Youth Mentor $100,000 USD/year Pay is set based on global value, not the local market.
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Description
- In-person positions available at Alpha campuses: Denver, CO | Atlanta, GA | Nashville, TN | Fort Worth, TX | Houston, TX | Park City, UT
- $100,000 annual salary distributed weekly. Full health, dental, and vision coverage begins day one
- Relocation assistance provided for those moving to join us
The most caring thing you can offer a student who reaches 99% of their target is to refuse to settle. If that expectation feels uncomfortable, this position may not suit you. If it energizes you—because you understand that maintaining high standards demonstrates your belief in a student's capability—continue reading.
Alpha operates differently from conventional schools. Students complete a full day's worth of academic content in approximately two hours using adaptive software. No traditional lectures. No textbooks. Your responsibility centers on what technology cannot replicate: guiding young people through essential life skills such as public speaking, concentration, and constructive feedback exchange. You'll facilitate hands-on workshops, inspire students to exceed their learning targets, and develop relationships that transform a reserved fourth grader into someone who presents confidently before adult audiences.
This position grows with you. During your first year, you'll guide a small student cohort and become fluent in Alpha's methodology: life skill workshops, motivation coaching, mastery-based evaluation. Once you demonstrate the ability to hold every student accountable to 100% goal achievement while maintaining satisfaction ratings above 90%, opportunities open toward Lead Guide, where you'll mentor a team while remaining directly engaged with students. The most effective people in this role don't simply transform individual trajectories; they influence how an entire campus functions.
Traditional schools don't offer this. If you've been coaching, counseling, or mentoring young people and wishing you could eliminate instructional teaching to focus purely on their development, this is that opportunity.
What you will be doing
- Facilitating one-hour life skill workshops for K-12 students covering topics such as public speaking, focus, time management, and constructive feedback exchange (interactive and project-driven, never lecture-based)
- Conducting daily motivation sessions where you engage individual students, assess their advancement in adaptive learning platforms (leveraging Coachbot analytics), and challenge them to achieve 100% of their weekly targets
- Developing and delivering mastery-based assessments (Test2Pass) to verify students have genuinely acquired each skill, beyond mere participation
- Establishing authentic relationships with every student so they trust your guidance through resistance, distraction, and uncertainty
- Monitoring student performance against satisfaction metrics and goal attainment data, modifying your methods when outcomes don't meet expectations
What you will NOT be doing
- Presenting traditional classroom lectures or providing standard academic instruction (students complete core subjects via self-directed adaptive applications, not through your teaching)
- Creating lesson plans from the ground up (Alpha supplies life skills curriculum and frameworks; your role is to animate them with enthusiasm and narrative)
- Handling parent communications or school administrative duties (Campus Leads manage those functions; you remain concentrated on your students)
- Evaluating homework assignments or coordinating standardized test preparation (these elements don't exist in our model)
- Operating independently (you're integrated into a campus team alongside Lead Guides, Campus Leads, and colleagues who exchange feedback and maintain mutual accountability)
Key responsibilities
Guarantee that every student in your cohort develops a love for learning, achieves mastery of critical life skills, and completes 100% of their academic objectives through adaptive learning technology.
Candidate requirements
- Bachelor's degree in any discipline
- 3+ years of direct experience working with K-8 students (in teaching, coaching, counseling, or youth program leadership capacities)
- Commitment to work in-person at an Alpha campus located in Denver, CO; Atlanta, GA; Nashville, TN; Fort Worth, TX; Houston, TX; or Park City, UT (relocation assistance available)
- Availability to participate in a paid training program held at Alpha's Austin, TX campus
- Legal authorization for employment in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship
Nice to have
- Background in youth development: athletic coaching, camp leadership roles, or youth program work where you held direct accountability for motivating children toward specific objectives
- Demonstrated history of personal excellence (academic distinctions, competitive athletics, or leadership positions demanding sustained high performance)
- Innate storytelling capability: you can captivate a group of 12-year-olds for an hour without elevating your voice
- Proven success motivating disengaged or reluctant students and converting them into enthusiastic participants
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