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

What You Will Be Doing

• Facilitating one-hour life competency workshops addressing public speaking, concentration, teamwork, and feedback dynamics, modulating your delivery and engagement methods across Pre-K–8 developmental stages
• Conducting daily individual and small-group coaching sessions to examine each student's adaptive learning app performance (leveraging Coachbot analytics), establish objectives, and drive them toward 100% weekly target completion
• Overseeing and assessing Test2Pass evaluations to verify genuine life skill mastery rather than superficial participation
• Deploying focused interventions when students experience academic or engagement setbacks — diagnosing underlying issues and constructing remediation strategies
• Cultivating authentic connections with individual students so they develop sufficient trust to receive coaching through resistance, distraction, and confidence challenges

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Providing lectures or conventional academic instruction (core subject learning occurs through adaptive applications, independent of your direct teaching)
• Developing lesson plans or original curriculum content (Alpha supplies life skills frameworks; your responsibility is animating them through presence and storytelling)
• Handling parent communications or administrative functions (Campus Leads oversee these areas; your attention remains on student development)
• Handling homework assignments or facilitating standardized test preparation (these elements don't exist in this model)
• Operating independently (you function within a campus team including Lead Guides, Campus Leads, and colleagues who exchange feedback and maintain mutual accountability)

About the Role

Alpha operates outside traditional educational frameworks. Students complete a full academic day in approximately two hours using adaptive software. No classroom lectures. No physical textbooks. Your role centers on what technology cannot replicate: developing Pre-K through 8th grade students in essential life competencies including public speaking, concentration, and feedback exchange.

Responsibilities

• Guarantee that every student in your cohort develops enthusiasm for school, achieves mastery in critical life competencies, and completes 100% of their academic objectives through adaptive learning technology.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in any discipline.
• 3+ years of direct experience working with Pre-K–8 students (in teaching, coaching, counseling, or youth program leadership capacities).
• Demonstrated experience motivating or coaching Pre-K–8 students toward academic, behavioral, athletic, or extracurricular objectives, including at least one concrete example you can articulate (the objective, your specific actions, and the result achieved).
• Receptiveness to a coaching-exclusive model where core academic instruction is delivered entirely through the learning platform. Your function centers on motivation and guidance, not subject-matter instruction.
• Daily application of generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude).
• Availability to work on-site at Alpha's Springfield, MA campus (relocation assistance provided).
• Legal authorization to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship.

Nice-to-Have Requirements

• Background in youth sports coaching, camp direction, or after-school program management where you held direct accountability for motivating children toward defined objectives.
• History of significant personal achievement (academic distinctions, competitive athletics, or leadership positions requiring sustained high performance).
• Innate storytelling capability: you can maintain Pre-K–8 student engagement for an hour without volume escalation.
• Success in connecting with disengaged or resistant students and transforming them into active contributors.
• Experience supporting students who receive special education services.

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. There is so much to cover for this exciting role, and space here is limited.

Benefits

Full health, dental, and vision coverage from day one.

Schedule

This is a full-time (40 hours per week), long-term position.

Pay

The compensation level for this role is $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.