Instructional Coordinator $100,000 USD/year Pay is set based on global value, not the local market.
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Description
- On-site role in Austin, TX.
- $100,000 annual salary, paid out weekly - Health benefits begin day one
- Relocation assistance provided
What if the path to early literacy success lies in connecting with young learners through the world they already embrace: gaming culture, where progression, perseverance, and skill-building feel instinctive?
NextGen Academy is a purpose-built school for students who are passionate about gaming. Learning happens through adaptive software platforms, with adults serving as facilitators and mentors. Reading represents the area where early elementary students typically require the most direct, personalized support—and this is your domain.
You will lead targeted reading instruction for K-2 learners in small-group settings. Your approach combines structured literacy techniques with adaptive applications that monitor each student's development in real time. When a learner struggles with phonics, you modify your approach. When a breakthrough happens, you acknowledge and reinforce it. Your groups remain intentionally small, allowing you to understand every child's current reading ability, personal interests, and individual motivators.
The impact is tangible: students who once struggled with foundational phonics begin reading independently and confidently—all within a school where "leveling up" carries meaning both in the classroom and beyond the screen.
Lead instruction. Embrace growth. Submit your application today.
What you will be doing
- Plan and facilitate small-group reading workshops for K-2 learners, making phonics instruction engaging, enjoyable, and tailored to individual needs
- Modify instruction dynamically based on student performance, group proficiency levels, and behavioral indicators
- Conduct motivational coaching sessions with students to promote progress in adaptive literacy platforms and reach instructional targets
- Track student achievement data from adaptive software and apply it to customize instruction for each reading cohort
- Employ storytelling, levity, gaming metaphors, and affirmative feedback to sustain student effort and address reluctance
What you will NOT be doing
- Delivering whole-class lectures — learning occurs through self-paced applications and your targeted workshops, not traditional direct instruction
- Overseeing a full classroom of 25+ students — your work centers on concentrated reading groups where each learner receives focused attention
- Adhering to a prescribed, off-the-shelf curriculum — you create your own instructional sessions informed by live student performance data
- Facilitating esports or teaching social-emotional skills — your role is a reading specialist, dedicated solely to literacy development
- Confronting obsolete instructional frameworks — this institution was designed intentionally around adaptive tools and learner motivation
Key responsibilities
Support K-2 students in achieving accelerated reading growth through targeted small-group instruction and adaptive software within a gaming-centered school environment where learners are eager to attend daily.
Candidate requirements
- Available to work on-site at NextGen Academy in Austin, TX
- Bachelor's degree in any discipline (degrees in education, reading, or related areas are typical but not mandatory)
- Master's degree in reading instruction OR certification in structured literacy (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson Reading System, IMSE, CERI, LETRS, Neuhaus, UFLI, or comparable evidence-based phonics methodologies)
- 2+ years of experience providing small-group reading instruction to K-2 learners or students with reading difficulties
- Proven capability to evaluate student reading proficiency and develop differentiated instruction autonomously
- Genuine enthusiasm for video games and gaming culture, regardless of personal gaming experience
- Authorized to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship
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