Youth Development Specialist, Alpha (Remote) - $120,000/year USD

Alpha School; New York (NY); On-site; USD 93,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Airbnb housing

Benefits package

Job summary

Alpha School is hiring a Youth Development Specialist to work across US campuses, delivering life skills workshops and coaching K-8 students. You will rotate to new campuses every 1–3 months, with accommodation arranged and paid by the company.

You will be away from home most weeks, earning a fixed $120,000 per year, with benefits and year-long employment. A permanent campus role may come after about a year.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required, any subject.
• At least 3 years working with K-8 students; relevant experience counts (camp counseling, coaching, youth leadership).
• Legal right to work in the US without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Hold student outcomes at full standard at each campus.
• Run one-hour life skill workshops for K-8 students.
• Coach students one to one and in small groups to meet targets.
• Administer and score assessments to prove skill progress.
• Document progress and interventions at posting end.

Skills

K-8 coaching

Youth program leadership

Campus mobility

Coaching goal example

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Coachbot analytics

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.

Most education careers reward you for staying put. This one rewards you for arriving. You will land at a different Alpha campus every one to three months, walk in as a stranger to every student, parent and colleague, and have them working at full standard inside a week. Alpha sends you where the network needs you, on site at campuses across the United States: one launching from nothing, or one running short-staffed. You do not choose the city. Accommodation is booked and paid for at every stop, usually a private Airbnb, and you earn a flat $120,000 wherever you live. You will be away from home every week outside of PTO. A move to a permanent campus role is typically not available before you have spent one year in this role. A move after one year is not guaranteed.

What You Will Be Doing

• Run one-hour life skill workshops for K-8 students, adapting the provided curriculum to the cohort in front of you
• Coach students one to one and in small groups using Coachbot analytics, weekly goals and incentives, until 90% or more hit their targets
• Administer and score Test2Pass assessments so students prove the skill rather than just attend the session
• Reach full standard inside your first week at each new campus, with names learned and rapport built
• Hand over cleanly at the end of every posting, documenting per-student progress and every open intervention

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Teaching core academic subjects, lecturing from the front of the room, or grading
• Writing curriculum from scratch: workshop plans, analytics and playbooks are provided
• Running campus operations, facilities or admissions
• Filling in as a substitute with no authority and no accountability for student results
• Funding your own travel: accommodation is booked and paid for at every posting

Youth Development Specialist Key Responsibilities

Hold student outcomes at full standard at whichever campus is launching or running short-staffed.

Basic Requirements

• Based anywhere in the US, within reasonable reach of a major airport
• Willing to be posted away from home one to three months at a time, with time at home only during PTO
• Comfortable with Alpha assigning every posting, including the city and the campus
• Bachelor's degree in any subject
• At least 3 years working with K-8 students. Classroom experience is not required: camp counseling, coaching and youth program leadership all count
• Able to describe one specific time you coached a K-8 student toward a goal, including the goal, what you did, and the result
• Legal right to work in the US without visa sponsorship

Nice-to-have Requirements

• A track record of sustained mobility: travel-heavy field roles, touring programs, seasonal camp circuits, or service-year placements across multiple cities
• Experience running youth workshops in camps, athletics, enrichment programs or youth leadership settings
• Comfort reading student progress dashboards or learning analytics to decide where to intervene
• Experience coaching a disengaged student to a measurable improvement you can point to

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

Crossover Job Code: LJ-5849-US-NewYork-YouthDevelopme2.005