After School Program Leader, Alpha - $100,000/year USD
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings; fold minor metadata into short
or drop it. Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. Include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it — never emit heading followed by filler/placeholder text. Prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones.
We need to parse the posting.
Key content:
- Quote from Sam DePalo (maybe not needed? It's a testimonial; could be considered part of "About the role"? Might be considered content but not a heading. Could be placed in a
under maybe "About the role" or just as a quote. Since it's not a heading, we can include as a
maybe.
- "Alpha is hiring." Not needed.
- Description: Alpha students finish all academics in two hours a day. Adaptive software handles academic instruction. What it can't do is convince a seven-year-old that she's capable of more than she thinks — and that's the job. In this role, you'll be a guide, spending your day building confidence, focus, resilience, and the willingness to attempt hard things in children who are still learning to tie their shoes. You'll lead one K-3 cohort band, either Kindergarten-1st grade or 2nd-3rd. Half your day is high-energy, hour-long workshops on life skills: public speaking, giving and taking feedback, holding attention. The other half is coaching, one-on-one and in small groups, using live learning data to keep every child moving toward an ambitious weekly goal. Students should walk out of your workshops more capable than they walked in, and out of your coaching sessions believing they can do more than they thought. You do not need a teaching certificate or a background in education. Some of our strongest people in this role came from youth sports, children's theater, camp leadership, and after-school programs. What we're looking for is someone kids listen to and want to impress, and who can hold a high bar without ever making a child feel small. This is a full-time, on-site role, five days a week, at an Alpha campus. We recruit nationally, so job boards may display this opportunity in nearby cities that do not have a campus. Current Openings AZ - Scottsdale OK - Tulsa TX - Austin and Plano Interested in a different Alpha campus? Apply anyway and name your preferred location — we'll route you to the right opening.
- "What You Will Be Doing" bullet list (actually sentences). We need to turn into
- .
List items:
- Run hour-long life-skills workshops where K-3 students practice communication, focus, and feedback out loud and on their feet — not from a seat, and not from a lecture.
- Coach students individually and in small groups, using Coachbot (Alpha's live learning-analytics tool) to see exactly who is off pace and intervene before a weekly goal slips out of reach.
- Assess life-skill mastery through Test2Pass, Alpha's demonstrate-it-to-pass standard, and keep coaching until a student can actually do the thing — participation isn't the bar.
- Shift your approach to the age in front of you: songs, movement, and storytelling for the youngest cohort; independence, self-tracking, and accountability for 2nd and 3rd graders.
- Build enough trust with each child that they'll attempt something hard in front of you and stay in it when it doesn't work the first time.
- Own your cohort's numbers. You'll see your students' progress on a dashboard every week, and so will everyone else.
- "What You Won’t Be Doing" list:
- After-school program leaders know this one: you will not be supervising a silent computer lab. If students are working independently and you're standing still, something has gone wrong.
- Teaching academic lessons from the front of a room. Adaptive software delivers the academics.
- Writing curriculum from scratch. You'll personalize and sharpen proven playbooks, not invent them.
- Lowering the bar when a student struggles. You move the student toward the goal — never the goal toward the student.
- Grading papers, assigning homework, or fielding routine parent email.
- Working remotely or part-time. This is on-site, five days a week, on a campus.
- "After School Program Leader Key Responsibilities" paragraph: Build a cohort of K-3 students who love coming to school, hit ambitious learning goals week after week, and leave elementary school with the life skills — confidence, focus, communication, resilience — that will still be paying off twenty years from now.
- "Basic Requirements" list:
- Willing and able to work on-site, five days a week, at one of the Alpha campuses listed in this posting.
- Bachelor's degree in any field. A teaching certificate is not required.
- At least 3 years working directly with children ages 4-9 — teaching, coaching, tutoring, camps, youth programs, children's theater, or a similar setting where kids showed up because of you.
- A track record of getting young children to reach a goal they didn't think they could reach, with specific examples you can walk us through.
- Experience leading structured activities for groups of young children and keeping 10-15 or more students engaged, focused, and participating.
