Youth Development Specialist $100,000 USD/year Pay is set based on global value, not the local market.
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Description
- In-person at one of three Houston, TX campus locations: Central Houston, South Houston, or The Woodlands (relocation assistance available)
- $100,000 annual salary paid weekly. Full health, dental, and vision coverage begins on day one
The most important thing you can do for a student who reached 99% of their target is refuse to accept it as complete. If that standard feels uncomfortable, this position is not the right fit. If it resonates because you understand that maintaining high expectations is how you demonstrate belief in a student's potential, continue reading.
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 replicate: guiding Pre-K through 8th grade students in life competencies including public speaking, concentration, and constructive feedback exchange. You will spend half your time facilitating structured, hands-on workshops using prepared playbooks and narrative techniques. The remaining half involves individual or small-group sessions where you analyze student progress through Coachbot analytics from adaptive learning platforms and challenge them to achieve 100% of their weekly objectives. Mastery is verified through Test2Pass assessments rather than participation metrics.
During your first year, you will lead a student cohort and become fluent in Alpha's methodology: life skill facilitation, motivational coaching, and mastery-based evaluation. Once you demonstrate consistent ability to guide every student toward 100% goal completion while maintaining satisfaction ratings above 90%, advancement opportunities open to Lead Guide, where you mentor fellow Guides while remaining directly engaged with students. The most effective contributors in this role do more than transform individual trajectories; they influence how entire campuses function.
If you have experience coaching, counseling, or mentoring young people and have wanted to move beyond traditional instruction to concentrate on their genuine development, this is the opportunity.
What you will be doing
- Facilitating one-hour life competency workshops for Pre-K through 8th grade students covering public speaking, focus, teamwork, and feedback skills (hands-on, project-oriented approach)
- Conducting daily individual and small-group coaching sessions where you assess each student's adaptive learning app performance (via Coachbot analytics), establish objectives, and challenge them to achieve 100% of weekly targets
- Overseeing and evaluating Test2Pass assessments to verify genuine mastery of each life skill rather than mere participation
- Adjusting your coaching approach across diverse age groups, from Pre-K students requiring high-energy, movement-based engagement to 8th graders needing direct conversation and accountability
- Cultivating authentic connections with each student so they develop sufficient trust to accept your guidance through resistance, lack of focus, and uncertainty
What you will NOT be doing
- Providing lectures or conventional academic instruction (core academic content is delivered through adaptive applications, not by you)
- Creating lesson plans or curriculum materials from the ground up (Alpha supplies life skills playbooks; your responsibility is executing them with energy and narrative skill)
- Handling parent communication or administrative school functions (Campus Leads manage those areas; your attention remains on students)
- Assigning grades to homework or overseeing standardized test preparation (these elements do not exist in this environment)
- Operating independently (you are integrated into 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 develops a love for school, achieves mastery in critical life skills, and reaches 100% of their academic objectives through adaptive learning technology.
Candidate requirements
- Bachelor's degree in any discipline
- 3+ years of direct experience working with Pre-K through 8th grade students (in teaching, coaching, counseling, or youth program leadership capacities)
- Demonstrated experience motivating or coaching Pre-K through 8th grade students toward academic, behavioral, or extracurricular objectives, with at least one concrete example you can articulate (including the objective, your actions, and the result)
- Regular use of generative AI platforms (such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude)
- Availability to work in-person at Alpha's Central Houston, South Houston, or The Woodlands campus location (relocation assistance available)
- Authorization to work legally in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship
Nice to have
- Background in youth sports coaching, camp direction, or after-school program management where you held direct responsibility for motivating children toward specific objectives
- History of exceptional personal accomplishment (academic distinctions, competitive athletics, or leadership positions requiring sustained high performance)
- Innate storytelling capability: you can maintain the attention of a room full of 12-year-olds for an hour without increasing volume
- Experience re-engaging disengaged or reluctant students and converting them into active, invested participants
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