Youth Development Coach, Alpha - $120,000/year USD

Crossover; Simi Valley (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Alpha reimagines the school day around faster learning and stronger mentorship, focusing on helping K‑3 students reach daily learning goals through engaging app-based activities.

The role emphasizes diagnosing and closing reading gaps with structured literacy, guiding small groups, and maintaining campus routines to support every child’s progress. This is a full-time, on-site position at an Alpha campus with relocation support.

Qualifications

• Willing to work on-site at a campus listed above, with relocation support
• At least 3 years working directly with children ages 4-9 in settings such as teaching, coaching, tutoring, camps, youth programs, or similar
• At least 2 years teaching reading in grades K-3 within the last 5 years
• Completed structured-literacy training: LETRS, IMSE, Orton-Gillingham, Wilson Reading System, Fundations, UFLI, CERI, Neuhaus, SIPPS, Really Great Reading, or similar; or a master’s in reading or literacy
• Bachelor’s degree in any subject; a teaching certificate is not required
• Comfortable spending about 90% of your day guiding students through app-based learning, 10% on reading sessions
• Willing to work with all K-3 students, not only struggling readers
• Legally authorized to work in the US without visa sponsorship

Responsibilities

• Coaching students through app-based core learning: spotting who is stuck, asking the question that unblocks them, holding the daily goal.
• Running short structured-literacy sessions with two to four students. Diagnosing a phonics or decoding gap from running records and fluency probes, teaching a sequence you designed, and checking for transfer.
• Leading morning launch, life-skills workshops, and check-chart activities that keep six-year-olds moving.
• Driving students to their weekly app goals with school currency, leaderboards, and gamification.
• Staying with your students through lunch, recess, and closing, meeting frustration and refusal with a plan for that child.

Skills

Coaching

Reading instruction

Student engagement

On-site teaching

Diagnosis through running records

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Structured-literacy training

Tools

Amira

Lexia

i-Ready

Job description

Current Openings

• CA - Beverly Hills, La Jolla (San Diego), Malibu, Palo Alto, Piedmont, San Francisco, Santa Monica, and South Bay (Los Angeles)
• CT - Greenwich
• IL - Chicago
• MA - Boston
• NY - New York City
• WA - Seattle

What You Will Be Doing

• Coaching students through app‑based core learning: spotting who is stuck, asking the question that unblocks them, holding the daily goal.


• Running short structured‑literacy sessions with two to four students. Diagnosing a phonics or decoding gap from running records and fluency probes, teaching a sequence you designed, and checking for transfer.


• Leading morning launch, life‑skills workshops, and check‑chart activities that keep six‑year‑olds moving.


• Driving students to their weekly app goals with school currency, leaderboards, and gamification.


• Staying with your students through lunch, recess, and closing, meeting frustration and refusal with a plan for that child.

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Writing lesson plans for a full class every night. Your planning is narrow and diagnostic.


• Running a pull‑out caseload from a quiet intervention room. Reading groups are about a tenth of your week and happen inside the day.


• Delivering a published curriculum or scripted program with fidelity to someone else’s sequence.


• Writing IEPs, 504 plans, chasing testing paperwork, or sitting on curriculum committees.


• Slipping away to a prep block while someone else covers your students. You are with them launch to closing.

Youth Development Coach Key Responsibilities

Get every K-3 student to their daily learning goals, and close the reading gaps stopping them from getting there alone.

Basic Requirements

• Willing to work on‑site at a campus listed above, with relocation support


• At least 3 years working directly with children ages 4-9 in settings where your presence was the draw — teaching, coaching, tutoring, camps, youth programs, children\'s theater, or similar


• At least 2 years of that experience teaching reading in grades K-3, within the last 5 years


• Completed structured‑literacy training: LETRS, IMSE, Orton‑Gillingham, Wilson Reading System, Fundations, UFLI, CERI, Neuhaus, SIPPS, Really Great Reading, or similar; or a master\'s in reading or literacy


• Bachelor\'s degree in any subject. A teaching certificate is not required


• Comfortable spending about 90% of your day guiding students through app‑based learning, workshops, and campus routines, and 10% on reading sessions


• Willing to work with all K-3 students, not only struggling readers


• Legally authorized to work in the US without visa sponsorship

Nice-to-have Requirements

• You held a six‑year‑old\'s attention with nothing but your energy and an engaging activity


• You kept tired children coming back to an after‑school reading program


• Parents asked for you by name


• Experience with reading platforms (Amira, Lexia, i-Ready) or diagnostic assessments (DRA, DIBELS, AIMSweb)


• You can name a child whose decoding you fixed and how

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.

We look forward to meeting you!

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 $120,000 USD/year. The payment period is weekly. Consult www.crossover.com/help-and-faqs for more details on this topic.

This is a full‑time, on‑site role, five days a week, at an Alpha campus.

We recruit nationally, so job boards may display this opportunity in nearby cities that do not have a campus.