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Instructional Coordinator $120,000 USD/year
Description
- $120,000 annual salary, paid weekly, including health, dental, and vision benefits starting on day one
- Full-time on-site position at an 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-hour workweek, 100% in-classroom with students in grades K-2
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 of those roles, it also represented the limit: you executed a predetermined program and documented the results. At Alpha, the credential is where you begin. If that difference is meaningful to you, continue reading.
Alpha has redesigned traditional education. Students work through academic content independently using AI-adaptive applications. There are no lectures, no textbooks, no district pacing guides. Your position is the one area where a human specialist cannot be replaced. You create 20-minute small-group workshops based on live app data; sessions are deliberately brief because targeted instruction is more effective than extended time. You also facilitate motivation sessions that ensure 100% of your students meet their weekly app targets using Alpha's motivational framework (campus currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate game mechanics). You identify a student's reading error during a session, diagnose the underlying phonemic weakness, and have the next day's workshop adjusted by the close of the school day. That is the baseline expectation.
Families who enroll at these campuses have selected Alpha for measurable results, not simply for school access. Parents review weekly data tracking their child's reading development, and they ask specific questions. You will need to respond to direct inquiries about individual student progress, and vague reassurances will not suffice. You must reference the running record, identify the phonemic deficit, and describe your instructional response. This level of accountability should energize you, not create resistance.
Your initial months focus on establishing credibility in the classroom. Workshops must be engaging, appropriately leveled, and demonstrably effective; student satisfaction scores and "love your Guide" survey results (90%+ target) provide direct feedback. As you demonstrate success, your influence grows beyond your own students: strategies that work in your classroom become templates for other Alpha campuses, and your assessment precision informs how reading instruction scales across the organization. The impact of your work extends well beyond your immediate environment.
Before an offer is extended, you will submit a short video in which you tell a compelling story for young children, and you will complete a full-day visit on campus working directly with K-2 students. Low energy with children is disqualifying, regardless of credential strength. This is intentional. Apply today.
What you will be doing
- Creating small-group K-2 reading workshops based on real-time adaptive-app data, using structured-literacy approaches (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, IMSE, or equivalent)
- Leading daily motivation sessions that drive 100% of your students toward their weekly app goals through Alpha's motivational system (campus currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification)
- Analyzing AI-generated student performance data (fluency trajectories, decoding precision, comprehension indicators) to modify instruction during the school day, not only during planning periods
- Conducting running records, fluency assessments, and decoding evaluations to generate measurable progress visible in weekly campus data meetings
- Serving as the engaging, high-energy adult your K-2 students are excited to work with each day
What you will NOT be doing
- Implementing a published reading curriculum, scripted lesson sequence, or district pacing calendar; you build lessons directly from student data
- Delivering whole-class lectures; all instruction occurs in small, targeted groups while students engage with adaptive apps for academic content
- Serving as a reading coach, consultant to other educators, or district-level literacy specialist; you work directly with children in the classroom every day
- Managing a traditional classroom schedule: subject-by-subject lectures, homework correction, test preparation. Your time is allocated to workshops, motivation sessions, and data-informed small groups
- Preparing IEPs, 504 plans, or formal diagnostic evaluations; student progress is captured in app data and your running records, not special-education documentation
Key responsibilities
Generate measurable reading growth in K-2 students across phonics, fluency, and comprehension within a campus culture where performance is 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 field, plus 2+ years of full-time K-2 structured reading instruction in a school or clinical environment within the past 5 years, utilizing systematic phonics or structured literacy
- Proven capacity to design original reading lessons and clearly explain your instructional methods and content, independent of a published program
- Availability to work 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)
- Willingness to instruct all K-2 students (not exclusively struggling readers) and incorporate AI and adaptive-learning technologies into daily teaching as these tools develop
- Legal authorization to work in the U.S. without need for visa sponsorship
Nice to have
- Direct experience with AI-driven or adaptive reading platforms (e.g., Amira, Lexia, i-Ready, Reading Plus) for instructional planning or student performance analysis
- Documented reading outcomes (fluency gains measured in WCPM, accuracy increases, decoding level progression) with specific figures you can cite
- Familiarity with diagnostic reading tools (DRA, DIBELS, AIMSweb) for creating differentiated instructional groups
- Prior work in high-accountability educational settings (independent schools, high-performing charter networks, premium tutoring services with outcome-focused families)
- Experience in performance, youth sports coaching, or engaging K-2 audiences in contexts beyond reading instruction
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