The most meaningful support you can offer 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 standards demonstrates your confidence in a student's ability to meet them—continue reading.
Alpha operates differently than conventional schools. Students complete a full academic day in approximately two hours using adaptive software. No classroom lectures. No traditional textbooks. Your role focuses on what technology cannot replicate: developing life skills in Pre-K through 8th grade students—public speaking, concentration, and constructive feedback exchange. You'll spend half your time facilitating hands-on workshops guided by structured frameworks and narrative techniques. The remaining time is devoted to individual and small-group sessions where you examine student progress through adaptive learning platforms via Coachbot analytics, ensuring they achieve 100% of weekly objectives. Mastery is demonstrated through Test2Pass evaluations, not attendance or effort grades.
During your first year, you'll guide a dedicated student cohort while mastering Alpha's methodology: life skills workshops, motivational coaching, and competency-based assessment. Once you consistently maintain every student at 100% goal achievement while sustaining satisfaction ratings above 90%, advancement to Lead Guide becomes possible—a role where you mentor fellow Guides while remaining engaged with students. High performers in this position don't merely impact individual trajectories; they influence entire campus culture and operations.
If you've invested years coaching, counseling, or mentoring young people while wishing you could eliminate traditional instruction and concentrate exclusively on their personal development, this opportunity is designed for you.
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Youth Development Specialist Key Responsibilities Guarantee that every student in your assigned cohort develops a love for learning, achieves mastery in critical life skills, and completes 100% of their academic objectives using adaptive learning technology.
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About Alpha Want to join a learning rebellion that’s transforming the traditional classroom? Alpha School is on a mission to reshape education with a bold approach that harnesses AI to accelerate learning and unleash student potential.
They don’t play by the old rules. Alpha is creating a new paradigm where students master core academics in just two hours a day, freeing up time for hands-on, passion-driven learning that truly prepares them for the real world.
Alpha School is rewriting the rules of education. Sounds too good to be true? It’s not. There is so much to cover for this exciting role, and space here is limited. Hit the Apply button if you found this interesting and want to learn more. We look forward to meeting you!
Working with us 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. Consult www.crossover.com/help\-and\-faqs for more details on this topic.
Crossover Job Code: LJ-5767-US-Houston-YouthDevelopme.001
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