Literacy Coordinator $100,000 USD/year Pay is set based on global value, not the local market.
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Description
- $100,000 annual salary, weekly pay cycle, full health, dental, and vision coverage starting day one
- On-site placement at one Alpha campus: Phoenix, AZ; Oklahoma City or Tulsa, OK; Nashville, TN; Austin, Fort Worth, Houston (South Houston or The Woodlands), or Plano, TX; Park City (Salt Lake City), UT; or Dorado, Puerto Rico (relocation assistance available)
- 40-hour workweek, 100% classroom-based with K-2 learners
You've logged years building mastery in structured literacy. Orton-Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson, IMSE, or a graduate degree in reading instruction. You can identify a student's error pattern instantly and pinpoint the exact phonemic skill to address. You can craft a phonics lesson from scratch without relying on a boxed curriculum. That's baseline. It won't set you apart.
What will set you apart is this: six-year-olds are genuinely excited to see you. At Alpha, this position is first and foremost a Guide—a dynamic, captivating figure students are eager to work with. Your structured-literacy background opens the door; your capacity to keep a K-2 classroom fully engaged during a 20-minute workshop is what secures the offer. If "dynamic, captivating presence" doesn't fit your teaching style, this role isn't for you.
Alpha has redesigned conventional schooling. Students work through academic content independently using AI-adaptive platforms—no direct instruction, no textbooks, no uniform pacing calendars. Your position represents the one area where human expertise cannot be replaced. You build small-group reading workshops from live student performance metrics, and you facilitate motivation sessions that inspire every student to reach their weekly app targets using Alpha's motivational framework (campus currency, leaderboards, developmentally appropriate gamification).
Your initial period focuses on winning the classroom. Workshops must be engaging, differentiated, and demonstrably effective. Student satisfaction metrics and "love your Guide" survey results (target 90%+) directly reflect this. Once you prove success, your responsibilities expand: analyzing AI-generated performance data to inform subsequent instruction, communicating fluency improvements and decoding progress to families, and influencing how Alpha's K-2 literacy model develops alongside adaptive technology. As Alpha opens additional campuses, the systems you create become the blueprint for reading instruction across all locations.
Prior to hiring, you will submit a short video delivering an engaging narrative for young children, and you will complete a full-day on-campus trial working directly with K-2 students. Low energy with children disqualifies candidates regardless of credential strength. This is intentional. Apply today.
What you will be doing
- Creating and facilitating small-group K-2 reading workshops rooted in structured-literacy principles (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, IMSE, or comparable), informed by live student performance data
- Facilitating daily motivational sessions that ensure 100% of students reach their weekly adaptive-app targets, utilizing Alpha's motivational framework (campus currency, leaderboards, developmentally appropriate gamification)
- Conducting and evaluating running records, fluency assessments, and decoding diagnostics to monitor progress and refine instruction for subsequent sessions
- Analyzing AI-generated performance metrics from Alpha's adaptive learning platforms to differentiate instruction dynamically, not solely during advance planning
- Serving as the engaging, energetic adult your K-2 students are genuinely excited to see each day
What you will NOT be doing
- Implementing a commercial reading curriculum, scripted lesson sequence, or district pacing calendar; you create your own instruction based on student data
- Delivering whole-class lectures; all instruction occurs in small, targeted groups while students engage with academic subjects through adaptive platforms
- Functioning as a reading consultant, instructional coach for colleagues, or district-level literacy leader; you are in the classroom working with children daily
- Managing a traditional classroom schedule—subject-by-subject lectures, homework checks, test preparation; your time blocks are dedicated to workshops, motivational sessions, and data-informed small groups instead
- Assessing homework or issuing report cards; student advancement is tracked through app analytics and your running records
Key responsibilities
Provide structured-literacy instruction that produces measurable acceleration in K-2 reading performance across phonics, fluency, and decoding domains.
Candidate requirements
- Structured-literacy certification (Orton-Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson Reading System, IMSE, CERI, Neuhaus, UFLI, or equivalent) OR a Master's degree in reading instruction
- Bachelor's degree in any discipline, plus 2+ years of full-time K-2 structured reading instruction in a school or clinical environment, utilizing systematic phonics or structured literacy
- Proven capacity to independently design reading lessons and clearly explain instructional content and methods, without depending on a published program
- Commitment to full-time, in-person work at one Alpha campus: Phoenix, AZ; Oklahoma City or Tulsa, OK; Nashville, TN; Austin, Fort Worth, Houston (South Houston or The Woodlands), or Plano, TX; Park City (Salt Lake City), UT; or Dorado, Puerto Rico (relocation assistance available)
- Willingness to serve all K-2 learners (not exclusively struggling readers) and to incorporate AI and adaptive-learning technologies into daily instruction
- Legal authorization to work in the U.S. or Puerto Rico without requiring visa sponsorship
- Bilingual English/Spanish proficiency required for the Dorado, Puerto Rico campus
Nice to have
- Practical experience with AI-driven or adaptive reading platforms (e.g., Amira, Lexia, i-Ready, Reading Plus) for instructional planning or data interpretation
- Documented reading outcomes (fluency gains in WCPM, accuracy growth, decoding level progression) you can cite with specific numbers
- Experience in non-traditional or innovative educational settings (charter, micro-school, Montessori, hybrid)
- Experience in performance, youth sports coaching, or engaging K-2 audiences outside traditional reading instruction
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