Youth Development Specialist, Alpha - $100,000/year USD

About the role

$100,000/year W2 salary, paid weekly; health, dental, and vision benefits starting day one
On-site at an Alpha K-8 campus in Scottsdale (Phoenix), AZ; Oklahoma City, OK; Tulsa, OK; Nashville, TN; Austin, TX; Brownsville, TX; Fort Worth, TX; Houston (Central, South, or The Woodlands), TX; Park City, UT (Salt Lake City area) - relocation support available

Responsibilities

• Facilitating one-hour life-skills workshops for K-8 cohorts on topics including public speaking, focus, feedback, and other enduring skills, customizing the playbook and creating new sessions when you identify a need
• Conducting daily 1:1 and small-group motivation sessions that drive every student to 100% of their weekly app goals, leveraging Coachbot analytics, Alpha's incentive structures (school currency, leaderboards), and your individual relationship with each student to overcome resistance
• Administering the Test2Pass (Alpha's mastery-based assessment) for each life skill, and coaching students who do not pass until they achieve mastery
• Adjusting your coaching approach across a broad age spectrum, from kindergarteners who require high energy and physical activity to 8th graders who need candid conversation and accountability
• Serving as the adult who maintains high expectations and the adult students want to confide in; warmth grants you credibility to challenge, and challenging demonstrates your belief in their capability

Requirements

• Basic Requirements: Willing to work in-person 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 support available
  Bachelor's degree in any field
  At least 3 years of direct work with K-8 students (classroom teaching, coaching, tutoring, camp counseling, or youth program leadership)
  A concrete example you can share of motivating a K-8 student toward a challenging goal: the goal itself, your actions, and the result
  Willingness to allow AI to manage instructional content while you concentrate on motivation and life-skills coaching
  Daily use of generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude)
• Nice-to-have Requirements: Background in youth athletics coaching, debate, camp leadership, drama, or after-school programs where you held direct accountability for motivating children toward defined goals
  Storytelling ability and stage presence sufficient to engage a room of 12-year-olds for an hour without needing to raise your voice
  Proven success turning disengaged or resistant students into active, invested participants

About Alpha

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.