Camp Counselor, Alpha - $100,000/year USD at Crossover

• On-site position at the Alpha School campus in Brownsville, TX
• $100,000/year W2 salary with weekly pay. Health benefits start on day one.
• Relocation assistance available for a one-school-year campus commitment

You've been coaching kids for years — not teaching them. You understand the distinction: a coach pushes, connects, and won't accept a student settling for anything less than their best effort. A teacher distributes content. You've never operated as a content distribution mechanism.

Alpha operates the most unconventional school environment you'll encounter. Students don't sit in rows listening to lectures. They progress through AI-powered learning apps at their own speed. AI manages the instructional content. Your responsibility is to facilitate life skills workshops that capture the attention of K-8 students, conduct motivation sessions that drive them toward their weekly learning targets, and maintain standards when a student tries to take the easy path. The academics handle themselves. You manage the human element.

This position has a performance ceiling worth pursuing, and that ceiling is greater student impact. Those who consistently achieve their metrics (100% of cohort reaching weekly app goals, 90%+ satisfaction scores) advance into Lead Guide positions where they mentor other educators on refining this work. Students remain the focus.

The campus sits in Brownsville, adjacent to SpaceX's Starbase. If your motivation for leaving your current position is the mission — transforming what a kid believes about their own potential — not a bullet point on your resume, submit your application.

What You Will Be Doing

• Facilitating one-hour life skills workshops with K-8 students on topics including public speaking, focus, and giving and receiving feedback
• Administering Test2Pass mastery assessments following each workshop to verify students have genuinely acquired the skill, not simply attended
• Conducting daily motivation sessions leveraging student profiles, interests, and Coachbot analytics to ensure 100% of your cohort achieves their weekly app advancement goals
• Employing storytelling, incentives (school currency, leaderboards), and personal connection to overcome student resistance
• Monitoring cohort satisfaction scores to reach a 90%+ target on student surveys

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Standing at a whiteboard and delivering lectures. Students progress academically through self-guided AI-powered apps, not through your direct instruction.
• Supervising children on devices passively. Kids working on computers is the environment; active engagement is the responsibility.
• Reducing standards when students resist. Test2Pass requirements remain firm, regardless of whether a student is facing a difficult week.
• Creating curriculum from the ground up. Lesson plans and workshop playbooks are supplied; your responsibility is to execute them with the presence and storytelling ability that ensures students truly absorb the material.
• Handling parent communications, conducting admissions, or supervising campus operations. Those fall under a different role.

Camp Counselor Key Responsibilities

Guide a cohort of K-8 students to achieve 100% of their weekly academic goals while facilitating life skills workshops with 90%+ satisfaction scores.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in any subject
• At least 3 years of experience working directly with K-8 (elementary and middle school) students
• Strong storytelling and facilitation presence — capable of maintaining a room of children engaged for an hour
• Willing to work on-site at the Alpha campus in Brownsville, TX
• Legal right to work in the US without visa sponsorship

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Experience as an athletic coach, camp counselor, or youth program facilitator
• Demonstrated track record of high performance in a competitive environment (academic, athletic, or professional)
• Experience working in a self-directed or app-based learning environment

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, 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.

Crossover Job Code: LJ-5234-US-Brownsvi-CampCounselor.001