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

• $100,000 annual salary, paid weekly, including health, dental, and vision benefits from day one
• Full-time on-site role at an 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 instruction with K-2 students
  
  

You've invested years building deep expertise in structured literacy. Whether Orton-Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson, IMSE, or a Master's in reading, you can identify a student's miscue and pinpoint the exact phonemic skill to address. You can create a phonics lesson from scratch without leaning on scripted programs. That expertise is foundational. It's not what sets you apart.

What sets you apart is your ability to captivate six-year-olds. At Alpha, this position is first and foremost a Guide: a dynamic, engaging presence students are excited to learn with. Your structured-literacy credentials open the door; your ability to hold a room of kindergarteners through second graders fully engaged during a 20-minute workshop is what earns you the role. If the phrase "dynamic, engaging presence" doesn't resonate with you, this opportunity isn't the right fit.

Alpha has reimagined traditional education. Students progress through academic content independently using AI-adaptive applications — no lectures, no textbooks, no district pacing guides. Your role represents the irreplaceable human element. You design targeted small-group reading workshops informed by live student performance data, and you facilitate motivation sessions that inspire 100% of your students to achieve their weekly app-based goals through Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification).

Your initial months focus on earning trust and engagement in the classroom. Workshops must be enjoyable, appropriately leveled, and demonstrably effective. Student satisfaction metrics and "love your Guide" survey results (target 90% ) provide direct feedback on your impact. As you prove your effectiveness, your influence expands: analyzing AI-generated performance insights to refine upcoming instruction, communicating fluency progress and decoding milestones to families, and contributing to the evolution of Alpha's K-2 reading methodology alongside adaptive technology. As Alpha grows to additional campuses, your work becomes the blueprint for reading instruction across the network.

Before an offer is extended, you'll submit a short video sharing an engaging story for young children, and you'll complete a full-day on-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 approaches (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, IMSE, or equivalent), informed by live student performance data
• Running daily motivation sessions that inspire 100% of students to 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 probes to measure progress and refine instruction for upcoming sessions
• Analyzing AI-generated performance insights from Alpha's adaptive learning platforms to differentiate instruction dynamically, beyond pre-session planning
• Serving as the warm, energetic adult presence your K-2 students are excited to see every day
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Implementing a published reading curriculum, scripted program, or district pacing calendar; you create your own lessons informed by student data
• Delivering whole-class lectures; all instruction occurs in small, targeted groups while students engage with academic subjects through adaptive apps
• Serving as a reading consultant, instructional coach, or district-level specialist; you are in the classroom with students daily
• Managing a traditional classroom schedule — subject-by-subject lectures, homework checks, test preparation; your time is allocated to workshops, motivation sessions, and data-informed small-group instruction
• Grading homework assignments or issuing report cards; student progress is tracked through app analytics and your assessment records
  
  

Instructional Coordinator Key Responsibilities

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

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 discipline, plus 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 instructional choices and methodology, independent of 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 available)
• Commitment to working with all K-2 students (not exclusively struggling readers) and integrating AI and adaptive-learning platforms into everyday instruction
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. or Puerto Rico without requiring visa sponsorship
• Bilingual proficiency in English/Spanish required for the Dorado, Puerto Rico campus
  
  

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Direct experience with AI-powered or adaptive reading technologies (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) you can quantify
• Experience in non-traditional or innovative educational settings (charter, micro-school, Montessori, hybrid models)
• Experience performing, coaching youth athletics, or otherwise engaging K-2 audiences beyond traditional reading classrooms
  
  

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-FortWort-InstructionalC1