Counselor $100,000 USD/year Pay is set based on global value, not the local market.
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Description
- On-site at Alpha campuses in Denver, CO | Atlanta, GA | Nashville, TN | Fort Worth, TX | Houston, TX | Park City, UT
- $100,000 annual salary paid weekly. Full health, dental, and vision coverage from day one
- Relocation assistance available
The most caring thing you can do for a student who reached 99% of their target is to insist it's not complete. If that principle unsettles you, this position won't be a fit. If it energizes you—because you understand that maintaining high expectations demonstrates your confidence in a student's ability—read on.
Alpha operates differently from conventional schools. Students complete a full academic day in roughly two hours using adaptive software. No traditional lectures. No textbooks. Your role centers on what technology cannot deliver: guiding young people through essential life skills such as public speaking, concentration, and constructive feedback exchange. You'll facilitate interactive workshops, inspire students to exceed their learning targets, and develop relationships that transform a reserved 4th grader into someone who presents with confidence before adult audiences.
This position grows with you. During your first year, you'll guide a small student cohort and internalize Alpha's framework: life skill workshops, motivation coaching, mastery-based evaluation. Once you demonstrate the ability to hold every student accountable to 100% goal completion while maintaining satisfaction ratings above 90%, advancement to Lead Guide becomes possible—coaching a team while remaining directly engaged with students. Top performers in this role don't merely impact individual students; they influence how an entire campus functions.
Traditional schools don't offer this opportunity. If you've been working with young people through coaching, counseling, or mentoring and want to move beyond instructional teaching toward genuine developmental impact, this is it.
What you will be doing
- Facilitating one-hour life skill workshops for K-12 students covering subjects like public speaking, focus, time management, and constructive feedback (interactive and project-driven, never lecture-based)
- Conducting daily motivation sessions to engage individual students, assess their adaptive learning app progress (via Coachbot analytics), and drive them toward 100% weekly goal achievement
- Organizing and executing mastery-based assessments (Test2Pass) that verify genuine skill acquisition, not just attendance
- Cultivating authentic relationships with each student so they trust your guidance through challenges including resistance, distraction, and self-doubt
- Monitoring student performance against satisfaction metrics and goal completion rates, modifying your methods when outcomes don't meet standards
What you will NOT be doing
- Teaching traditional classroom lessons or providing direct academic instruction (core subjects are learned through self-directed adaptive applications, not instructor-led sessions)
- Creating original lesson plans (Alpha supplies life skills curriculum and implementation guides; your role is to execute them with enthusiasm and narrative skill)
- Handling parent communications or administrative duties (Campus Leads manage these areas; you concentrate on student development)
- Evaluating homework or preparing students for standardized tests (these elements aren't part of the Alpha model)
- Operating independently (you collaborate with a campus team including Lead Guides, Campus Leads, and colleagues who provide feedback and mutual accountability)
Key responsibilities
Guarantee that every student in your cohort enjoys school, develops critical life skills, and achieves 100% of their academic objectives through adaptive learning technology.
Candidate requirements
- Bachelor's degree in any field
- 3+ years of direct experience with K-8 students (teaching, coaching, counseling, or youth program leadership)
- Availability to work on-site at an Alpha campus in Denver, CO; Atlanta, GA; Nashville, TN; Fort Worth, TX; Houston, TX; or Park City, UT (relocation support available)
- Capacity to participate in a paid training program at Alpha's Austin, TX campus
- Legal authorization to work in the United States without visa sponsorship
Nice to have
- Background in youth development: sports coaching, camp leadership, or youth program roles where you held direct accountability for motivating children toward defined goals
- History of exceptional personal achievement (academic recognition, competitive sports, or leadership positions demanding consistent excellence)
- Innate storytelling skill: you can maintain the attention of a room full of 12-year-olds for an hour without increasing volume
- Proven ability to motivate uninterested or resistant students and convert them into engaged participants
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