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

What You Will Be Doing

• Facilitating hour-long life skills workshops for K-8 students addressing topics including public speaking, concentration, and constructive feedback exchange
• Administering Test2Pass mastery assessments following each workshop to verify genuine skill acquisition rather than passive attendance
• Conducting daily motivation sessions leveraging student profiles, personal interests, and Coachbot analytics to achieve 100% cohort attainment of weekly app progression targets
• Employing narrative techniques, incentive structures (school currency systems, leaderboards), and individual relationship-building to overcome student disengagement
• Monitoring cohort satisfaction metrics toward a minimum 90% benchmark on student survey instruments

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Delivering traditional lecture-based instruction
• Providing passive supervision
• Compromising standards in response to student resistance
• Creating original curriculum materials
• Handling parent communications, admission processes, or campus operational management

About Alpha

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.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in any field
• Minimum 3 years of direct experience working with K-8 (elementary and middle school) age students
• Strong storytelling and facilitation capabilities — capacity to sustain children's engagement throughout hour-long sessions
• Availability to work on-site at Alpha's Brownsville, TX campus
• Authorization to work legally in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Experience as an athletic coach, camp counselor, or youth program coordinator
• Demonstrated high achievement in competitive contexts (academic, athletic, or professional domains)
• Familiarity with self-paced or application-based learning environments

Key Responsibilities

Guide a K-8 student cohort to 100% achievement of weekly academic targets while facilitating life skills workshops that maintain 90% or higher satisfaction scores.

Job Details

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.