Counselor, Alpha - $100,000/year USD

About the role

This is not a teaching position. You motivate. The most impactful thing you can do for a student who reaches 99% of their target is to refuse to accept it as complete. If that expectation troubles you, this role is not a fit. If it energizes you because maintaining high standards is how you demonstrate belief in a student's potential, continue reading.

Responsibilities

• Facilitating one-hour life-skills sessions for K-8 groups on public speaking, concentration, feedback, and other foundational competencies, customizing the framework and creating new sessions when you identify a need
• Conducting daily individual and small-group motivation meetings that drive every student to 100% completion of their weekly app targets, leveraging Coachbot data, Alpha's incentive structures (campus currency, leaderboards), and your connection with each student to overcome resistance
• Delivering the Test2Pass (Alpha's mastery-based evaluation) for each life skill, and working with students who fall short until they achieve mastery
• Adjusting your approach across a broad age spectrum, from kindergarteners requiring high energy and physical activity to 8th graders needing candid conversation and personal accountability
• Serving as the adult who maintains expectations and the adult students trust; warmth creates the credibility to challenge, and challenging demonstrates your confidence in their capability

Requirements

• Able to work on-site at an Alpha campus in Scottsdale (Phoenix), AZ; Oklahoma City, OK; Tulsa, OK; Nashville, TN; Austin, TX; Brownsville, TX; Fort Worth, TX; Houston, TX (Central, South, or The Woodlands); Park City, UT — relocation assistance available
• Bachelor's degree in any discipline
• Minimum 3 years of direct experience working with K-8 students (classroom instruction, coaching, tutoring, camp leadership, or youth program facilitation)
• A concrete example you can articulate of motivating a K-8 student toward a challenging objective: the objective itself, your approach, and the result
• Comfort with AI managing instructional content while you concentrate on motivation and life-skills development
• Regular use of generative AI platforms (e.g., ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude)

Qualifications

• Authorization to work in the US without requiring visa sponsorship (or in Canada for the Toronto campus)

Skills

• Background in youth sports coaching, debate, camp leadership, theater, or extracurricular programs where you held direct accountability for motivating children toward defined outcomes
• Demonstrated record of personal achievement (academic, athletic, or professional), such that maintaining high expectations for others reflects a consistent standard, not an adopted stance
• Narrative and presentation skills sufficient to engage a room of 12-year-olds for an hour without needing to raise your voice
• History of converting disengaged or oppositional students into engaged contributors

Benefits

• $100,000 annual W2 salary with weekly pay
• Health, dental, and vision coverage begin on day one

Pay

$50 USD/hour, which equates to $100,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly.

Schedule

Full-time (40 hours per week), long-term position. The position is immediately available and requires entering into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover as a Contractor of Record.