground up and building the foundational culture that will shape the institution. As your campus evolves, your role transitions from operational founder to leadership coach, cultivating the team that expands Alpha's model throughout your territory.

If this appeals to you, submit your application now.

What You Will Be Doing

• Facilitating one-hour interactive life skills and social-emotional learning (SEL) sessions with K-8 students covering subjects like public speaking and concentration, adhering to Alpha's established framework
• Conducting daily engagement sessions that ensure 100% student achievement of weekly app targets through age-suitable motivators including school currency systems and competitive leaderboards
• Developing Guides via direct observation, precise feedback, and practical training so they execute workshops with equivalent energy and accuracy to your own delivery
• Analyzing Coachbot data and individual student records to determine intervention needs, then personally executing those interventions
• Directly mentoring your designated student cohort, demonstrating the coaching and engagement techniques you require from all Guides
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Creating lesson plans or developing curriculum. Students progress through adaptive apps; your responsibility is elevating the people supporting them.
• Delivering traditional classroom lectures. Your role is 80% engaging performer, 20% content expert; if you prefer whiteboard instruction, this position isn't suitable.
• Compromising standards when pressured by parents or administration. A 99% score receives "not yet" as feedback — and you'll have organizational support to maintain that boundary.
• Spending time in an office processing administrative documents. The majority of your workday involves direct engagement with students and Guides.
• Delaying performance feedback for weeks. Outcomes appear live in Coachbot and adjustments occur immediately.
  
  

Youth Development Manager Key Responsibilities

Execute Alpha's 3 Promises throughout your cohort and among the Guides under your leadership: every student develops genuine passion for school, achieves learning at 2x velocity, and acquires authentic life competencies.

Basic Requirements

• Currently residing in or prepared to relocate to Beverly Hills, CA; La Jolla (San Diego), CA; Piedmont, CA; South Bay (LA), CA; Greenwich, CT; Boca Raton, FL; Miami, FL; Boston, MA; Bethesda, MD; Raleigh, NC; New York City, NY; Seattle, WA (relocation assistance available)
• Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Business, or related discipline (Master's preferred; traditional teaching certifications are not required)
• Minimum 5 years of experience in education, learning and development, coaching, or comparable field
• Demonstrated experience creating and executing educational programs, curricula, or training systems
• Proven leadership history managing teams of 5 or more individuals, including recruitment and performance-based termination authority
• Background in coaching, mentoring, or delivering constructive feedback to enhance engagement and results
• Professional experience with youth ages 5–14 in educational or developmental environments
• Demonstrated ability utilizing data and metrics to inform decisions and drive ongoing improvement
• Legal authorization to work in the United States
  
  

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Master's degree in Education, Psychology, or Business
• Experience as an athletic coach, camp director, or youth program coordinator where you directly inspired children to achieve quantifiable goals
• History coaching adults in positions where performance was monitored and evaluated
• Confidence presenting to large groups of children. The presence that commands attention from a room full of 8-year-olds.
  
  

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 $100 USD/hour, which equates to $200,000 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-5628-US-Bethesda-YouthDevelopme