- The ability to explain ideas clearly to young learners and redirect a group in real time when attention, behavior, or motivation slips.
- A track record of acting on feedback by changing your approach and improving the outcome.
- Comfortable being measured. You'll be accountable to weekly cohort data, and you'll use that data to decide where to spend your time.
- Willing to let AI handle the academic instruction while you focus on coaching, motivation, and life skills.
- The ability to be genuinely warm and completely immovable on expectations, at the same time.
- Legal authorization to work in the United States without visa sponsorship.
- "Nice-to-have Requirements" list:
- Experience in youth sports, children's theater, camp leadership, Montessori, progressive education, or high-engagement after-school programs.
- A personal history of chasing something ambitious — in academics, athletics, the arts, or your career — and finding out what it takes.
- Storytelling or performance chops that hold a room of six-year-olds without you raising your voice.
- Specific examples of turning a reluctant or shy child into a confident, participating one.
- "About Alpha" paragraph(s): 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" paragraph: This is a full-time, W2 employee position with immediate access to benefits (link). All roles are year-long positions. The compensation level for this role is $100,000 USD/year. The payment period is weekly. Consult www.crossover.com/help-and-faqs for more details on this topic. Crossover Job Code: LJ-5149-US-Scottsda-AfterSchoolPro
We need to include Pay and Schedule sections if posting actually states them. Pay: $100,000 USD/year, weekly payment period. Schedule: full-time, on-site, five days a week. Benefits: immediate access to benefits (link). Also mention year-long positions.
We should not include boilerplate like application instructions, EEO, etc. Remove duplicated lines.
We need to decide sections: Could have sections: About the role (maybe include description and quote), Responsibilities (What You Will Be Doing and What You Won’t Be Doing maybe combined?), Requirements (Basic Requirements and Nice-to-have), Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Also maybe "About Alpha" could be part of About the role or separate. But we need to avoid thin sections. Let's combine.
We need to use
for section headings. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Not include Job ID as heading; we can include it in a
maybe as minor metadata.
We must preserve all substantive information. So we need to include the quote, the description, the responsibilities, the requirements, the benefits, pay, schedule, about alpha, working with us details.
We need to avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We need to ensure we don't create sections with no content.
Let's outline sections:
1. About the role (maybe include the quote and description of role). Could be a
containing quote and description.
2. Responsibilities (include What You Will Be Doing and What You Won’t Be Doing). Could be two lists? Could combine into one list? But they are distinct; we could have two
under same heading? The rule: Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. It doesn't forbid multiple lists under same heading. We'll do two
maybe with headings inside? But we cannot add extra headings unless they are from the list of allowed headings. Could we embed a before each list? Probably okay: we can have a
describing then a
. That's fine.
3. Requirements (Basic Requirements and Nice-to-have). Could have two with maybe a separating.
4. Benefits (immediate access to benefits, year-long positions). Could be a
with items.
5. Pay (compensation $100k/year, weekly payment). Could be a or
.
6. Schedule (full-time, on-site, five days a week). Could be a .
We also need to include location openings (AZ - Scottsdale etc.) maybe as part of About the role or a separate section? Could be under "Locations" but not in allowed headings. The allowed headings list includes About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. No Locations. So we should fold location info into a short
maybe under About the role or Responsibilities. The instruction: "Do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it." So location is minor metadata; we can put in a
.
Also the "Current Openings AZ - ScottsdaleOK - TulsaTX - Austin and Plano" etc. We'll include as a
.
Also the note about recruiting nationally and applying for different campus: include in
.
Also the "After School Program Leader Key Responsibilities" paragraph maybe duplicate of responsibilities; we can incorporate.
We need to avoid duplication: there is a paragraph "After School Program Leader Key Responsibilities Build a cohort..." which is similar to responsibilities but we can include as part of responsibilities.
We need to preserve all substantive information; not summarizing away detail. So we need to keep the specifics: e.g., "Run hour-long life-skills workshops where K-3 students practice communication, focus, and feedback out loud and on their feet — not from a seat, and not from a lecture." etc.
