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

About Alpha

Alpha is reimagining the school day around faster learning, stronger mentorship, and more time for students to build real-world skills. This is a non-traditional school where students master academics through adaptive software in about two hours, with no lectures or textbooks. Your role focuses on what technology cannot do: coaching life skills, leading workshops, and pushing students to achieve ambitious goals.

What You Will Be Doing

• Delivering one-hour life skill workshops to Pre-K–8 students on public speaking, focus, collaboration, and giving and receiving feedback (hands-on and project-based)
• Running daily 1:1 and small-group motivation sessions where you review each student's progress in adaptive learning apps (using Coachbot analytics), set goals, and push them to hit 100% of their weekly targets
• Administering and evaluating Test2Pass assessments to confirm students have truly mastered each life skill, not just participated
• Adapting your coaching style across a wide age range, from Pre-K students who need high energy and movement to 8th graders who need real talk and accountability
• Building genuine relationships with each student so they trust you enough to accept coaching through resistance, distraction, and self-doubt

What You Won't Be Doing

• Lecturing or delivering traditional academic instruction (students learn core subjects through adaptive apps, not from you)
• Writing lesson plans or curriculum from scratch (Alpha provides life skills playbooks; your job is to bring them to life with energy and storytelling)
• Managing parent relationships or school administration (Campus Leads own those responsibilities; you stay focused on your students)
• Grading homework or managing standardized test prep (none of that exists here)
• Working in isolation (you're part of a campus team with Lead Guides, Campus Leads, and peers who share feedback and hold each other accountable)

Key Responsibilities

Ensure every student in your cohort loves school, masters essential life skills, and hits 100% of their academic goals through adaptive learning software.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in any field
• 3+ years of experience working directly with Pre-K–8 students through youth development, coaching, counseling, or program leadership
• A track record of coaching individual Pre-K–8 students toward ambitious academic, behavioral, or extracurricular goals, with concrete examples of the actions you took and the results achieved
• Ability to lead engaging live workshops and communicate with energy, clarity, and presence across the Pre-K–8 age range
• Comfort motivating resistant students, holding ambitious standards, and working in a non-traditional, coaching-first school model rather than delivering traditional academic instruction
• Willing to work in-person at Alpha's Central Houston, South Houston, or The Woodlands campus (relocation support provided)
• Legal right to work in the United States without visa sponsorship

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Experience in youth athletics coaching, camp leadership, or after-school program work where you were directly responsible for motivating kids to hit specific goals
• Track record of high personal achievement (academic honors, competitive athletics, or leadership roles that required sustained excellence)
• Natural storytelling ability: you can hold a room of 12-year-olds' attention for an hour without raising your voice
• Experience motivating disengaged or resistant students and turning them into active participants

Pay & Benefits

• $100,000 salary, paid weekly
• Day-one health, dental, and vision benefits
• Full-time, W2 employee position with immediate access to benefits
• Relocation support provided for in-person work at Central Houston, South Houston, or The Woodlands campuses

Schedule

In-person, full-time position. Year-long roles with weekly payment period.