Youth Development Manager, Alpha

• Campus-based position:

  • Oklahoma City, OK
  • Austin, TX
  • Keller (Fort Worth), TX
  • The Woodlands (Houston), TX

• Annual W2 salary, weekly pay schedule. Full health benefits start immediately.

• Relocation assistance provided.

The kindest thing you can tell a student who earned 99% is that they haven't yet passed.

This isn't about demanding perfection. It's about demonstrating respect through the belief that they're capable of more.

Traditional schools shield students from failure. Alpha equips them for success. We understand that confidence doesn't come from lowering standards. It emerges when students accomplish what they previously believed impossible. This principle guides everything we do.

Our approach is intentionally different. Students progress through academics independently via AI-powered platforms, which allows adults to concentrate on what truly transforms lives: developing character, strengthening resilience, cultivating leadership, and establishing habits that drive exceptional results. We don't require adults to deliver instruction. We need leaders who understand how to unlock human potential.

This position anchors that mission. You'll develop the Guides who directly support students, transforming them into outstanding coaches rather than traditional instructors. You'll facilitate life skills workshops that leave lasting impressions. You'll analyze performance data to pinpoint where students or Guides need improvement and coach them toward excellence. You'll also manage your own student cohort, embodying the standards you expect from others.

The multiplier effect is significant. Each Guide you develop impacts dozens of students. Every enhancement you make to campus culture amplifies across hundreds of young lives. Success isn't defined by meeting attendance or report volume. It's determined by whether students become more confident, disciplined, resilient, and capable through the culture you cultivated.

This position isn't designed for someone seeking to maintain the status quo in education. It's intended for those who believe young people deserve more than compliance, seat time, and mediocre expectations. If you're motivated by coaching others through challenging growth, leveraging data for better decisions, and maintaining high standards because you truly believe in people's capacity to reach them, this environment will suit you.

Apply if you're prepared to establish a culture where excellence is the baseline, coaching transforms trajectories, and students realize capabilities they never knew they possessed.

What You Will Be Doing

• Develop and coach Guides to execute Alpha's coaching approach with reliability, enthusiasm, and rigorous standards.
• Facilitate dynamic life skills workshops addressing communication, concentration, feedback reception, leadership development, and resilience for students in grades K-8 using established frameworks.
• Analyze student and Guide performance metrics to surface coaching opportunities, eliminate obstacles, and generate quantifiable improvements weekly.
• Conduct motivational sessions that empower every student to embrace challenging goals and consistently reach them.
• Oversee your own student cohort while demonstrating the coaching quality and accountability standards you require from all Guides.

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Delivering academic instruction. Core academics are mastered independently by students through AI-enabled learning platforms.
• Developing lesson plans or curriculum materials. Your focus is outstanding coaching, not instructional design.
• Controlling classrooms via lectures, worksheets, or behavioral management systems. Students drive their own learning while you coach the habits that enable achievement.
• Reducing standards to sidestep challenging discussions. Elevated expectations and authentic belief in student potential are inseparable.
• Defining success through activity volume rather than actual outcomes. Impact takes priority over effort alone.

Youth Development Manager Key Responsibilities Establish a coaching environment where outstanding Guides reliably cultivate students who are enthusiastic about learning, advance academically at accelerated rates, and develop the resilience, leadership capabilities, and life skills necessary for success well beyond their school years.

Basic Requirements

• Available to work on-site at one of these campuses: Oklahoma City, OK; Austin, TX; Keller (Fort Worth), TX; or The Woodlands (Houston), TX (relocation assistance available).
• Bachelor's degree in Education, Psychology, Business, Organizational Leadership, or related discipline.

Minimum 5 years leading adults in education, learning and development, youth leadership, coaching, or similar results-oriented environments.

• Verified success managing teams of five or more individuals, including recruitment, coaching, performance evaluation, and challenging accountability discussions.
• Direct experience working with children aged 5-14 in educational, developmental, athletic, or youth leadership contexts.
• Documented record of creating, launching, expanding, or substantially enhancing a program, team, school, business, or initiative.
• Established ability to leverage performance data and metrics to identify issues, determine priorities, and achieve measurable outcomes.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States.

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Master's degree in Education, Psychology, Organizational Leadership, or related discipline.
• Background in athletic coaching, outdoor or experiential education facilitation, camp direction, youth program leadership, or other cohort-based organizational settings.
• Experience creating or managing innovative education initiatives, EdTech ventures, tutoring services, nonprofit programs, or learning environments beyond conventional classroom instruction.
• Personal track record of notable accomplishment in academics, athletics, entrepreneurial ventures, or leadership roles.
• Deeply held belief that education should cultivate capable, resilient, independent young people rather than merely transmit academic information.

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. 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 payment period is weekly. Consult www.crossover.com/help-and-faqs for more details on this topic.