We must not
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings; fold minor metadata into short
or drop it. Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. Include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it — never emit heading followed by filler/placeholder text. Prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. We need to parse the posting. Key content: - Quote from Sam DePalo (maybe not needed? It's a testimonial; could be considered part of "About the role"? Might be considered content but not a heading. Could be placed in a
under maybe "About the role" or just as a quote. Since it's not a heading, we can include as a
maybe. - "Alpha is hiring." Not needed. - Description: Alpha students finish all academics in two hours a day. Adaptive software handles academic instruction. What it can't do is convince a seven-year-old that she's capable of more than she thinks — and that's the job. In this role, you'll be a guide, spending your day building confidence, focus, resilience, and the willingness to attempt hard things in children who are still learning to tie their shoes. You'll lead one K-3 cohort band, either Kindergarten-1st grade or 2nd-3rd. Half your day is high-energy, hour-long workshops on life skills: public speaking, giving and taking feedback, holding attention. The other half is coaching, one-on-one and in small groups, using live learning data to keep every child moving toward an ambitious weekly goal. Students should walk out of your workshops more capable than they walked in, and out of your coaching sessions believing they can do more than they thought. You do not need a teaching certificate or a background in education. Some of our strongest people in this role came from youth sports, children's theater, camp leadership, and after-school programs. What we're looking for is someone kids listen to and want to impress, and who can hold a high bar without ever making a child feel small. This is a full-time, on-site role, five days a week, at an Alpha campus. We recruit nationally, so job boards may display this opportunity in nearby cities that do not have a campus. Current Openings AZ - Scottsdale OK - Tulsa TX - Austin and Plano Interested in a different Alpha campus? Apply anyway and name your preferred location — we'll route you to the right opening. - "What You Will Be Doing" bullet list (actually sentences). We need to turn into
- .
List items:
- Run hour-long life-skills workshops where K-3 students practice communication, focus, and feedback out loud and on their feet — not from a seat, and not from a lecture.
- Coach students individually and in small groups, using Coachbot (Alpha's live learning-analytics tool) to see exactly who is off pace and intervene before a weekly goal slips out of reach.
- Assess life-skill mastery through Test2Pass, Alpha's demonstrate-it-to-pass standard, and keep coaching until a student can actually do the thing — participation isn't the bar.
- Shift your approach to the age in front of you: songs, movement, and storytelling for the youngest cohort; independence, self-tracking, and accountability for 2nd and 3rd graders.
- Build enough trust with each child that they'll attempt something hard in front of you and stay in it when it doesn't work the first time.
- Own your cohort's numbers. You'll see your students' progress on a dashboard every week, and so will everyone else.
- "What You Won’t Be Doing" list:
- After-school program leaders know this one: you will not be supervising a silent computer lab. If students are working independently and you're standing still, something has gone wrong.
- Teaching academic lessons from the front of a room. Adaptive software delivers the academics.
- Writing curriculum from scratch. You'll personalize and sharpen proven playbooks, not invent them.
- Lowering the bar when a student struggles. You move the student toward the goal — never the goal toward the student.
- Grading papers, assigning homework, or fielding routine parent email.
- Working remotely or part-time. This is on-site, five days a week, on a campus.
- "After School Program Leader Key Responsibilities" paragraph: Build a cohort of K-3 students who love coming to school, hit ambitious learning goals week after week, and leave elementary school with the life skills — confidence, focus, communication, resilience — that will still be paying off twenty years from now.
- "Basic Requirements" list:
- Willing and able to work on-site, five days a week, at one of the Alpha campuses listed in this posting.
- Bachelor's degree in any field. A teaching certificate is not required.
- At least 3 years working directly with children ages 4-9 — teaching, coaching, tutoring, camps, youth programs, children's theater, or a similar setting where kids showed up because of you.
- A track record of getting young children to reach a goal they didn't think they could reach, with specific examples you can walk us through.
- Experience leading structured activities for groups of young children and keeping 10-15 or more students engaged, focused, and participating.
- The ability to explain ideas clearly to young learners and redirect a group in real time when attention, behavior, or motivation slips.
