Literacy Program Coordinator $100,000 USD/year Pay is set based on global value, not the local market.
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Description
- Campus-based position at an Alpha School location: Phoenix, Arizona; Tampa, Florida; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Austin, Texas; Fort Worth, Texas; Houston (South Houston or The Woodlands), Texas; Plano, Texas; Park City (Salt Lake City), Utah
- Full-time annual salary of $100,000, with weekly pay
- Health, dental, and vision coverage effective from day one
- Relocation assistance available
You have invested years developing expertise in structured literacy. You can identify a student's error pattern and pinpoint the precise phonemic skill to address. Yet you have also observed how traditional systems underutilize that knowledge: classrooms with 25+ learners, inflexible scope-and-sequence documents, standardized programs that disregard what your assessment data reveals. If you have found yourself thinking "I could accelerate these students' progress significantly if I could teach according to what the data indicates," this role merits your attention.
Alpha School's 2-Hour Learning framework integrates AI-adaptive technology with skilled human teaching. Students work through academic content independently using personalized applications. There are no whole-group lessons, no textbooks, no mandated pacing calendars. Your responsibility centers on the area where human expertise cannot be replaced: targeted reading workshops in small groups, where you create and implement structured literacy instruction matched to each learner's phonics and decoding proficiency. You will leverage real-time AI-generated performance information to prepare each session, modify instruction dynamically, and track results through fluency gains, accuracy growth, and decoding progress.
In addition to reading workshops, you will facilitate motivation sessions designed to sustain K-2 student engagement with their learning objectives. You will serve as their mentor, their advocate, the individual who understands their identity, their passions, and their precise position in the reading continuum. The objective: 100% of students achieve their weekly targets, and 90%+ describe their Guide as someone they enjoy learning with. This role emphasizes measurable outcomes rather than content coverage—results visible and quantifiable each week. As Alpha grows into additional campuses, the systems you establish here will define the reading instruction framework across the organization.
If you are convinced that structured literacy achieves optimal results when personalized, informed by data, and taught by someone who authentically engages young learners, this position aligns that conviction with your daily work. Submit your application today.
What you will be doing
- Creating and facilitating small-group reading workshops centered on systematic phonics, decoding, and writing for K-2 learners
- Conducting and evaluating running records to determine each student's reading proficiency and guide focused instruction
- Analyzing AI-generated student performance information to modify instruction dynamically, beyond preplanning phases
- Facilitating motivation sessions that support students in progressing through their learning applications and achieving 100% of weekly targets
- Tailoring instruction within targeted reading groups according to individual learning profiles and requirements
What you will NOT be doing
- Implementing a commercial reading program or scripted lesson plans (you develop custom lessons driven by student data)
- Delivering instruction to whole-class groups (all teaching occurs in small, targeted workshops)
- Teaching core academic content areas (students complete math, science, and other subjects independently through adaptive applications)
- Operating within a conventional classroom schedule with bells, transitions, and uniform pacing expectations
- Evaluating homework or producing report cards (student advancement is monitored via app analytics and 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
- Bachelor's degree in any field
- Master's degree in reading instruction OR certification in structured literacy (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson Reading System, IMSE, CERI, LETRS, Neuhaus, UFLI, or equivalent)
- 2+ years of full-time K-2 structured reading instruction in a school or clinical environment using systematic phonics or structured literacy, completed within the past 5 years
- Demonstrated experience creating original reading lessons (not exclusively using a published curriculum)
- Willingness to incorporate AI and adaptive learning platforms for instructional planning and student data interpretation
- Willingness to work on-site at an Alpha School campus in one of the specified locations
- Willingness to instruct all K-2 students, not exclusively struggling readers
- Legal authorization to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship
Nice to have
- Prior use of AI or adaptive learning platforms (e.g., Lexia, i-Ready, Amira) for instructional design or student data interpretation
- Documented history of quantifying and communicating specific reading outcomes from interventions (e.g., fluency improvements in WCPM, decoding level gains)
- Background in non-traditional or innovative educational settings (charter, micro-school, Montessori, hybrid)
- Proficiency in both English and Spanish
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