The kindest thing you can do for a student who reaches 99% of their weekly target is to say it's not finished. Not because you lack care, but because you know they can cross the line, and dropping the standard is the true disservice.
You will not be teaching academics. At Alpha, students master academic content through AI-driven adaptive learning platforms. No classroom lectures. No printed textbooks. No marker boards. The motivation and personal growth that traditional schools treat as afterthoughts are your entire focus.
Imagine a typical Tuesday. You spend half your time facilitating one-hour sessions for a K-8 group covering topics like public speaking, concentration, and constructive feedback exchange. The other half is spent working individually or in small clusters with those same students, reviewing their Coachbot data, and guiding each one to 100% completion of their weekly app targets—using school currency, competitive leaderboards, and the trust you've cultivated to overcome reluctance.
Your quarterly performance hinges on three metrics: every student in your group completes their weekly app targets, every student passes the Test2Pass mastery verification for each session, and at least 90% report that they love working with you. Fall short on any one of these, and you've missed the mark.
The reward comes when a student who insisted in September they couldn't do math asks you to increase their challenge level.
This is a full-time, in-person position based at an Alpha campus. We hire across the country, so job listings may appear in cities near campuses not yet opened.
Current positions at this compensation level are open in Scottsdale, AZ; Oklahoma City and Tulsa, OK; Nashville, TN; Dallas, Plano, Fort Worth, Houston, and Brownsville, TX; Springfield, MA; and Park City, UT.
If you have coached youth sports, led a summer camp group, or tutored a student on the verge of quitting, the final step before an offer is spending a full day on campus coaching actual Alpha students.
What You Will Be Doing
- Facilitating one-hour personal development sessions for K-8 groups covering public speaking, concentration, and feedback skills
- Conducting daily individual and small-group coaching sessions that drive every student to complete 100% of their weekly app objectives, leveraging Coachbot data and Alpha's reward structures (campus currency, leaderboards)
- Delivering the Test2Pass mastery evaluation for each personal skill, then continuing to coach any student who does not achieve mastery until they succeed
- Modifying the session framework and creating new content when needed, so identical material resonates with both kindergarteners and eighth graders
- Serving as both the adult who maintains the expectation and the adult your students voluntarily confide in
What You Won’t Be Doing
- Teaching from a whiteboard, designing math and literacy lessons, or evaluating assignments; academic delivery is handled by the software
- Conducting standardized exam preparation or being accountable for aggregate test performance
- Managing parent meetings, email correspondence, and concerns; campus leadership handles all parent communication
- Overseeing 30 students simultaneously in a classroom; groups are intentionally small and behavioral work is individualized coaching
- Monitoring children as they work on computers; motivation here is interactive and relational
Youth Program Director Key Responsibilities
Ensure every student in your K-8 group completes their weekly learning targets, achieves mastery in each personal skill, and finishes the year reporting they loved school.
Basic Requirements
- Able to work on-site at an Alpha campus in Scottsdale, AZ; Oklahoma City and Tulsa, OK; Nashville, TN; Dallas, Plano, Fort Worth, Houston, and Brownsville, TX; Springfield, MA; or Park City, UT - relocation assistance available
- Bachelor's degree in any discipline
- Minimum of 3 years working directly with K-8 (elementary and middle school) students: classroom instruction, tutoring, sports coaching, camp leadership, or youth program management
- Comfortable allowing adaptive learning technology to handle academic content delivery while you focus on motivation and personal-skills coaching
- A track record of high achievement—academic, athletic, or professional that has made upholding rigorous standards second nature rather than an act
- Presence strong enough to command the attention of a room of 12-year-olds for an hour without elevating your voice
- Legal authorization to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship
Nice-to-have Requirements
- Youth sports coaching, debate, theater, camp leadership, or after-school program experience where you were directly responsible for students achieving a measurable outcome
- Background teaching social-emotional learning (SEL) or life-skills curricula
- A specific student you can describe who transitioned from disengaged or reluctant to fully committed, and the exact approach you used
- Regular use of generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini
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.
There is so much to cover for this exciting role, and space here is limited.
Working with us
This is a full-time, W2 employee position with immediate access to benefits ( All roles are year-long positions. The compensation level for this role is $100,000 USD/year. The payment period is weekly. Consult for more details on this topic.
Crossover Job Code: LJ-4415-US-Scottsda-YouthProgramDi
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