Literacy Program Coordinator $120,000 USD/year Pay is set based on global value, not the local market.
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Literacy Program Coordinator $120,000 USD/year
Description
- $120,000 annual salary, paid weekly, including health, dental, and vision benefits from day one
- On-site role at a single Alpha campus: Beverly Hills, La Jolla (San Diego), Lake Forest (Orange County), Piedmont, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, or Santa Monica, CA; Greenwich, CT; Boca Raton, FL; Chicago, IL; Boston, MA; or New York City, NY (relocation assistance available)
- 40 hours per week, entirely classroom-based with K-3 students
Your structured-literacy training — whether Orton-Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson, IMSE, or a Master's in reading instruction — has opened doors to every K-3 literacy position you've pursued. In most cases, it also marked the limit: you executed an existing program and tracked results. At Alpha, that credential is your entry point. If this difference resonates with you, continue reading.
Alpha has replaced conventional instruction. Academic content is delivered through AI-adaptive applications that students navigate independently. No lectures, textbooks, or pacing calendars. Your position is where a human specialist remains essential. You create 20-minute small-group sessions using live app data; brevity is intentional, as targeted instruction outperforms duration. You also facilitate motivation sessions designed to ensure 100% of students meet their weekly app targets, applying Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification). When you catch a miscue during a session, you identify the phonemic deficit and redesign the next day's workshop before you leave. This is the expectation.
Families enrolling at these campuses have selected Alpha for measurable results, not mere enrollment. Parents receive weekly updates on their child's literacy progress, and they engage critically. You will field specific questions about individual student development, and vague reassurances will not suffice. You must reference the running record, specify the phonemic challenge, and detail your intervention. This level of accountability should energize you, not burden you.
Your initial months focus on establishing credibility. Workshops must be engaging, appropriately leveled, and demonstrably effective; student satisfaction and "love your Guide" survey results (target 90%+) provide direct feedback. Once you demonstrate success, your influence expands beyond your classroom: strategies that work for your students inform practices adopted across other Alpha campuses, and your diagnostic precision influences reading instruction as Alpha scales. Your contributions extend well beyond your immediate environment.
Before an offer is extended, you will submit a brief video of yourself telling a captivating story for young children, and you will complete a full day on campus working directly with K-3 students. Low energy with children will disqualify you, regardless of credential strength. This is intentional. Apply today.
What you will be doing
- Creating small-group K-3 literacy workshops based on real-time adaptive-app data, applying structured-literacy principles (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, IMSE, or equivalent)
- Conducting daily motivation sessions that drive 100% of students toward their weekly app objectives using Alpha's motivational system (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification)
- Analyzing AI-generated performance metrics (fluency trajectories, decoding precision, comprehension indicators) to modify instruction during the day, not only during planning time
- Conducting running records, fluency probes, and decoding evaluations to generate progress visible in weekly campus data meetings
- Serving as the engaging, dynamic adult your K-3 students anticipate seeing daily
What you will NOT be doing
- Implementing a published reading curriculum, scripted lesson plan, or district scope-and-sequence; you construct lessons from student performance data
- Teaching whole-class lessons; all instruction occurs in small, targeted groups while students complete core subjects through adaptive apps
- Serving as a reading consultant, instructional coach for other educators, or district-level resource; you work in the classroom with children every day
- Managing a traditional classroom schedule: subject-by-subject lectures, homework checks, test preparation. Your time is allocated to workshops, motivation sessions, and data-informed small groups
- Drafting IEPs, 504 plans, or formal diagnostic documentation; student advancement is tracked through app data and your running records, not special-education forms
Key responsibilities
Generate quantifiable K-3 reading progress in phonics, fluency, and comprehension within a campus culture where results are assessed weekly.
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-3 structured reading instruction in a school or clinical environment within the past 5 years, utilizing systematic phonics or structured literacy
- Proven capacity to develop your own reading lessons and clearly explain your instructional approach and content, independent of a published program
- Willingness to work on-site full-time at one Alpha campus: Beverly Hills, La Jolla (San Diego), Lake Forest (Orange County), Piedmont, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, or Santa Monica, CA; Greenwich, CT; Boca Raton, FL; Chicago, IL; Boston, MA; or New York City, NY (relocation assistance available)
- Willingness to instruct all K-3 students (not exclusively struggling readers) and incorporate AI and adaptive-learning technologies into daily teaching as these tools develop
- Legally authorized to work in the U.S. without requiring visa sponsorship
Nice to have
- Practical experience with AI-driven or adaptive literacy platforms (e.g., Amira, Lexia, i-Ready, Reading Plus) for instructional planning or analyzing student performance data
- Documented history of measurable literacy outcomes (fluency gains in WCPM, accuracy improvements, decoding level progression) that you can quantify
- Familiarity with diagnostic literacy assessments (DRA, DIBELS, AIMSweb) for creating differentiated instructional groups
- Experience in high-accountability educational settings (independent schools, elite charter networks, premium tutoring services with outcome-focused families)
- Background in performance, youth sports coaching, or otherwise engaging a K-3 audience beyond the literacy classroom
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