Remote Youth Mentor, Unbound Academy - $40,000/year USD

IMPORTANT NOTE: This is a hybrid role that requires physical presence in Arizona.

What if you could help students stay energized, engaged, and eager to participate—without the weight of lesson planning, grading, or instructional delivery?

This position is designed for individuals who connect naturally with young people and excel in dynamic environments. At Unbound Academy's fully virtual, tuition-free charter school, students accelerate through academic content using AI-driven tools, then transition into live, interactive workshops that emphasize life skills, teamwork, and personal growth. Your role is to ensure these moments feel seamless and impactful for every student.

You'll serve as the glue that holds the experience together. You'll facilitate transitions, guide small groups, sustain energy levels, and provide support when a student needs direction or reassurance. You won't deliver curriculum—but the experience cannot succeed without you.

If you have experience leading youth through camps, after-school settings, athletics, tutoring, or community programs—and you're drawn to a hybrid position that combines virtual facilitation with in-person teamwork—this is an opportunity to make school feel connected and meaningful once more.

What You Will Be Doing

• Facilitating live virtual workshops by overseeing breakout rooms, transitions, timing, and overall session flow
• Fostering participation through chat engagement, positive reinforcement, gentle prompts, and one-on-one student interactions
• Supporting students to remain engaged, self-assured, and socially connected throughout their learning day
• Providing operational support to lead educators to ensure sessions proceed without disruption
• Serving as a reliable, familiar presence in student clubs and life-skills programming
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Delivering academic instruction or teaching subject matter
• Developing lesson plans, evaluating assignments, or conducting academic assessments
• Building curriculum or facilitating workshops on your own
• Operating in a passive or observational capacity—this role demands active, energetic involvement
  
  

Remote Youth Mentor Key Responsibilities

Facilitate dynamic, virtual learning experiences by keeping students engaged, organized, and motivated across all workshop sessions.

Basic Requirements

• Available to start immediately or at the end of July (one of the two).
• At least 1 years of experience mentoring, coaching, tutoring, or leading youth
• Educational background within U.S., Canadian, or U.K. school systems (K–16); must have attended school in one of these countries
• Holds a valid teaching certificate from any U.S. state, or an expired certificate eligible for reinstatement, with certification transferable to Arizona
• Strong communication skills and high comfort operating across digital platforms
• Energizing, student-first presence with strong attention to detail and smooth transitions
• Willing to work in a hybrid role in Arizona.
  
  

About Unbound Academy

Unbound Academy is ‍Arizona’s first virtual, tuition-free charter school, designed to make grades 4-8 limitless, personal, and exciting. This isn’t just an alternative to the traditional school system. It’s a revolutionary way for your family to reclaim time, unlock potential, and reimagine what education can be.

At Unbound Academy, students can master their core academics in just two hours a day. Our teachers use an AI-powered learning model to adjust to each child’s pace and interests, ensuring progress happens twice as fast as in a typical classroom.

By cutting out the fluff and streamlining coursework, we not only make a significant academic impact—we make learning fun, personal, and incredibly effective.

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 compensation level for this role is $20 USD/hour, which equates to $40,000 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.

Crossover Job Code: LJ-5635-US-Surprise-RemoteYouthMen.004