Youth Development Specialist $100,000 USD/year Pay is set based on global value, not the local market.
Most roles = hourly rate x 40 hrs x 50 weeks
Description
- On-site at Alpha campuses in Denver, CO | Atlanta, GA | Nashville, TN | Fort Worth, TX | Houston, TX | Park City, UT
- $100,000 annual salary, paid weekly. Full health, dental, and vision coverage from day one
- Relocation assistance available for candidates willing to move
The kindest thing you can do for a student who reached 99% of their target is to refuse to accept it as complete. If that expectation feels uncomfortable, this position won't be a good fit. If it energizes you—because you understand that maintaining high standards is how you demonstrate belief in a student's capacity—continue reading.
Alpha operates differently from conventional schools. Students complete a full academic day in approximately two hours using adaptive software. No classroom lectures. No traditional textbooks. Your role covers what technology cannot: guiding young people through essential life skills including public speaking, concentration, and constructive feedback exchange. You'll facilitate interactive workshops, drive students toward their learning targets, and develop relationships that transform a reserved fourth grader into someone who presents confidently before adult audiences.
This position offers clear advancement. During your first year, you'll manage a focused student cohort and implement Alpha's proven framework: life skill sessions, motivational coaching, mastery-based evaluation. Once you demonstrate the ability to guide every student to 100% goal achievement while maintaining satisfaction ratings above 90%, you become eligible for Lead Guide—a role where you'll mentor a team while staying connected to direct student work. Top performers don't just impact individual students; they influence entire campus cultures.
Traditional schools don't offer this opportunity. If you've been working with young people in coaching, counseling, or mentoring capacities and want to move beyond instructional teaching into real developmental work, this role is your next step.
What you will be doing
- Facilitating one-hour life skill workshops for K-12 students covering public speaking, concentration, time management, and feedback skills (interactive and project-driven, never traditional lecture format)
- Conducting daily motivational check-ins where you engage individual students, assess their adaptive learning app performance (via Coachbot analytics), and drive them toward 100% weekly goal attainment
- Organizing and executing mastery-based assessments (Test2Pass) to verify students have genuinely mastered each skill, not merely attended sessions
- Cultivating authentic connections with each student to establish trust that allows you to coach through resistance, lack of focus, and self-limiting beliefs
- Monitoring student performance against satisfaction metrics and goal completion rates, modifying your methods when outcomes don't meet standards
What you will NOT be doing
- Standing at the front of a classroom delivering traditional academic content (students complete core subjects through independent adaptive applications, not instructor-led lessons)
- Creating original lesson plans (Alpha supplies life skills curriculum and implementation guides; your responsibility is executing them with enthusiasm and narrative skill)
- Handling parent communications or administrative duties (Campus Leads manage those functions; you concentrate exclusively on student development)
- Evaluating homework assignments or coordinating standardized testing 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 provide feedback and mutual accountability)
Key responsibilities
Guarantee that every student in your cohort develops enthusiasm for school, achieves mastery in critical life skills, and reaches 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 management roles)
- Commitment to on-site work at an Alpha campus 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 at Alpha's Austin, TX campus
- Legal authorization to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship
Nice to have
- Background in youth development: sports coaching, camp management, or youth programming where you held direct accountability for driving kids toward measurable goals
- Demonstrated history of personal excellence (academic distinctions, competitive sports participation, or leadership positions demanding consistent high performance)
- Innate storytelling skills: you can maintain the attention of a room full of 12-year-olds for an hour without needing to raise your voice
- Success re-engaging unmotivated or resistant students and converting them into enthusiastic participants
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