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

On-site position in Springfield, MA (support available for relocation).

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.

About the Role

Alpha operates outside the traditional classroom model. Students complete a full day's worth of academics in approximately two hours using adaptive technology. There are no lectures or textbooks. Your role centers on what software cannot deliver: guiding students from Pre-K through 8th grade in essential life skills such as public speaking, sustained attention, and constructive feedback exchange.

You will spend half your time facilitating structured, hands-on workshops with prepared materials and narrative techniques. The remaining time involves one-on-one or small-group coaching, analyzing student progress through Coachbot analytics, and ensuring they meet 100% of their weekly benchmarks. Mastery is validated through Test2Pass assessments, not by participation alone.

This is a highly selective opportunity. During your first year, you will become fluent in the program framework: facilitation of workshops, motivation coaching, mastery verification, and consistent accountability for every student's goals. Demonstrate excellence in these areas and you will be positioned for advancement to Lead Guide. You must combine warmth, authority, and an unwavering standard.

Responsibilities

• Facilitating structured, one-hour life skill sessions focused on public speaking, attention management, teamwork, and feedback exchange—adjusting your delivery across Pre-K through 8th grade audiences.
• Conducting daily individual and small-group coaching where you assess each student's adaptive learning progress via Coachbot analytics, establish goals, and hold them accountable to meeting 100% of weekly expectations.
• Overseeing and scoring Test2Pass evaluations to verify genuine mastery of life skills, beyond mere attendance.
• Providing focused interventions when a student lags academically or disengages—identifying underlying issues and creating a structured recovery approach.
• Cultivating authentic connections with each student, building the trust necessary for them to receive coaching through challenges, distractions, and uncertainty.
• Ensure that every student in your group enjoys coming to school, develops critical life skills, and achieves 100% of their academic targets using adaptive learning technology.

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Teaching traditional academic content through lectures (core subjects are delivered via adaptive platforms, not by you).
• Creating original curriculum or lesson outlines (Alpha supplies structured life skills frameworks; you execute them with energy and narrative skill).
• Handling parent communications or administrative tasks (Campus Leads oversee those areas; your focus remains on students).
• Assigning or grading homework, or preparing students for standardized exams (these elements are absent from the model).
• Operating independently without support (you collaborate with Lead Guides, Campus Leads, and fellow team members who exchange feedback and maintain mutual accountability).

Requirements

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in any discipline.
• Minimum of 3 years working directly with students in Pre-K through 8th grade (in teaching, coaching, counseling, or youth program roles).
• Demonstrated experience coaching or motivating Pre-K–8 students toward measurable academic, behavioral, athletic, or extracurricular outcomes, with a concrete example you can articulate (including the objective, your approach, and results).
• Willingness to embrace a coaching-focused model in which all academic instruction occurs through the learning platform. Your function is to guide and motivate, not to teach core content.
• Active, daily use of generative AI applications (such as ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude).
• Availability to work in person at Alpha's Springfield, MA location (relocation assistance available).
• Authorization to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship.

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Background in youth sports coaching, summer camp programs, or after-school initiatives where you held direct accountability for motivating children toward defined objectives.
• History of personal achievement at a high level (such as academic distinctions, competitive sports, or leadership positions demanding consistent excellence).
• Innate ability to engage and hold the attention of Pre-K–8 students for extended periods through storytelling, without needing to escalate your tone.
• Success in re-engaging students who were previously disengaged or resistant, transforming them into active learners.
• Experience supporting students who receive special education services.

Pay

$100,000 annual salary with weekly pay.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision coverage begins immediately.
• Full-time, W2 employee position with immediate access to benefits.

Schedule

This is a year-long, full-time position.