- $100,000 annual salary paid weekly, plus health, dental, and vision benefits starting day one
- Full-time on-site position at one Alpha campus in Phoenix, AZ; Oklahoma City or Tulsa, OK; Fort Worth (Keller), Dallas, Plano, or The Woodlands, TX; or Park City (Salt Lake City), UT — relocation assistance available
- 40-hour workweek, entirely classroom-based with kindergarten through second-grade students
You've invested years building deep expertise in structured literacy. Whether Orton-Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson, IMSE, or a Master's in reading instruction, you can identify a student's phonemic miscue instantly and pinpoint the exact gap to address. You can craft a phonics lesson from scratch without a scripted program. That competency is expected. It's not what sets you apart.
What distinguishes you is the energy you bring that makes six-year-olds excited to work with you. At Alpha, this position is fundamentally about being a Guide: a dynamic, engaging presence that children are drawn to. Your structured-literacy credentials open the door; your capacity to captivate a K-2 classroom during a 20-minute workshop is what secures the offer. If "dynamic, engaging presence" doesn't reflect who you are, this role isn't the right fit.
Alpha has redesigned traditional schooling. Students work through academic content independently using AI-adaptive applications — no lectures, no textbooks, no district pacing calendars. Your position represents the one area where human expertise cannot be replaced. You create small-group reading workshops informed by live student performance data, and you facilitate motivation sessions designed to ensure 100% of your students achieve their weekly app targets using Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification).
Your initial months focus on establishing rapport and credibility. Workshops must be engaging, appropriately leveled, and demonstrably effective. Student satisfaction metrics and "love your Guide" survey results (target 90%+) directly measure your success. Once you've proven your effectiveness, your responsibilities expand: analyzing AI-generated performance data to refine subsequent instruction, communicating fluency improvements and decoding progress to parents, and influencing how Alpha's K-2 reading model evolves in tandem with adaptive technology. As Alpha opens new campuses, the systems you develop will serve as the blueprint for reading instruction across the network.
Before an offer is extended, you'll submit a brief video presenting an engaging story for young children, and you'll complete a full day on campus interacting directly with K-2 students. Low energy with children will disqualify you, 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 approaches (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, IMSE, or equivalent), informed by live student performance data
- Running daily motivation sessions designed to ensure 100% of students reach their weekly adaptive-app targets, leveraging Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification)
- Conducting and interpreting running records, fluency assessments, and decoding evaluations to monitor progress and refine instruction for upcoming sessions
- Analyzing AI-generated student performance data from Alpha's adaptive learning platforms to differentiate instruction dynamically, not only during lesson planning
- Serving as the engaging, relatable adult presence your K-2 students are excited to see each day
What you will NOT be doing
- Implementing a published reading curriculum, scripted lesson sequence, or district-mandated pacing guide; you create lessons directly from student data
- Delivering whole-class lectures; all instruction occurs in targeted, small-group formats while students complete academic subjects through adaptive applications
- Serving as a reading consultant, instructional coach, or district-level specialist; you work directly with students in the classroom daily
- Managing a traditional classroom schedule with subject-by-subject lectures, homework review, or test preparation; your time is allocated to workshops, motivation sessions, and data-informed small groups
- Grading homework assignments or completing report cards; student progress is tracked through app analytics and your running records
Key Responsibilities
Provide structured-literacy instruction that produces measurable acceleration in K-2 reading outcomes across phonics, fluency, and decoding.
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 capacity to design original reading lessons and clearly explain your instructional content and methods, independent of a published program
- Availability to work full-time in person at one Alpha campus: Phoenix, AZ; Oklahoma City or Tulsa, OK; Fort Worth (Keller), Dallas, Plano, or The Woodlands, TX; or Park City (Salt Lake City), UT — relocation assistance available
- Readiness to work with all K-2 students (not exclusively struggling readers) and to incorporate AI and adaptive-learning technology into everyday instruction
- Legal authorization to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship
Nice to have
- Direct experience using AI-powered or adaptive reading platforms (e.g., Amira, Lexia, i-Ready, Reading Plus) for instructional planning or student data interpretation
- Documented record of measurable reading gains (fluency improvement in WCPM, accuracy increases, decoding level advancement) with specific numbers you can cite
- Experience in non-traditional or innovative educational settings (charter, micro-school, Montessori, hybrid)
- Experience in performance, youth sports coaching, or other contexts where you've held the attention of a K-2 audience outside reading instruction
This position is also known as:
- Literacy Specialist
- Reading Specialist
- Reading Coach
- Reading Interventionist
- Instructional Coach
- Learning Specialist
- Educational Technology Specialist
- Instructional Coordinator
- Literacy Coordinator
- Reading Program Coordinator
- Literacy Program Coordinator
