Youth Development Coach, Alpha - $100,000/year USD

Crossover; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Day‑one health, dental & vision

Weekly pay

Job summary

Alpha reimagines the school day, focusing on life skills and mastery through adaptive learning. The Coach role emphasizes hands‑on workshops, motivation sessions, and 1:1 coaching to help Pre‑K–8 students hit their weekly goals.

You’ll run energizing life‑skill workshops, review progress with Coachbot analytics, and push students toward 100% mastery while maintaining high satisfaction. This is a full‑time, in-person role at Houston campuses.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in any field.
• 3+ years coaching Pre-K–8 students.
• Track record of guiding students toward ambitious goals.
• Ability to lead engaging live workshops for various ages.

Responsibilities

• Deliver one-hour life skill workshops for Pre‑K–8 students.
• Lead 1:1 and small-group motivation sessions using analytics.
• Administer and evaluate mastery assessments to confirm progress.
• Adapt coaching style across age ranges and build strong student relationships.
• Collaborate with campus team to uphold program standards.

Skills

Coaching

Public speaking

Motivation sessions

Storytelling

Workshop delivery

Energetic presence

Education

Bachelor's degree (any field)

Job description

"All of my students came back in the top 1% for growth and achievement on their MAP scores."

— Sam DePalo, Lead Guide, Alpha Fort Worth Texas

Alpha is hiring.

• In-person in Houston, TX — Central Houston, South Houston, or The Woodlands campuses (relocation support provided)
• $100,000 salary, paid weekly. Day-one health, dental, and vision benefits

The most supportive thing you can do for a kid who hit 99% of their goal is refuse to call it done. If that standard makes you uncomfortable, this role isn't for you. If it makes you light up because you know that holding the bar is how you show a student you believe they can clear it, keep reading.

Alpha isn't a traditional school. Students master a full day of academics in about two hours through adaptive software. No lectures. No textbooks. Your job is the part technology can't do: coaching Pre‑K through 8th graders on life skills like public speaking, focus, and giving and receiving feedback. Half your day, you run hands‑on workshops using structured playbooks and storytelling. The other half, you sit with students 1:1 or in small groups, review their progress in adaptive learning apps through Coachbot analytics, and push them to hit 100% of their weekly goals. Students prove mastery through Test2Pass assessments, not participation grades.

In year one, you own a cohort of students and master Alpha's playbook: life skill workshops, motivation sessions, mastery‑based assessments. As you prove you can hold every student to 100% of their goals while keeping satisfaction scores above 90%, the path opens to Lead Guide, where you coach other Guides while continuing to work directly with students. The best people in this role don't just change individual lives; they shape how an entire campus operates.

If you've spent years coaching, counseling, or mentoring kids and wishing you could focus entirely on actually helping them grow — without the administrative weight of a traditional program — this is your move.

What You Will Be Doing

• Delivering one-hour life skill workshops to Pre‑K–8 students on public speaking, focus, collaboration, and giving and receiving feedback (hands‑on and project‑based)
• Running daily 1:1 and small‑group motivation sessions where you review each student's progress in adaptive learning apps (using Coachbot analytics), set goals, and push them to hit 100% of their weekly targets
• Administering and evaluating Test2Pass assessments to confirm students have truly mastered each life skill, not just participated
• Adapting your coaching style across a wide age range, from Pre‑K students who need high energy and movement to 8th graders who need real talk and accountability
• Building genuine relationships with each student so they trust you enough to accept coaching through resistance, distraction, and self‑doubt

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Lecturing or delivering traditional academic instruction (students learn core subjects through adaptive apps, not from you)
• Writing lesson plans or curriculum from scratch (Alpha provides life skills playbooks; your job is to bring them to life with energy and storytelling)
• Managing parent relationships or school administration (Campus Leads own those responsibilities; you stay focused on your students)
• Grading homework or managing standardized test prep (none of that exists here)
• Working in isolation (you're part of a campus team with Lead Guides, Campus Leads, and peers who share feedback and hold each other accountable)

Youth Development Coach Key Responsibilities

Ensure every student in your cohort loves school, masters essential life skills, and hits 100% of their academic goals through adaptive learning software.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in any field
• 3+ years of experience working directly with Pre‑K–8 students through coaching, counseling, or youth program leadership
• A track record of coaching individual Pre‑K–8 students toward ambitious academic, behavioral, or extracurricular goals, with concrete examples of the actions you took and the results achieved
• Ability to lead engaging live workshops and communicate with energy, clarity, and presence across the Pre‑K–8 age range
• Comfort motivating resistant students, holding ambitious standards, and working in a non‑traditional, coaching‑first school model rather than delivering traditional academic instruction
• Willing to work in‑person at Alpha's Central Houston, South Houston, or The Woodlands campus (relocation support provided)
• Legal right to work in the United States without visa sponsorship

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Experience in youth athletics coaching, camp leadership, or after‑school program work where you were directly responsible for motivating kids to hit specific goals
• Track record of high personal achievement (academic honors, competitive athletics, or leadership roles that required sustained excellence)
• Natural storytelling ability: you can hold a room of 12‑year‑olds' attention for an hour without raising your voice
• Experience motivating disengaged or resistant students and turning them into active participants

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 (https://support.crossover.com/article/7581-w2-benefits-u-s-paychex-paid-only). All roles are year‑long positions. The compensation level for this role is $100,000 USD/year. The payment period is weekly. Consult www.crossover.com/help-and-faqs for more details on this topic.