- $100,000 annual salary, distributed weekly, including health, dental, and vision coverage starting day one
- Full-time on-site position at a single 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)
- 40-hour workweek, 100% classroom-based with kindergarten through second-grade students
You have dedicated years to becoming an expert in structured literacy. Whether through Orton-Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson, IMSE, or a Master's in reading instruction, you can detect a student's error pattern and immediately identify the phonemic skill to address. You can construct a phonics lesson from scratch without relying on a scripted curriculum. That baseline is expected. It is not what sets you apart.
What sets you apart is that young children are excited to see you. At Alpha, this position is fundamentally a Guide role: someone with a captivating, dynamic presence that students enjoy learning from. Your structured-literacy credentials open the door; your capacity to engage a room of K-2 learners for a focused 20-minute session is what earns you the offer. If "captivating, dynamic presence" does not reflect your teaching style, this position is not a fit.
Alpha has redesigned conventional schooling. Students advance through academic content independently using AI-adaptive applications — without lectures, textbooks, or pacing calendars. Your position represents the irreplaceable human element. You create targeted small-group reading workshops informed by live student performance metrics, and you facilitate motivation sessions that ensure every student reaches their weekly app targets through Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, developmentally appropriate gamification).
Your initial months focus on building rapport and credibility. Workshops must be engaging, appropriately leveled, and demonstrably effective. Student satisfaction metrics and "love your Guide" feedback (90%+ target) provide direct measurement. Once established, your responsibilities expand: analyzing AI-generated performance insights to refine subsequent instruction, communicating fluency progress and decoding milestones to families, and contributing to the evolution of Alpha's K-2 literacy model as it integrates with adaptive technology. As Alpha grows to additional campuses, your instructional approach becomes the blueprint for reading instruction across the network.
Prior to hiring, you will submit a brief video demonstrating your ability to tell an engaging story for young children, and you will complete a full-day campus visit working directly with K-2 students. Low energy with children will disqualify candidates 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 similar), informed by live student performance data
- Facilitating daily motivation sessions that ensure 100% of students achieve their weekly adaptive-app targets, leveraging Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, developmentally appropriate gamification)
- Conducting and interpreting running records, fluency assessments, and decoding evaluations to monitor progress and refine instruction for upcoming sessions
- Analyzing AI-generated performance insights from Alpha's adaptive learning platforms to differentiate instruction dynamically, not only during advance planning
- Serving as the approachable, energetic adult presence your K-2 students are excited to work with each day
What you will NOT be doing
- Implementing a commercial reading curriculum, scripted lesson plan, or district-mandated scope and sequence; you create custom lessons driven by student data
- Delivering whole-class lectures; all instruction occurs in small, targeted groups while students engage with academic content through adaptive applications
- Serving as a literacy 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 time is allocated to workshops, motivation sessions, and data-informed small-group instruction
- Grading assignments or completing report cards; student progress is tracked through 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 domains.
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 discipline, combined with 2+ years of full-time K-2 structured reading instruction in a school or clinical environment, utilizing systematic phonics or structured literacy
- Proven ability to independently design reading lessons and clearly explain instructional content and methodology without dependence on 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 work with the full K-2 student population (not exclusively struggling readers) and to incorporate AI and adaptive-learning technologies 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
- Practical experience with AI-powered or adaptive reading technologies (e.g., Amira, Lexia, i-Ready, Reading Plus) for instructional planning or student performance analysis
- Documented track record of measurable reading improvements (fluency gains in WCPM, accuracy increases, decoding level progression) with specific quantifiable outcomes
- Experience in non-traditional or innovative educational settings (charter, micro-school, Montessori, hybrid)
- Experience in performance, youth sports coaching, or otherwise engaging K-2 audiences beyond traditional reading instruction
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
- Literacy Coach
