Reading Specialist
$100,000 USD/year Pay is set based on global value, not the local market. Most roles = hourly rate x 40 hrs x 50 weeks 

Austin, TX; Fort Worth, TX; Plano, TX; Tampa, FL; or Dorado, Puerto Rico
8:00 - 5:00 M-F
In-person
full-time (40 hrs/week)
Long-term role

Reading Specialist   $100,000 USD/year

Description

  • Onsite in Austin, TX; Fort Worth, TX; Plano, TX; Tampa, FL; or Dorado, Puerto Rico
  • $100,000 salary ($50/hour), paid weekly. Day-one health benefits, HSA/FSA, 401(k) Roth 
  • Relocation support included

Do you believe every child deserves to read at grade level (or above), but hate watching broken systems waste their potential?

At Alpha School, we're proving literacy breakthroughs don't require 6-hour school days. Our 2-Hour Learning model fuses AI-adaptive tools with expert instruction to accelerate reading gains. Your mission: design and deliver workshops that drive measurable phonics, fluency, and comprehension gains for early elementary students, then help us scale that program across campuses nationwide.

This isn't lesson-plan paperwork. It's data-driven instruction, tech collaboration, and building a reading program that works for thousands of students.

Lead learning. Love growing. Apply now.

What you will be doing

  • Delivering adaptive reading workshops building phonics, comprehension, and fluency skills
  • Designing personalized motivational sessions using gamified literacy milestones
  • Analyzing student progress data to refine instruction and surface actionable insights
  • Collaborating with engineers to evaluate and enhance AI literacy tools based on classroom results
  • Developing scalable, AI-enhanced content that enables early elementary students to achieve grade-level proficiency

Candidate requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree with advanced certification in reading instruction (e.g., Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, or equivalent)
  • At least 2 years of experience delivering small-group reading interventions to early elementary students
  • Skilled at assessing reading levels, grouping students, and designing differentiated instruction without pre-written curricula
  • Proficient with AI/adaptive learning tools and responsive to student behaviors within them
  • Legal authorization to work in the U.S. without sponsorship
  • Willingness to work on-site at one of our campuses: Austin, TX; Fort Worth, TX; Plano, TX; Tampa, FL; or Dorado, Puerto Rico

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