- $100,000/year salary paid weekly, with health, dental, and vision coverage starting day one
- Full-time on campus at an Alpha 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 hours weekly, entirely classroom-based with K-2 learners
You've invested years refining your structured literacy practice. You hold certifications in Orton-Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson, IMSE, or a Master's in reading instruction. You can identify a student's miscue and pinpoint the exact phonemic gap to address. You build phonics lessons independently, without relying on scripted materials. That level of expertise is the baseline—not your differentiator.
What sets you apart is that six-year-olds respond enthusiastically to your presence. At Alpha, this position is fundamentally a Guide role: a dynamic, engaging adult students genuinely enjoy learning with. Your structured literacy credentials open the door; your capacity to captivate a K-2 classroom during a 20-minute workshop determines your success. If "dynamic, engaging presence" does not describe you, this position is not a fit.
Alpha has redefined traditional teaching. Students advance through academic content independently using AI-adaptive applications—no lectures, no textbooks, no prescribed pacing. Your role represents the irreplaceable human element. You create small-group reading workshops informed by live student performance data, and you facilitate motivation sessions that ensure 100% of students meet weekly app targets using Alpha's motivational framework (campus currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate game mechanics).
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" survey results (target 90%+) provide direct feedback. As you establish yourself, your responsibilities expand: analyzing AI-generated performance insights to refine subsequent instruction, communicating fluency progress and decoding milestones to families, and influencing how Alpha's K-2 literacy model develops in tandem with adaptive platforms. As Alpha grows to additional campuses, your work becomes the blueprint for reading instruction across the network.
Prior to hiring, you will submit a brief video presenting an engaging narrative suitable for young children, and you will complete a full campus day working directly with K-2 students. Low energy with children will disqualify candidates, regardless of credentials. 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 actual student performance data
- Conducting daily motivation sessions that ensure 100% of students achieve their weekly adaptive-app targets, leveraging Alpha's motivational framework (campus currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification)
- Conducting and evaluating running records, fluency assessments, and decoding measures to monitor progress and refine instruction session by session
- Analyzing AI-generated performance insights from Alpha's adaptive learning platforms to differentiate instruction in the moment, not only during planning
- Serving as the approachable, energetic adult your K-2 students anticipate seeing daily
What you will NOT be doing
- Implementing a commercial reading curriculum, scripted lesson plan, or district pacing calendar; you create lessons directly from student data
- Delivering whole-class lectures; all instruction occurs in small, targeted groups while students complete academic subjects through adaptive apps
- Serving as a reading consultant, instructional coach for other educators, or district-level specialist; you are in the classroom with students daily
- Managing a traditional classroom schedule with subject-by-subject lectures, homework corrections, and test preparation; your time is allocated to workshops, motivation sessions, and data-informed small groups
- Grading assignments or producing report cards; student progress is documented in app data 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 field, plus 2+ years of full-time K-2 structured reading instruction in a school or clinical environment, utilizing systematic phonics or structured literacy methods
- Proven ability to independently design reading lessons and clearly explain your instructional approach and content, without depending on published programs
- Availability to work in person 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 provided)
- Willingness to teach all K-2 students (not exclusively struggling readers) and to incorporate AI and adaptive learning platforms into daily practice
- 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 using AI-powered or adaptive reading platforms (e.g., Amira, Lexia, i-Ready, Reading Plus) for instructional planning or student data interpretation
- Documented track record of measurable reading gains (fluency improvement in WCPM, accuracy increases, decoding level progression) with specific data points
- Experience in non-traditional or innovative educational settings (charter schools, micro-schools, Montessori, hybrid models)
- Background in performance, youth sports coaching, or otherwise engaging K-2 audiences outside a reading classroom context
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
- Literacy Coordinator
- Reading Program Coordinator