- A track record of acting on feedback by changing your approach and improving the outcome.
- Comfortable being measured. You'll be accountable to weekly cohort data, and you'll use that data to decide where to spend your time.
- Willing to let AI handle the academic instruction while you focus on coaching, motivation, and life skills.
- The ability to be genuinely warm and completely immovable on expectations, at the same time.
- Legal authorization to work in the United States without visa sponsorship.
- "Nice-to-have Requirements" list:
- Experience in youth sports, children's theater, camp leadership, Montessori, progressive education, or high-engagement after-school programs.
- A personal history of chasing something ambitious — in academics, athletics, the arts, or your career — and finding out what it takes.
- Storytelling or performance chops that hold a room of six-year-olds without you raising your voice.
- Specific examples of turning a reluctant or shy child into a confident, participating one.
- "About Alpha" paragraph(s): 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" paragraph: This is a full-time, W2 employee position with immediate access to benefits (link). All roles are year-long positions. The compensation level for this role is $100,000 USD/year. The payment period is weekly. Consult www.crossover.com/help-and-faqs for more details on this topic. Crossover Job Code: LJ-5149-US-Scottsda-AfterSchoolPro
We need to include Pay and Schedule sections if posting actually states them. Pay: $100,000 USD/year, weekly payment period. Schedule: full-time, on-site, five days a week. Benefits: immediate access to benefits (link). Also mention year-long positions.
We should not include boilerplate like application instructions, EEO, etc. Remove duplicated lines.
We need to decide sections: Could have sections: About the role (maybe include description and quote), Responsibilities (What You Will Be Doing and What You Won’t Be Doing maybe combined?), Requirements (Basic Requirements and Nice-to-have), Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Also maybe "About Alpha" could be part of About the role or separate. But we need to avoid thin sections. Let's combine.
We need to use
for section headings. Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose. We must not repeat job title as heading. Not include Job ID as heading; we can include it in a
maybe as minor metadata. We must preserve all substantive information. So we need to include the quote, the description, the responsibilities, the requirements, the benefits, pay, schedule, about alpha, working with us details. We need to avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We need to ensure we don't create sections with no content. Let's outline sections: 1. About the role (maybe include the quote and description of role). Could be a
containing quote and description. 2. Responsibilities (include What You Will Be Doing and What You Won’t Be Doing). Could be two lists? Could combine into one list? But they are distinct; we could have two
- under same heading? The rule: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. It doesn't forbid multiple lists under same heading. We'll do two
- maybe with headings inside? But we cannot add extra headings unless they are from the list of allowed headings. Could we embed a
before each list? Probably okay: we can have a
describing then a
- . That's fine.
3. Requirements (Basic Requirements and Nice-to-have). Could have two
- with maybe a
separating. 4. Benefits (immediate access to benefits, year-long positions). Could be a
- with items.
5. Pay (compensation $100k/year, weekly payment). Could be a
or
- .
6. Schedule (full-time, on-site, five days a week). Could be a
. We also need to include location openings (AZ - Scottsdale etc.) maybe as part of About the role or a separate section? Could be under "Locations" but not in allowed headings. The allowed headings list includes About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. No Locations. So we should fold location info into a short
maybe under About the role or Responsibilities. The instruction: "Do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it." So location is minor metadata; we can put in a
. Also the "Current Openings AZ - ScottsdaleOK - TulsaTX - Austin and Plano" etc. We'll include as a
. Also the note about recruiting nationally and applying for different campus: include in
. Also the "After School Program Leader Key Responsibilities" paragraph maybe duplicate of responsibilities; we can incorporate. We need to avoid duplication: there is a paragraph "After School Program Leader Key Responsibilities Build a cohort..." which is similar to responsibilities but we can include as part of responsibilities. We need to preserve all substantive information; not summarizing away detail. So we need to keep the specifics: e.g., "Run hour-long life-skills workshops where K-3 students practice communication, focus, and feedback out loud and on their feet — not from a seat, and not from a lecture." etc. We must not
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. It doesn't forbid multiple lists under same heading. We'll do two
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use