Youth Development Specialist $100,000 USD/year Pay is set based on global value, not the local market.
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Description
- In-person role based in Houston, TX — campuses located in Central Houston, South Houston, or The Woodlands (relocation assistance available)
- Annual salary of $100,000, distributed weekly. Full health, dental, and vision coverage begins on day one
The greatest support you can offer a student who reaches 99% of their target is to refuse to accept it as complete. If that principle unsettles you, this position is not the right fit. If it energizes you because you understand that maintaining high standards demonstrates belief in a student's ability to meet them, continue reading.
Alpha operates differently than conventional schools. Students complete a full academic day's work in roughly two hours using adaptive software. There are no lectures or textbooks. Your role centers on what technology cannot replicate: developing life skills in Pre-K through 8th grade students—public speaking, concentration, and feedback exchange. You will spend half your time facilitating hands-on workshops guided by structured playbooks and narrative techniques. The remaining half involves individual or small-group sessions where you analyze student progress through Coachbot analytics within adaptive learning platforms and drive them toward achieving 100% of weekly objectives. Mastery is demonstrated through Test2Pass assessments rather than participation-based grading.
During your first year, you will manage a student cohort and internalize Alpha's methodology: life skills workshops, motivational coaching, mastery-based evaluation. Once you consistently hold all students to 100% goal completion while maintaining satisfaction ratings above 90%, advancement to Lead Guide becomes available—a role where you mentor other Guides while remaining engaged with students directly. The most effective people in this position do more than transform individual students; they influence campus-wide operations.
If your background includes years of coaching, counseling, or mentoring young people and you have wished to eliminate traditional instruction in favor of focusing purely on their development, this opportunity is designed for you.
What you will be doing
- Facilitating one-hour life skills workshops for Pre-K–8 students covering public speaking, concentration, teamwork, and feedback practices (experiential and project-oriented)
- Conducting daily individual and small-group motivational sessions to review student performance in adaptive learning platforms (via Coachbot analytics), establish objectives, and drive them to achieve 100% of weekly targets
- Overseeing and assessing Test2Pass evaluations to verify genuine mastery of each life skill rather than mere attendance
- Tailoring your approach across a broad developmental spectrum, from Pre-K learners requiring high energy and physical activity to 8th graders needing direct communication and accountability
- Cultivating authentic connections with every student so they trust you sufficiently to receive coaching through resistance, distraction, and uncertainty
What you will NOT be doing
- Delivering lectures or traditional academic lessons (core subjects are learned through adaptive applications, not instructor-led teaching)
- Creating lesson plans or curriculum materials independently (Alpha supplies life skills frameworks; your responsibility is to execute them with energy and narrative skill)
- Handling parent communications or administrative duties (Campus Leads manage these areas; your attention remains on students)
- Evaluating homework or preparing students for standardized tests (these elements are absent from Alpha's model)
- Operating independently (you collaborate with a campus team including Lead Guides, Campus Leads, and colleagues who provide feedback and mutual accountability)
Key responsibilities
Guarantee that every student in your cohort develops a love for school, 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
- Minimum 3 years of direct experience working with Pre-K–8 students (in teaching, coaching, counseling, or youth program leadership capacities)
- Demonstrated experience motivating or coaching Pre-K–8 students toward academic, behavioral, or extracurricular objectives, with at least one concrete example you can articulate (including the objective, your actions, and the result)
- Regular daily use of generative AI tools (such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude)
- Availability to work on-site at Alpha's Central Houston, South Houston, or The Woodlands campus (relocation assistance provided)
- Authorization to work legally in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship
Nice to have
- Background in youth sports coaching, camp leadership, or after-school programming where you held direct responsibility for motivating children to accomplish defined goals
- History of significant personal achievement (academic distinctions, competitive athletics, or leadership positions demanding sustained excellence)
- Innate storytelling capability: you can maintain the attention of a group of 12-year-olds for an hour without elevating your voice
- Success motivating disengaged or reluctant students and converting them into engaged participants
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