What are the responsibilities and job description for the Youth Development Specialist, Alpha - $100,000/year USD position at Crossover?
- On-site role in Springfield, MA (we provide relocation assistance)
- $100,000 annual compensation, distributed weekly. Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage begins on day one
Alpha operates differently than conventional schools. Students complete a full academic day's work in roughly two hours using adaptive technology. There are no traditional lectures or textbooks. Your role centers on what technology cannot replicate: developing life competencies in Pre-K through 8th grade students—skills like public speaking, sustained attention, and constructive feedback exchange. You'll spend half your time facilitating hands-on workshops guided by structured frameworks and narrative techniques. The remaining half involves individual and small-group sessions where you analyze student performance in adaptive platforms via Coachbot analytics and ensure they reach 100% of weekly targets. Mastery is demonstrated through Test2Pass evaluations, not through participation metrics.
This is highly selective work. Your first year will focus on mastering the model: facilitating workshops, conducting motivation sessions, administering mastery evaluations, and demonstrating your capacity to hold every student accountable to 100% completion. Excel in this foundation and advancement to Lead Guide becomes available. The role requires warmth, commanding presence, and uncompromising standards. Submit your application now.
What You Will Be Doing
- Facilitating one-hour life competency workshops covering public speaking, sustained focus, collaborative work, and feedback exchange, calibrating your delivery and energy for Pre-K through 8th grade developmental ranges
- Conducting daily individual and small-group coaching sessions where you analyze each student's adaptive learning app performance (via Coachbot analytics), establish clear objectives, and ensure they achieve 100% of weekly benchmarks
- Administering and assessing Test2Pass evaluations to verify genuine mastery of each life skill, distinguishing true competency from mere attendance
- Deploying focused interventions when students lag academically or in active participation—diagnosing underlying issues and constructing targeted recovery strategies
- Cultivating authentic connections with each student, creating the trust foundation necessary for effective coaching through moments of resistance, distraction, and uncertainty
- Delivering lectures or conventional academic lessons (core subject learning happens through adaptive platforms, not direct instruction from you)
- Creating original lesson plans or curriculum materials (Alpha supplies comprehensive life skills frameworks; you execute them with dynamism and narrative skill)
- Handling parent communications or administrative operations (Campus Leads manage these functions; your attention remains on student development)
- Evaluating homework assignments or preparing students for standardized testing (these elements are absent from our model)
- Operating independently without collaboration (you function within a campus team including Lead Guides, Campus Leads, and colleagues who exchange feedback and maintain mutual accountability)
Guarantee that every student in your cohort develops genuine enthusiasm for school, achieves mastery in critical life competencies, and reaches 100% of their academic objectives through adaptive learning technology.
Basic Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in any discipline.
- Minimum 3 years of direct experience working with Pre-K through 8th grade students (in teaching, coaching, counseling, or youth program leadership capacities).
- Demonstrated experience motivating or coaching Pre-K through 8th grade students toward academic, behavioral, athletic, or extracurricular objectives, with at least one concrete example you can articulate (including the objective, your specific actions, and measurable outcome).
- Receptiveness to a coaching-centered approach where academic instruction is delivered entirely through the learning platform. Your function is motivational guidance and development, not core subject teaching.
- Regular use of generative AI applications (such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude).
- Availability for on-site work at Alpha's Springfield, MA campus (relocation assistance available).
- Authorization to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship.
- Background in youth sports coaching, camp direction, or after-school programming where you held direct accountability for motivating young people toward defined objectives.
- History of exceptional personal performance (academic distinctions, competitive athletics, or leadership positions demanding consistent excellence).
- Innate narrative skill: you can maintain Pre-K through 8th grade students' focus for an hour without vocal escalation.
- Success engaging disengaged or reluctant students and converting them into active contributors.
- Experience supporting students who receive special education services.
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-5822-US-Swansea-YouthDevelopme
Salary : $100,000