Instructional Coordinator $120,000 USD/year Pay is set based on global value, not the local market.
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Instructional Coordinator $120,000 USD/year
Description
- $120,000 annual salary, paid weekly, with health, dental, and vision coverage starting day one
- Full-time on-site position at one Alpha campus: Beverly Hills, La Jolla (San Diego), Lake Forest (Orange County), Palo Alto, Piedmont, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, or South Bay (LA), CA; Greenwich, CT; Boca Raton or Miami Beach, FL; Chicago, IL; Boston, MA; Charlotte, NC; or New York City, NY (relocation assistance available)
- 40 hours per week, 100% classroom-based with K-2 students
Your structured-literacy certification — Orton-Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson, IMSE, or a Master's in reading instruction — has opened the door to every K-2 reading position you've pursued. In most cases, it also marked the limit: you executed an existing program and provided progress reports. At Alpha, the credential is where you begin. If that difference resonates with you, read on.
Alpha has redesigned traditional instruction from the ground up. Students work through academic content independently using AI-adaptive applications. There are no lectures, no textbooks, and no district pacing guides. Your role represents the one area where human expertise cannot be replaced. You build 20-minute small-group workshops using real-time app data; sessions are deliberately brief, because targeted instruction outperforms duration. You also facilitate motivation sessions designed to ensure 100% of your students meet their weekly app targets through Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification). When you catch a miscue during a session, you identify the phonemic breakdown and redesign tomorrow's workshop before the day ends. That level of responsiveness is expected.
Families enrolling at these campuses have selected Alpha for measurable results, not simply enrollment. Parents review weekly data tracking their child's reading development, and they come with questions. You will field specific inquiries about individual student progress, and vague reassurances will not suffice. You must reference the running record, identify the phonemic gap, and describe your instructional response. That level of accountability should energize you, not exhaust you.
Your initial months focus on establishing credibility in the classroom. Workshops must be engaging, appropriately leveled, and demonstrably effective; student satisfaction and "love your Guide" survey results (target 90%+) provide direct feedback. As you prove your impact, your influence grows beyond your own classroom: successful strategies you develop become templates for other Alpha campuses, and your diagnostic precision informs how reading instruction scales across the network. The work you do here extends well beyond your immediate students.
Before receiving an offer, you'll submit a short video in which you tell an engaging story for young children, and you'll complete a full day on campus working directly with K-2 students. Low energy with children is disqualifying, regardless of credential strength. That standard is intentional. Apply today.
What you will be doing
- Developing small-group K-2 reading workshops driven by live adaptive-app data, rooted in structured-literacy approaches (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, IMSE, or equivalent)
- Conducting daily motivation sessions designed to ensure 100% of your students achieve their weekly app targets using Alpha's motivational model (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification)
- Analyzing AI-generated performance metrics (fluency trajectories, decoding precision, comprehension indicators) to modify instruction in real time, not only during planning periods
- Conducting running records, fluency probes, and decoding assessments to generate gains documented in the weekly campus data review
- Serving as the engaging, high-energy adult your K-2 students are excited to see each day
What you will NOT be doing
- Implementing a published reading curriculum, scripted lesson sequence, or district pacing guide; you create lessons based on student data
- Delivering lectures to a full class; all instruction occurs in small, targeted groups while students engage with academic subjects through adaptive apps
- Serving as a reading consultant, teacher coach, or district-level specialist; you are in the classroom with students every day
- Managing a traditional classroom schedule: subject-by-subject lectures, homework correction, test preparation. Your scheduled time is allocated to workshops, motivation sessions, and data-informed small groups
- Drafting IEPs, 504 plans, or formal diagnostic reports; student progress is captured in app data and your running records, not special-education documentation
Key responsibilities
Drive measurable K-2 reading progress across phonics, fluency, and comprehension within a campus culture where outcomes are evaluated 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 field, plus 2+ years of full-time K-2 structured reading instruction in a school or clinical environment within the last 5 years, using systematic phonics or structured literacy
- Proven ability to create original reading lessons and clearly articulate your instructional methods and rationale, independent of a published program
- Commitment to working in person full-time at one Alpha campus: Beverly Hills, La Jolla (San Diego), Lake Forest (Orange County), Palo Alto, Piedmont, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, or South Bay (LA), CA; Greenwich, CT; Boca Raton or Miami Beach, FL; Chicago, IL; Boston, MA; Charlotte, NC; or New York City, NY (relocation assistance available)
- Commitment to working with all K-2 students (not exclusively struggling readers) and incorporating AI and adaptive-learning tools into daily instruction as these tools develop
- Legal authorization to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship
Nice to have
- Direct experience with AI-powered or adaptive reading platforms (e.g., Amira, Lexia, i-Ready, Reading Plus) for instructional planning or student data interpretation
- Documented history of measurable reading outcomes (fluency gains in WCPM, accuracy improvements, decoding level progression) you can cite with specific numbers
- Familiarity with diagnostic reading assessments (DRA, DIBELS, AIMSweb) for creating differentiated instructional groups
- Experience in high-accountability educational settings (independent schools, elite charter schools, premium tutoring services with families who closely monitor results)
- Background in performance, youth sports coaching, or other contexts requiring engagement of a K-2 audience outside traditional reading instruction
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