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 

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

Reading Specialist   $100,000 USD/year

Description

Transform the future of reading education.

Imagine achieving more reading breakthroughs in 2 hours than most schools accomplish in a full day. At Alpha School, we're redefining what's possible in elementary reading through our groundbreaking 2-Hour Learning model and we need an exceptional reading specialist to help us scale this innovation.

Alpha isn’t just another private school. We fuse AI-powered adaptive tools with expert human instruction to deliver personalized, high-impact literacy experiences. Our approach enables students to make measurable progress faster, without being trapped in rigid 6-hour schedules or outdated curricula.

In this role, you’ll do more than teach; you’ll design. Your work will drive literacy outcomes in individual classrooms while shaping a scalable reading program that can be implemented across multiple campuses. You’ll lead engaging, tech-enhanced workshops, inspire young readers with smart motivational tactics, and collaborate with engineers to refine the tools that power our model.

Success in this role looks like measurable reading gains, enthusiastic student engagement, and actionable input that improves our AI-enhanced curriculum. If you're ready to scale your impact and help reinvent how kids learn to read, apply now.

HIRING IN THESE LOCATIONS:

  • Tampa, FL
  • Austin, TX
  • Plano, TX

What you will be doing

  • Delivering adaptive reading workshops that develop foundational skills in phonics, comprehension, and fluency
  • Designing personalized motivational sessions that boost engagement through gamified literacy milestones
  • Analyzing student progress data to continuously refine instruction and surface actionable insights
  • Collaborating with the tech team to evaluate and enhance AI literacy tools based on classroom results
  • Developing scalable content that personalizes reading pathways for diverse learners

What you will NOT be doing

  • Following a rigid scripted curriculum that ignores student needs or data
  • Spending hours on traditional lesson planning, grading, or administrative overhead
  • Working in overcrowded classrooms with limited resources
  • Managing behavior all day instead of focusing on reading instruction
  • Teaching in isolation without contributing to program or product development

Key responsibilities

Develop a scalable, AI-enhanced reading program that enables early elementary students to achieve grade-level proficiency and cultivate a lifelong love of reading.

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: Tampa, FL; Austin, TX or Plano, TX. 

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What you will learn

Position yourself at the intersection of literacy education and AI technology:

  • Master state-of-the-art adaptive learning platforms that personalize reading instruction
  • Learn Alpha's proven 2-Hour Learning methodology that delivers exceptional results in condensed timeframes
  • Develop expertise in analyzing educational data to optimize student outcomes
  • Gain hands-on experience shaping AI-driven educational tools through collaboration with our tech team

Alpha provides structured training and dedicated time for professional development, ensuring you stay at the cutting edge of both educational science and technology innovation.

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What Your Day Might Look Like at Alpha

Imagine starting your morning with a personalized reading workshop where AI analytics have already identified the optimal focus areas for each student. As you guide a small group through a challenging text, real-time data appears on your dashboard, showing which students are engaging deeply and who might need a different approach. You adjust your strategy on the fly, introducing a quick game that reinforces challenging phonics patterns while maintaining the natural flow of instruction.

During your collaboration hour, you meet with our tech team to review how students interacted with yesterday's new AI-powered comprehension activity. Your insights about which elements most effectively motivated struggling readers help shape the next iteration of the tool. This is what makes Alpha different - you're not just using technology, you're helping build it.

In the afternoon, you lead another focused session where students alternate between working with you and engaging with adaptive software that adjusts to their responses in real time. As you wrap up the day, you review each student's progress data, using our analytics platform to identify patterns that will inform tomorrow's instruction.

This isn't the future of education - it's happening now at Alpha. We're looking for pioneers who want to help us perfect it.

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