Youth Program Assistant, Part-Time

About the Role

Alpha is hiring a Part-Time Youth Program Assistant for their Scottsdale (Phoenix), AZ campus. This role focuses on owning the operational layer of a compressed K-12 learning model, ensuring smooth transitions, prepared materials, and managed student engagement. Immediate immersion into the role is expected with no warmup period.

• Location: On-site, Alpha Schools, Scottsdale (Phoenix), AZ
• Hours: 10–30 hours/week; Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–4:00 PM (choose your schedule within school hours)
• Compensation: $30/hour (equivalent to $30,000/year for 20 hours/week, 50 weeks/year)
• Potential: Full-time path available at $60,000/year + benefits.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervising student transitions between activities (approx. 30% of time): monitoring the clock, prompting students, and using positive reinforcement for orderly movement.
• Preparing classroom materials before each lesson: gathering supplies, organizing them, and confirming setup.
• Facilitating student engagement during structured activities (approx. 40% of time): monitoring participation, identifying disengagement, and redirecting students using Alpha-approved classroom management techniques without interrupting instruction.

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Standing back and waiting for issues to arise.
• Designing lessons, writing activity plans, or being accountable for academic outcomes.
• Inventing your own approach to student behavior; applying defined Alpha motivational techniques.
• Managing facility tasks, carpool logistics, or after-hours events.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Willingness to work in person at the Scottsdale campus.
• Ability to work a minimum of 10 hours per week, with flexibility to choose schedule within school hours (Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM).
• Experience working with children ages 5–14 in a structured setting (school, camp, childcare, tutoring, or coaching).
• Ability to coordinate people, materials, and activities quickly and effectively.
• Kid-friendly and comfortable redirecting children using encouragement.
• Legal right to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship.

Nice-to-Have Requirements

• Hands-on group management experience with children in motion (e.g., camp counselor, classroom aide, teacher's aide, paraprofessional, youth sports coach, after-school program staff).
• Experience in a mastery-based, competency-based, or structured learning program (e.g., Montessori, project-based learning).
• Track record of keeping groups on schedule using positive redirection.