What are the responsibilities and job description for the Youth Development Specialist, Alpha - $100,000/year USD position at Crossover?
- Austin, TX: on-site position with relocation assistance available
- $100,000 annual salary (W2), paid on a weekly basis
- Full-time role: daily, direct engagement with students in grades K-8
Alpha is a private school that has fundamentally reimagined conventional instruction. Students progress through academic material using adaptive learning software at an individualized pace, advancing up to twice as quickly as their peers in traditional settings. However, software alone cannot cultivate resilience or teach a timid second-grader to present confidently before an audience. That responsibility falls to you. Approximately half of your time will be spent facilitating one-hour life skills workshops in which you guide students through exercises in public speaking, teamwork, concentration, and constructive feedback. The remaining portion involves one-on-one and small-group coaching sessions, where you establish meaningful connections, define challenging academic objectives, and ensure students meet those targets daily.
This is not a casual mentorship position. You will be accountable for measurable results: each student meeting academic benchmarks, demonstrating mastery of life skills through assessments, and rating your effectiveness at 90% or higher. The students who show the most resistance are often the ones who require your support the most, and transforming a reluctant learner into one who is genuinely motivated to participate represents both the greatest challenge and the most fulfilling aspect of this work.
Individuals who consistently deliver strong student outcomes here advance into roles where they lead and develop other educators, influencing how an entire campus approaches student coaching. If you find building impact through daily work more compelling than waiting for a title promotion, this is the starting point. Submit your application today.
What You Will Be Doing
- Facilitating one-hour life skills workshops for groups of students in grades K-8, guiding instruction on public speaking, teamwork, concentration, and constructive feedback using structured exercises and narrative techniques
- Conducting one-on-one and small-group coaching sessions in which you establish goals alongside students, monitor their academic application progress, and provide timely intervention when performance lags
- Adjusting your approach across a broad developmental spectrum: your methods for coaching a five-year-old will differ significantly from those used with a middle schooler
- Administering Test2Pass assessments to verify that students have genuinely achieved mastery of the life skills curriculum you deliver
- Leveraging student profiles, performance metrics, and coachbot analytics to maintain precise awareness of each student's standing prior to every interaction
- Delivering academic instruction. Math, literacy, and science content are taught via adaptive software, not traditional lectures.
- Creating lesson plans independently. You will utilize an existing life skills curriculum and structured framework.
- Handling grading, report card preparation, or test prep for standardized exams. Student achievement is evaluated through assessments you conduct, not administrative paperwork.
- Working from a desk. This position requires constant physical presence, active engagement, and direct interaction with students throughout the day.
Lead a cohort of students in grades K-8 to achieve mastery in life skills and reach ambitious academic milestones.
Basic Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in any field
- 3 years of direct experience working with students in grades K-8
- Demonstrated history of coaching or motivating K-8 students to exceed baseline expectations, including at least one detailed example you can describe (the objective, your actions, the result)
- Willing to work on-site in Austin, TX (relocation assistance provided)
- Comfortable operating in a non-traditional educational environment centered on motivation and student engagement rather than direct instruction
- Authorized to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship
- Experience in coaching or mentoring within youth sports, competitive academic settings, or organized enrichment programs
- Familiarity with behavioral motivation strategies such as goal-setting models, incentive mechanisms, or accountability frameworks
- Proven ability to engage disengaged or reluctant young learners and facilitate positive behavioral change
- Experience leading group sessions with mixed-age groups of children
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-5801-US-Dripping-YouthDevelopme
Salary : $100,000