Youth Counselor, Alpha - An Edu Startup (Remote) - $60,000/Year Usd

Crossover is the world's #1 source of full-time remote jobs. Our clients offer top-tier pay for top-tier talent. We're recruiting this role for our client, Alpha - an EDU Startup. Have you got what it takes?

IMPORTANT NOTE: This is an in-person role at our Brownsville, TX campus.

Are you tired of the same old snooze-fest in the classroom? Do you dream of shaking up the world of education and making it way more exciting? Well, guess what? We're on a mission to revolutionize learning, and we need your help to make it happen!

We're on the hunt for dynamic minds who can bring a fresh perspective to education. If you're a trailblazer with a burning desire to break free from the norm, then listen up! Our startup is searching for game-changers like you, who can turn the traditional teaching methods upside down and inside out.

Alpha School is anything but ordinary. We've created an innovative learning environment that encourages exploration, creativity, and self-paced growth. Our Brownsville campus (BTX) is located near SpaceX and attracts a diverse group of K-8 students. You'll have the chance to connect with students on a peer level, inspiring them to discover their full potential and develop a lifelong love for learning.

Why choose Alpha?

• Competitive pay - we believe you shouldn't take a pay cut to work in education
• Relocation assistance available for highly-qualified candidates
• Generous benefits and time off - we value our team and offer a comprehensive benefits package and paid time off
• Growth and learning culture - we model the growth & learning we expect our students to embrace, so you'll receive coaching, training, and opportunities for leadership

If you're a skilled relationship-builder who thrives in a startup environment, join Alpha BTX as we set our sights on new frontiers!

What You Will Be Doing

• Live workshops: One-hour sessions with K-8th grade students, coaching them on valuable life skills like public speaking, focus, and giving and receiving feedback
• Motivation sessions: Encouraging students to advance in their academic apps and achieve their learning goals

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Pushing kids to the point of burnout or disengagement.
• Teaching or tutoring. Students learn solely from self-guided, adaptive learning apps.
• Leading traditional lectures that students find boring or lack interaction.

Youth Counselor Key Responsibilities

Follow our time-tested playbooks to ensure that:

• 100% of students master core life skills, as measured by real-world challenges
• 100% of students love school
• 100% of students achieve their academic goals

Basic Requirements

• College degree in any subject
• Desire to spend your day motivating and coaching K-8 students
• Legal right to work in the US without visa sponsorship
• Willingness to relocate to Brownsville, TX

About Alpha - An EDU Startup

Want to build better schools? Join the thriving community of Alpha. Alpha is a network of K-12 schools in Texas committed to redefining the way kids learn. Change starts with our three promises to students:

• Students learn two times faster than in a traditional school.
• Students love school.
• Students learn life skills.

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 Crossover

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. The compensation level for this role is $30 USD/hour, which equates to $60,000 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.

What to expect next:

• You will receive an email with a link to start your self-paced, online job application.
• Our hiring platform will guide you through a series of online “screening” assessments to check for basic job fit, job-related skills, and finally a few real-world job-specific assignments.

Important! If you do not receive an email from us:

• If all else fails, just reset your password by visiting https://www.crossover.com/auth/password-recovery if you already applied using LinkedIn EasyApply.
• First, emails may take up to 15 minutes to send, refresh and check again.
• Third, we will send to whatever email account you indicated on the Apply form - by default, that is the email address you use as your LinkedIn username and it might be different than the one you have already checked.
• Second, check your spam and junk folders for an email from Crossover.com, mark as “Not Spam” since you will receive other emails as well.

Crossover Job Code: LJ-5080-US-NewYork-YouthCounselor