Youth Development Specialist

$100,000 USD/year ^{Pay is set based on global value, not the local market. Most roles = hourly rate x 40 hrs x 50 weeks}  ($50 USD/hour)

• Facilitating one-hour life-skills sessions for K-8 groups on subjects including public speaking, focus, feedback, and other foundational competencies, customizing the framework and creating new modules when you identify missing elements
• Conducting daily individual and small-group coaching sessions that drive every student toward 100% completion of their weekly app targets, leveraging Coachbot data, Alpha's motivational structures (campus currency, performance rankings), and your personal connection with each child to overcome resistance
• Delivering the Test2Pass (Alpha's mastery assessment) for each life skill, then coaching any student who does not pass until mastery is achieved
• Adjusting your approach across a broad developmental range, from kindergarteners requiring high energy and physical activity to eighth graders needing direct conversation and personal accountability
• Serving as the adult who maintains standards and the adult students trust; earning trust through warmth gives you the authority to challenge, and challenging demonstrates your confidence in their potential

• Delivering content at a board; academic instruction is embedded in the applications, not delivered by you
• Building curriculum from the ground up; your job is to animate an established framework with presence and narrative skill
• Passively monitoring students on devices; motivation in this role is hands-on, personalized, and continuous
• Reducing a weekly target to make it easier for a student to reach; when a student falls behind, the solution involves supporting the student, not adjusting the goal
• Assigning grades, preparing for standardized assessments, or handling parent outreach; Campus Leads manage family communication, and the other tasks are not part of this model

Drive every student in your K-8 group to complete their weekly learning targets, achieve mastery in each life skill, and finish the year reporting a strong, positive relationship with you.

• Available to work on-site at an Alpha campus in Denver, CO; Atlanta, GA; Oklahoma City, OK; Tulsa, OK; Nashville, TN; Austin, TX; Brownsville, TX; Fort Worth, TX; Houston, TX (Central, South, or The Woodlands); Park City, UT; or Toronto, Canada (relocation assistance available)
• Bachelor's degree in any discipline
• Minimum 3 years of direct experience working with K-8 students (including classroom instruction, coaching, tutoring, camp leadership, or youth program management)
• A concrete example you can articulate of motivating a K-8 student toward a challenging objective: the objective itself, your actions, and the result
• Comfort allowing AI to manage instructional delivery while you concentrate on motivation and life-skills development
• Regular use of generative AI platforms (such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude)
• Authorization to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship (or in Canada for the Toronto location)

• Background in youth sports coaching, debate programs, camp direction, theater, or after-school initiatives where you held direct responsibility for motivating children toward defined outcomes
• Demonstrated personal achievement (academic, athletic, or career-related) that reflects a consistent pattern of holding yourself and others to high standards
• Communication and performance skills sufficient to engage a room of 12-year-olds for an hour without needing to escalate your voice
• History of converting unmotivated or reluctant students into engaged, active learners