Youth Program Director $100,000 USD/year Pay is set based on global value, not the local market.
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Description
- On-site at Alpha campuses in Atlanta, GA | Denver, CO | Fort Worth, TX | Houston, TX | Nashville, TN | Park City, UT
- $100,000 annual salary, paid weekly. Full health, dental, and vision coverage from day one
- Considering a move? Relocation assistance is available
The most valuable thing you can offer a student who reached 99% of their target is the refusal to accept it as complete. If that principle feels uncomfortable, this position won't be a good fit. 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 academic day in approximately two hours using adaptive software. No traditional lectures. No physical textbooks. Your role centers on what technology cannot accomplish: guiding young people through essential life competencies such as public speaking, concentration, and constructive feedback exchange. You'll facilitate interactive workshops, inspire students to exceed their learning targets, and develop meaningful connections that transform a reserved 4th grader into someone who presents with confidence before adult audiences.
This position offers growth opportunities. During your first year, you'll manage a small student cohort and become proficient in Alpha's methodology: life skill workshops, motivational coaching sessions, and mastery-based evaluation. Once you demonstrate the ability to guide every student toward 100% goal achievement while maintaining satisfaction scores above 90%, advancement to Lead Guide becomes possible—where you'll mentor a team while remaining engaged with students directly. The most effective individuals in this role don't merely impact individual students; they influence entire campus operations.
Traditional schools don't offer this opportunity. If you've been working with young people through coaching, counseling, or mentoring and wish you could eliminate conventional instruction to focus on genuine development, this role represents that transition.
What you will be doing
- Facilitating one-hour life skill workshops for K-12 students covering subjects like public speaking, concentration, time management, and constructive feedback (interactive and project-driven, never lecture-based)
- Conducting daily motivational sessions where you engage individual students, examine their progress in adaptive learning platforms (via Coachbot analytics), and encourage them toward 100% weekly goal completion
- Organizing and conducting mastery-based assessments (Test2Pass) to verify students have genuinely acquired each skill, not simply attended sessions
- Establishing authentic connections with each student so they develop trust sufficient to receive coaching through resistance, distraction, and uncertainty
- Monitoring student advancement against satisfaction metrics and goal achievement data, modifying your methods when outcomes require improvement
What you will NOT be doing
- Presenting traditional classroom lectures or providing standard academic instruction (students acquire core subjects through self-directed adaptive applications, not through your teaching)
- Creating lesson plans from the ground up (Alpha supplies life skills curriculum and playbooks; your responsibility is to execute them with enthusiasm and narrative skill)
- Handling parent communications or school administrative tasks (Campus Leads manage those functions; you remain concentrated on your students)
- Evaluating homework or overseeing standardized test preparation (these elements don't exist in this environment)
- Operating independently (you're integrated into a campus team with Lead Guides, Campus Leads, and colleagues who exchange feedback and maintain mutual accountability)
Key responsibilities
Guarantee that every student in your cohort develops enthusiasm for school, achieves proficiency in critical life skills, and reaches 100% of their academic objectives through adaptive learning software.
Candidate requirements
- Bachelor's degree in any field
- 3+ years of experience working directly with K-8 students (teaching, coaching, counseling, or youth program leadership)
- Willingness to work in-person at an Alpha campus in Atlanta, GA; Denver, CO; Fort Worth, TX; Houston, TX; Nashville, TN; or Park City, UT (relocation support provided)
- Ability to attend a paid training program at Alpha's Austin, TX campus
- Legal authorization to work in the United States without visa sponsorship
Nice to have
- Background in youth development: athletic coaching, camp leadership, or youth program work where you held direct accountability for motivating young people toward specific objectives
- History of significant personal accomplishment (academic honors, competitive athletics, or leadership positions that demanded sustained excellence)
- Innate storytelling capability: you can maintain the attention of a room filled with 12-year-olds for an hour without elevating your voice
- Experience engaging disengaged or reluctant students and converting them into active contributors
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