Reading Teacher $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
Description
- $120,000/year salary, paid weekly, with health, dental, and vision benefits starting day one
- On-site 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 support available)
- 40 hours/week, 100% in-classroom instruction with K-3 students
Your structured-literacy credential — 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, it was also the limit: you delivered someone else's curriculum and documented progress. Here the credential is your entry point. If that difference resonates with you, continue reading.
Alpha has reimagined traditional teaching. Students work through academic content independently using AI-adaptive applications. No lectures, no textbooks, no pacing calendars. Your role is the one area where a human expert cannot be replaced. You construct 20-minute small-group workshops based on real-time app data; these sessions are brief intentionally, because targeted instruction outperforms duration. You also conduct motivation sessions that drive 100% of your students toward their weekly app targets using Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification). You catch a student's miscue during a session, identify the phonemic deficit, and redesign tomorrow's workshop by day's end. That's the expectation.
Families at these campuses have selected Alpha for results, not simply enrollment. Parents review weekly data on their child's reading development and they have opinions. You will field direct questions about how a particular student is advancing, and "they're doing fine" will not suffice. You will need to reference the running record, identify the phonemic gap, and describe your intervention. That level of accountability should energize you, not exhaust you.
Your initial months focus on proving yourself in the classroom. Workshops must be engaging, appropriately leveled, and demonstrably effective; student satisfaction and "love your Guide" surveys (target 90%+) measure that directly. As you demonstrate success, your influence expands beyond your own classroom: what succeeds with your students becomes the model other Alpha campuses implement, and your diagnostic precision influences how reading is taught as Alpha scales. What you create here extends beyond your immediate environment.
Before we hire you, you'll record a brief video telling an engaging story for young children, and you'll spend a full day on campus working directly with K-3 students. Low energy with kids will disqualify you, regardless of credential strength. That's intentional. Apply today.
What you will be doing
- Constructing small-group K-3 reading workshops from live adaptive-app data, rooted in structured-literacy approaches (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, IMSE, or equivalent)
- Conducting daily motivation sessions that drive 100% of your students to their weekly app targets using Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification)
- Analyzing AI-generated performance data (fluency curves, decoding accuracy, comprehension signal) to modify instruction mid-day, not only during pre-planning
- Conducting running records, fluency probes, and decoding assessments to generate gains visible in the weekly campus data review
- Serving as the relatable, energetic adult your K-3 students look forward to seeing every day
What you will NOT be doing
- Implementing a published reading curriculum, scripted program, or district pacing guide; you create lessons from student data
- Lecturing to a full classroom; all instruction occurs in small, targeted groups and students complete academic subjects via adaptive apps
- Serving as a reading consultant, coach to other teachers, or district-level specialist; you are in the classroom with kids every day
- Managing a traditional classroom block: subject-by-subject lectures, homework review, test prep. Your scheduled blocks are workshops, motivation sessions, and data-driven small groups instead
- Drafting IEPs, 504 plans, or formal diagnostic reports; student progress is captured in app data and your running records, not in special-education paperwork
Key responsibilities
Deliver measurable K-3 reading gains across phonics, fluency, and comprehension in a campus community where outcomes are reviewed 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 subject, plus 2+ years of full-time K-3 structured reading instruction in a school or clinical setting within the last 5 years, using systematic phonics or structured literacy
- Proven ability to design your own reading lessons and explain what you teach and how, without depending on a published program
- Willingness to work 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 support available)
- Willingness to work with all K-3 students (not only struggling readers) and incorporate AI and adaptive-learning tools into daily instruction as those tools evolve
- Legally authorized 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 planning or student data analysis
- Record of measurable reading outcomes (fluency gains in WCPM, accuracy improvement, decoding level advancement) you can cite with numbers
- Experience with diagnostic reading assessments (DRA, DIBELS, AIMSweb) for forming differentiated groups
- Experience in high-accountability school environments (independent, elite charter, premium tutoring with families who monitor outcomes closely)
- Background in performing, coaching youth sports, or otherwise engaging a K-3 audience outside the reading classroom
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