Youth Program Coordinator, Alpha - $100,000/year USD

About the role

$100,000/year W2 salary with weekly pay; health, dental, and vision benefits begin on day one
On-site role 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 assistance available

Responsibilities

• Facilitating one-hour life-skills workshops for K-8 cohorts focused on public speaking, focus, feedback, and other essential skills, customizing the playbook and creating new sessions when you identify missing elements
• Conducting daily individual and small-group motivation sessions that drive every student to 100% completion 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
• Delivering the Test2Pass (Alpha's mastery-based assessment) for each life skill, and providing coaching to 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 direct conversation and accountability
• Serving as the adult who maintains high standards and the adult students trust and want to confide in; warmth creates the foundation for challenge, and challenge demonstrates your belief in their capability

Requirements

• Able 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 assistance provided
• Bachelor's degree in any discipline
• Minimum of 3 years of direct experience working with K-8 students (classroom instruction, coaching, tutoring, camp counseling, or youth program management)
• A concrete example you can articulate of motivating a K-8 student toward a challenging goal: the objective, your actions, and the result
• Comfort with AI delivering instructional content while you concentrate on motivation and life-skills development
• Daily usage of generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude)
• Legal authorization to work in the US without requiring visa sponsorship (or in Canada for the Toronto campus)

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Background in youth sports coaching, debate, camp leadership, theater, or after-school programming where you held direct responsibility for motivating children toward defined outcomes
• Storytelling ability and stage presence sufficient to engage a room of 12-year-olds for an hour without needing to raise your voice
• Demonstrated success converting disengaged or reluctant students into active, committed 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.

Working with us

This is a 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 $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.
Consult www.crossover.com/help-and-faqs for more details on this topic.
Crossover Job Code: LJ-4415-US-Oklahoma-YouthProgramCo1.001