Counselor, Alpha - $150,000/year USD

About the role

The role sits at the center of Alpha's mission to prepare students for success by helping them become exceptional coaches rather than classroom instructors. This role involves developing Guides, leading life skills workshops, using performance data to drive improvements, and leading a student cohort.

Responsibilities

• Coach and develop Guides to deliver Alpha's coaching model with consistency, energy, and uncompromising standards.
• Lead engaging life skills workshops covering communication, focus, feedback, leadership, and resilience for K-8 students using proven playbooks.
• Use student and Guide performance data to identify coaching opportunities, remove barriers, and drive measurable improvements every week.
• Lead motivation sessions that help every student take ownership of ambitious goals and consistently achieve them.
• Maintain your own student cohort while modeling the coaching excellence and accountability you expect from every Guide.

Requirements

• Willing to work on campus in Dallas, TX; Oklahoma City, OK; Austin, TX; Keller (Fort Worth), TX; or The Woodlands (Houston), TX (relocation support provided).
• Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Business, Organizational Leadership, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience leading adults in education, learning and development, youth leadership, coaching, or a comparable performance-driven environment.
• Demonstrated success managing a team of five or more people, including hiring, coaching, performance management, and difficult accountability conversations.
• Experience working directly with children ages 5-14 in an educational, developmental, athletic, or youth leadership setting.
• Track record of building, launching, scaling, or significantly improving a program, team, school, business, or initiative.
• Proven ability to use performance metrics and data to diagnose problems, prioritize actions, and deliver measurable results.
• Licenses and certifications required to work with minors.

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Master's degree in Education, Psychology, Organizational Leadership, or a related field.
• Experience coaching athletics, leading outdoor or experiential education, directing camps, youth programs, or other cohort-based organizations.
• Experience building or leading innovative education, EdTech, tutoring, nonprofit, or learning programs outside traditional classroom teaching.
• Personal history of exceptional achievement in academics, athletics, entrepreneurship, or leadership.

Qualifications

• Strong conviction that education should develop capable, resilient, independent young people rather than simply deliver academic content.

Benefits

Day-one health benefits. Relocation support available.

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. The compensation level for this role is $75 USD/hour, which equates to $150,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly.