Reading Program Coordinator
$120,000 USD/year Pay is set based on global value, not the local market. Most roles = hourly rate x 40 hrs x 50 weeks 

Lake Forest CA, Palo Alto CA, Piedmont CA, San Francisco CA, Santa Monica CA, Greenwich CT, Chicago IL, Boston MA, New York City NY, or Chantilly VA
In-person
08:00 am to 05:00 pm, M-F
full-time (40 hrs/week)
Long-term role

Reading Program Coordinator   $120,000 USD/year

Description

  • On-site at an Alpha school location in Lake Forest CA, Palo Alto CA, Piedmont CA, San Francisco CA, Santa Monica CA, Greenwich CT, Chicago IL, Boston MA, New York City NY, or Chantilly VA (relocation assistance available)
  • Annual salary of $120,000, distributed weekly. Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage begins on day one
  • Daily instruction supported by AI-driven tools and adaptive learning technology

You know that 20 minutes of precision-targeted reading instruction delivers more value than 90 minutes of scripted lessons, and your student outcomes demonstrate it. You've seen children breakthrough phonics barriers because you identified the specific gap yourself, not because a curriculum determined the next unit. If building lessons directly from live student performance data feels liberating instead of burdensome, this role is for you.

Alpha's reading instruction operates on one core principle: every minute counts. Your workshops are 20-minute sessions designed around each student's actual needs, not predetermined pacing calendars. You'll evaluate reading capabilities, organize focused groups, and provide high-impact structured literacy instruction (phonics, fluency, comprehension) for students ages 4-7, producing measurable weekly progress. AI-powered adaptive technology works beside you, producing performance insights you'll apply to refine tomorrow's lesson before today's workshop concludes.

This position evolves. During the first year, you're immersed in classroom execution: facilitating workshops, leading motivational activities that convert hesitant readers into enthusiastic ones, and delivering granular observations to the technology team that refines Alpha's AI literacy platform. As these tools expand and your input shapes their development, your influence extends past your immediate students. You'll contribute to building a reading system that functions across multiple campuses, transforming what you accomplish with 15 children into a framework that serves hundreds.

If you've dedicated your career to demonstrating that structured literacy delivers results and you're prepared to combine that knowledge with technology that magnifies its reach, this is where your influence transcends your classroom's four walls.

What you will be doing

  • Creating and facilitating 20-minute reading workshops based on your own diagnostic evaluations of each student's reading ability and specific needs
  • Leveraging AI-generated student performance insights to modify group composition and instructional priorities between sessions, not solely at quarterly intervals
  • Facilitating motivational activities that cultivate intrinsic reading motivation, applying age-appropriate gamification and personalized goal-setting with K-2 learners
  • Piloting and assessing AI literacy platforms during live workshops, then delivering structured feedback to the technology team regarding efficacy and areas for improvement
  • Monitoring measurable progress indicators (fluency growth, decoding advancement, accuracy enhancement) and applying them to refine instructional methods on a weekly basis

What you will NOT be doing

  • Implementing a scripted or pre-packaged reading curriculum. You identify needs and create instruction independently.
  • Delivering 60-90 minute lecture-format literacy sessions. Workshops are brief, targeted, and intensive.
  • Serving exclusively struggling readers. You'll work with all K-2 students across the full reading spectrum.
  • Working separately from technology. AI adaptive platforms are integrated into your everyday workflow, not peripheral additions.
  • Waiting for quarterly data cycles to modify your instruction. You make real-time adjustments based on current data insights.

Key responsibilities

Guide early elementary students to grade-level reading competency through adaptive, AI-supported structured literacy instruction.

Candidate requirements

  • Bachelor's degree (any discipline) 
  • Master's degree in reading instruction OR structured literacy certification (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 within the past 5 years, applying systematic phonics or structured literacy approaches
  • Capacity to develop your own reading lessons and articulate what you teach and your instructional methods, without depending on a published curriculum
  • Willingness to work on-site at an Alpha campus (Lake Forest CA, Palo Alto CA, Piedmont CA, San Francisco CA, Santa Monica CA, Greenwich CT, Chicago IL, Boston MA, New York City NY, or Chantilly VA; relocation assistance available)
  • Willingness to integrate AI and adaptive learning platforms into daily practice and adjust as technologies develop
  • Legal authorization to work in the United States without visa sponsorship

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with diagnostic reading assessments (e.g., DRA, DIBELS, AIMSweb) for creating differentiated instructional groups
  • Documented record of measurable student reading improvements you can articulate with concrete data (e.g., advanced 12 students from Level C to Level G within one semester)
  • History of partnering with edtech teams, product development teams, or instructional designers on tool creation
  • Experience in a startup, micro-school, or non-traditional educational setting where you developed systems instead of implementing existing ones

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