Youth Program Director, Alpha - $100,000/year USD
Crossover•Atlanta, GA
fulltime
Education, Marketing, and Engineering
3+ years
The most powerful thing you can do for a student who reaches 99% of their target is to refuse to accept it as complete. If that expectation unsettles you, this position won't be the right fit. If it energizes you because you understand that maintaining high standards 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 classroom lectures. No traditional textbooks. Your responsibility centers on what technology cannot replicate: guiding young people through essential life skills including public speaking, concentration, and constructive feedback exchange. You'll facilitate interactive workshops, inspire students to achieve their learning targets, and develop relationships strong enough that a reserved 4th grader gains the confidence to present before a room of adults.
This position grows with you. During the first year, you'll guide a dedicated student cohort and internalize Alpha's methodology: life skills workshops, motivational coaching, mastery-based evaluation. Once you demonstrate the ability to hold each student accountable to 100% goal completion while maintaining satisfaction ratings above 90%, advancement to Lead Guide becomes available—a role where you'll mentor other guides while remaining directly engaged with students. The highest performers don't simply transform individual trajectories; 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 have wanted to move beyond instructional teaching toward genuine developmental work, this is your opportunity.
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Youth Program Director Key Responsibilities Guarantee that every student in your cohort develops a passion for learning, acquires critical life skills, and achieves 100% of their academic objectives through 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-4415-US-Atlanta-YouthProgramDi.006