Counselor, Alpha - $100,000/year USD

About the role

This is not a teaching position. This is a motivation role. The most meaningful support you can offer a child who reached 99% of their target is to refuse to accept it as complete. If that expectation unsettles you, this role is not for you. If it energizes you because maintaining standards is how you demonstrate belief in a student's capability, continue reading.

Responsibilities

• Facilitating one-hour life-skills sessions for K-8 groups covering public speaking, concentration, feedback culture, and related competencies, customizing the framework and creating additional content when needed
• Conducting daily individual and small-group sessions that drive every student to 100% weekly app completion, leveraging Coachbot analytics, Alpha's motivational structures (campus currency, performance rankings), and your rapport with each child to overcome resistance
• Delivering the Test2Pass (Alpha's competency-based evaluation) for each life skill, then coaching students who fall short until mastery is achieved
• Adjusting your approach across developmental stages, from kindergarteners requiring dynamic energy and physical activity to eighth graders needing candid conversations and firm accountability
• Serving as both the adult who maintains expectations and the adult students choose to confide in; care creates permission to demand more, and demanding more signals your confidence in their potential

Requirements

• Available 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 provided
• Bachelor's degree in any discipline
• Minimum 3 years of direct experience working with K-8 students (classroom instruction, athletic coaching, tutoring, camp counseling, or youth program management)
• A concrete example you can articulate of motivating a K-8 student toward a challenging objective: the objective itself, your actions, and the result
• Comfort with AI managing instructional delivery 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 United States without requiring visa sponsorship (or in Canada for the Toronto location)

Skills

• Narrative ability and command of attention sufficient to engage a room of 12-year-olds for an hour without volume escalation

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage begins on day one

Pay

$100,000 annual W2 compensation, distributed weekly

Schedule

Full-time (40 hours per week), long-term position