Instructional Coach, Alpha - $100,000/year USD

• $100,000/year salary, paid weekly, including health, dental, and vision benefits from day one
• Based full-time 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 hours per week, 100% classroom-based with students in grades K-2
  
  

You've invested years building expertise in structured literacy. Orton-Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson, IMSE, or perhaps a Master's degree in reading. You recognize a phonemic gap the moment a student miscues. You can construct a phonics lesson without a script. That's expected. It's not what sets you apart.

What sets you apart is that young children are drawn to you. At Alpha, this position is first and foremost a Guide: a magnetic, high-energy presence students are eager to learn from. Your structured-literacy background opens the door; your capacity to engage a K-2 group for a full 20-minute workshop is what secures the hire. If "magnetic, high-energy presence" doesn't resonate with you, this role isn't a fit.

Alpha has redesigned traditional education. Students advance through academic content independently via AI-adaptive applications—no lectures, no textbooks, no fixed pacing. Your role is the area where human expertise cannot be replaced. You create targeted small-group reading workshops informed by live student data, and you facilitate motivation sessions designed to drive every student toward their weekly app targets using Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification).

Your initial months focus on establishing rapport. Workshops must be engaging, appropriately leveled, and demonstrably effective. Student satisfaction metrics and "love your Guide" surveys (target 90% ) provide direct feedback. Once you establish credibility, 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 reading model evolves alongside adaptive technology. As Alpha opens additional campuses, your approach becomes the blueprint for reading instruction across the organization.

Prior to an offer, you will record a brief video sharing an engaging story for young learners, and you will complete a full day on campus working directly with K-2 students. Low energy with children disqualifies 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 principles (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, IMSE, or comparable), informed by live student performance data
• Facilitating 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 inform subsequent instruction
• Analyzing AI-generated performance insights from Alpha's adaptive learning platforms to differentiate instruction dynamically, not only during pre-planning
• Serving as the approachable, energetic adult your K-2 students are excited to see each day
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Implementing a published reading curriculum, scripted program, or district pacing guide; 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 teachers, or district-level specialist; you work in the classroom with students daily
• Managing a traditional classroom schedule—subject-by-subject lectures, homework review, test preparation; your time is allocated to workshops, motivation sessions, and data-informed small groups
• Grading homework or producing report cards; student progress is captured in app data and your running records
  
  

Instructional Coach Key Responsibilities

Provide structured-literacy instruction that produces measurable acceleration in K-2 reading outcomes across phonics, fluency, and decoding.

Basic 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
• Proven ability to independently design reading lessons and clearly articulate instructional methods and content, 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 instruct all K-2 students (not exclusively struggling readers) and to incorporate AI and adaptive-learning platforms into daily practice
• Legally authorized 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 Requirements

• Practical experience with AI-powered or adaptive reading platforms (e.g., Amira, Lexia, i-Ready, Reading Plus) for instructional planning or data analysis
• Documented track record of measurable reading gains (fluency improvements in WCPM, accuracy gains, decoding level progression) with specific metrics
• Experience in non-traditional or innovative educational settings (charter, micro-school, Montessori, hybrid)
• Experience in performance, youth sports coaching, or other contexts requiring engagement of a K-2 audience beyond the reading classroom
  
  

About Alpha

Want to join a learning rebellion that’s transforming the traditional classroom?

Alpha School is on a mission to reshape education with a bold approach that harnesses AI to accelerate learning and unleash student potential.

They don’t play by the old rules.

Alpha is creating a new paradigm where students master core academics in just two hours a day, freeing up time for hands-on, passion-driven learning that truly prepares them for the real world.

Alpha School is rewriting the rules of education.

Sounds too good to be true? It’s not.

There is so much to cover for this exciting role, and space here is limited. Hit the Apply button if you found this interesting and want to learn more. We look forward to meeting you!

Working with us

This is a full-time (40 hours per week), long-term position. The position is immediately available and requires entering into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover as a Contractor of Record. The compensation level for this role is $50 USD/hour, which equates to $100,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly. Consult www.crossover.com/help-and-faqs for more details on this topic.

Crossover Job Code: LJ-4849-US-Phoenix-InstructionalC.042