Camp Counselor, Part-Time, Alpha

About the Role

• On-site: Alpha Schools, Scottsdale (Phoenix), AZ
• Compensation: $30/hour USD | Approximately $30,000/year USD
• Hours: 15–30 hours/week | Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–4:00 PM (choose your schedule within school hours)
• Full-time path available at $60,000/year + benefits
• This is a part-time, long-term position.
• Requires entering into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover as a Contractor of Record.

Key Responsibilities

• Keep Alpha's classroom operations running so Guides can stay focused on instruction.
• Supervising student transitions between activities (roughly 30% of your time): monitoring the clock, prompting students to move, and using positive reinforcement to keep movement orderly and on schedule.
• Preparing classroom materials before each lesson by gathering supplies, organizing them per the activity plan, and confirming setup matches the Guide's instructions before instruction begins.
• Facilitating student engagement during structured activities (roughly 40% of your time) by monitoring participation, identifying disengagement early, and redirecting students using Alpha-approved classroom management techniques without interrupting instruction.
• Monitoring the room, applying Alpha-approved motivational techniques (positive reinforcement, structured prompts, real-time redirection).
• Prepping each activity so the Guide walks in and starts immediately.

What You Won't Be Doing

• Designing lessons, writing activity plans, or being accountable for academic outcomes.
• Inventing your own approach to student behavior; Alpha's motivational techniques are defined and you'll apply them consistently.
• Managing facility tasks, carpool logistics, or after-hours events.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Willing to work in person at our Scottsdale campus.
• Work a minimum of 10 hours per week, with total flexibility to choose your schedule during school hours (Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM).
• 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.

Qualifications

• Experience working with children ages 5–14 in a structured setting (school, camp, childcare, tutoring, or coaching).
• Hands-on group management experience with children in motion (e.g., running camp sessions, managing cabin groups, or keeping a program schedule on track).
• Experience in a mastery-based, competency-based, or structured learning program (Montessori, project-based learning, or similar).
• Track record of keeping groups on schedule using positive redirection rather than escalating to adult intervention.