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Literacy Program Coordinator $120,000 USD/year
Description
- $120,000 annual salary, paid weekly, with health, dental, and vision coverage starting day one
- On-site position 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, 100% classroom-based with K-3 students
Your structured-literacy certification — Orton-Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson, IMSE, or a Master's in reading instruction — has opened the door to every K-3 reading position you've pursued. In most cases, that credential also represented the limit: you executed a pre-set program and submitted reports. At Alpha, the certification is your entry point. If that difference resonates with you, continue reading.
Alpha has dismantled conventional instruction models. Students advance through academic content independently using AI-adaptive applications. There are no lectures, textbooks, or pacing calendars. Your position represents the one area where human expertise cannot be substituted. You create 20-minute small-group workshops informed by real-time app analytics; sessions are intentionally brief because precision outweighs duration. You also facilitate motivation sessions designed to propel 100% of students toward their weekly app targets using Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification). When you detect a student's miscue during a session, you identify the underlying phonemic deficit and redesign the following day's workshop before you leave. That is the expectation.
Families enrolled at these campuses have selected Alpha for measurable results, not simply attendance. Parents receive weekly data reports on their child's reading development and they engage actively. You will field specific questions about individual student progress, and vague responses like "they're doing fine" will not suffice. You must reference the running record, identify the phonemic gap, and articulate your intervention plan. That 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 measurement. As you demonstrate success, your influence expands beyond your immediate classroom: strategies that work for your students become templates for other Alpha campuses, and your diagnostic precision influences how reading instruction scales as Alpha expands. What you develop here extends well beyond your classroom walls.
Before receiving an offer, you will submit a short video recording of yourself telling an engaging 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 candidates, regardless of credential strength. This is intentional. Apply today.
What you will be doing
- Creating small-group K-3 reading workshops informed by live adaptive-app analytics, rooted in structured-literacy approaches (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, IMSE, or equivalent)
- Facilitating daily motivation sessions that drive 100% of students toward weekly app targets using Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification)
- Analyzing AI-generated performance metrics (fluency trajectories, decoding precision, comprehension indicators) to modify instruction mid-day, not only during planning periods
- Conducting running records, fluency probes, and decoding assessments to generate gains reflected in weekly campus data reviews
- Serving as the engaging, high-energy adult your K-3 students anticipate seeing daily
What you will NOT be doing
- Implementing a commercially published reading curriculum, scripted program, or district pacing calendar; you create lessons based on student data
- Delivering lectures to full classrooms; all instruction occurs in small, targeted groups while students complete academic subjects through adaptive apps
- Serving as a reading consultant, teacher coach, or district-level specialist; you work directly with children in the classroom daily
- Managing a traditional classroom schedule: subject-by-subject lectures, homework correction, test preparation. Your scheduled blocks consist of workshops, motivation sessions, and data-informed small groups
- Drafting IEPs, 504 plans, or formal diagnostic reports; student progress is documented through app data and your running records, not special-education paperwork
Key responsibilities
Generate measurable K-3 reading progress across phonics, fluency, and comprehension within a campus environment where outcomes undergo weekly review.
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 last 5 years, utilizing systematic phonics or structured literacy
- Proven capacity to design independent reading lessons and clearly explain what you teach and your instructional approach, without dependence on a published program
- Commitment to working in person 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 instruction as these tools develop
- Legal authorization to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship
Nice to have
- Practical experience with AI-powered or adaptive reading platforms (e.g., Amira, Lexia, i-Ready, Reading Plus) for lesson planning or student data interpretation
- Documented history of measurable reading outcomes (fluency gains in WCPM, accuracy improvements, decoding level advances) you can quantify precisely
- Familiarity with diagnostic reading assessments (DRA, DIBELS, AIMSweb) for creating differentiated instructional groups
- Experience in high-accountability educational settings (independent schools, elite charter networks, premium tutoring services with families who monitor outcomes closely)
- Background in performance, youth sports coaching, or otherwise engaging K-3 audiences outside traditional reading instruction
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