- Annual salary of $100,000, distributed weekly, with full health, dental, and vision coverage effective from day one
- Full-time on-site position at a single Alpha campus location: Phoenix, AZ; Oklahoma City or Tulsa, OK; Nashville, TN; Austin, Fort Worth, Houston (South Houston or The Woodlands), or Plano, TX; Park City (Salt Lake City), UT; or Dorado, Puerto Rico (relocation assistance available)
- 40-hour workweek spent entirely in the classroom with K-2 learners
You have built deep expertise in structured literacy over years of practice. Your training might include Orton-Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson, IMSE, or a Master's in reading instruction. You can identify a student's phonemic error mid-sentence and pinpoint the instructional adjustment needed. You can construct a phonics lesson from scratch without a script. That level of skill is expected. It is not what sets you apart.
What distinguishes you is the way young children respond to you. At Alpha, this role begins with being a Guide: a dynamic, magnetic adult presence that students eagerly engage with. Your structured-literacy credentials open the door; your capacity to captivate a K-2 audience during a 20-minute workshop is what secures the position. If "dynamic, magnetic presence" does not reflect your teaching style, this role is not a fit.
Alpha has reimagined traditional schooling. Students advance through academic content independently using AI-adaptive applications—no whole-group lectures, no textbooks, no district pacing calendars. Your role represents the one instructional space where human expertise cannot be substituted. You build small-group reading workshops informed by live student performance data, and you facilitate motivation sessions designed to ensure every student reaches their weekly app targets through Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate game mechanics).
Your initial months center on earning students' trust and engagement. Workshops must be enjoyable, developmentally appropriate, and demonstrably effective. Student satisfaction data and "love your Guide" survey results (goal: 90%+) provide direct feedback. Once you establish that foundation, your responsibilities expand: reading AI-generated performance reports to refine upcoming instruction, communicating fluency progress and decoding milestones to families, and contributing to the evolution of Alpha's K-2 reading model as it integrates with adaptive technology. As Alpha opens additional campuses, the instructional systems you develop will serve as the blueprint for reading nationwide.
Before an offer is extended, you will submit a brief video of yourself delivering an engaging story for young children, and you will complete a full on-campus day 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 and facilitating small-group K-2 reading workshops rooted in structured-literacy principles (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, IMSE, or equivalent), informed by live student performance data
- Facilitating daily motivation sessions designed to ensure 100% of students achieve their weekly adaptive-app targets, leveraging Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate game mechanics)
- Conducting and evaluating running records, fluency assessments, and decoding checks to monitor progress and inform instructional adjustments for upcoming sessions
- Analyzing AI-generated performance reports from Alpha's adaptive learning platforms to differentiate instruction dynamically during sessions, not only during planning time
- Serving as the approachable, energetic adult your K-2 students are excited to see every day
What you will NOT be doing
- Implementing a commercial reading curriculum, scripted lesson sequence, or district-mandated pacing guide; you build lessons independently from student data
- Delivering whole-group lectures; all instruction occurs in small, targeted groups while students complete core academic subjects through adaptive apps
- Serving as a reading coach, instructional consultant, or district-level specialist; you work directly with children in the classroom daily
- Managing a conventional classroom schedule—subject-by-subject lectures, homework correction, test preparation; your scheduled time is dedicated to workshops, motivation sessions, and data-informed small-group instruction
- Grading assignments or issuing report cards; student progress is captured in app analytics and your assessment records
Key Responsibilities
Provide structured-literacy instruction that produces measurable acceleration in K-2 reading performance across phonics, fluency, and decoding.
Candidate Requirements
- Certification in structured literacy (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 discipline, plus 2+ years of full-time K-2 structured reading instruction in a school or clinical environment, using systematic phonics or structured literacy
- Proven capacity to design original reading lessons and clearly explain your instructional content and methodology, independent of a published program
- Willingness to work on-site full-time at one Alpha campus: Phoenix, AZ; Oklahoma City or Tulsa, OK; Nashville, TN; Austin, Fort Worth, Houston (South Houston or The Woodlands), or Plano, TX; Park City (Salt Lake City), UT; or Dorado, Puerto Rico (relocation assistance available)
- Willingness to instruct all K-2 students (not exclusively struggling readers) and to incorporate AI and adaptive-learning platforms into daily instruction
- Legal authorization to work in the U.S. or Puerto Rico without requiring visa sponsorship
- Bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish required for the Dorado, Puerto Rico campus
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 reading outcomes (fluency gains in WCPM, accuracy improvements, decoding level progression) that you can quantify with specific data
- Experience in non-traditional or innovative educational settings (charter, micro-school, Montessori, hybrid)
- Experience in performance, youth sports coaching, or other activities that involve engaging K-2 audiences beyond the reading classroom
This position is also known as:
- Literacy Specialist
- Reading Specialist
- Reading Coach
- Reading Interventionist
- Instructional Coach
- Reading Tutor
- Learning Specialist
- Educational Technology Specialist
- Instructional Coordinator
- Reading Program Coordinator
- Literacy Program Coordinator
