Literacy Coach, Alpha - $120,000/year USD

• $120,000 annual salary with weekly pay, plus health, dental, and vision coverage from day one
• Full-time on-campus role at one Alpha location: Beverly Hills, La Jolla (San Diego), Lake Forest (Orange County), Palo Alto, Piedmont, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, or South Bay (LA), CA; Greenwich, CT; Boca Raton or Miami Beach, FL; Chicago, IL; Boston, MA; Charlotte, NC; or New York City, NY (relocation assistance available)
• 40-hour workweek, 100% in-classroom with students in grades K-2
  
  

Your structured-literacy credential—Orton-Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson, IMSE, or a Master's in reading instruction—has opened doors to every K-2 reading position you've pursued. In most roles, that credential also represented the limit: you executed a prescribed program and documented results. At Alpha, the credential marks the beginning. If that difference resonates with you, continue reading.

Alpha has replaced traditional teaching models. Students progress through academic content independently using AI-adaptive applications. There are no lectures, textbooks, or pacing calendars. Your position represents the irreplaceable human component. You create 20-minute small-group instructional sessions using live app data; brevity is intentional because targeted instruction surpasses duration. You also facilitate motivation sessions designed to ensure every student meets weekly app targets through Alpha's motivational framework (campus currency, leaderboards, developmentally appropriate gamification). When you catch a student's reading error during a session, you identify the underlying phonemic weakness and revise the next day's workshop before you leave. That level of responsiveness is expected.

Families enrolling at these campuses selected Alpha for measurable results, not simply participation. Parents review weekly data tracking their child's reading development, and they ask pointed questions. You will field specific inquiries about individual student progress, and vague reassurances will not suffice. You must reference the running record, identify the phonemic deficit, and describe your instructional response. This level of accountability should energize you, not burden you.

Your initial months focus on establishing credibility. Workshops must be engaging, appropriately leveled, and demonstrably effective; student satisfaction metrics and "love your Guide" surveys (90% target) provide direct feedback. Once you establish success, your influence expands beyond your classroom: strategies that succeed with your students become models for other Alpha campuses, and your assessment precision influences reading instruction as Alpha scales. Your impact extends far beyond your immediate environment.

Prior to hiring, you will submit a brief video presenting an engaging story for young children, and you will complete a full day on campus 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 small-group K-2 reading workshops based on real-time adaptive-app data, rooted in structured-literacy approaches (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, IMSE, or equivalent)
• Leading daily motivation sessions ensuring 100% of students reach weekly app objectives using Alpha's motivational framework (campus currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification)
• Analyzing AI-generated performance metrics (fluency trajectories, decoding precision, comprehension indicators) to modify instruction during the day, not only during planning periods
• Conducting running records, fluency probes, and decoding assessments to generate growth visible in weekly campus data meetings
• Serving as the engaging, high-energy adult your K-2 students anticipate seeing daily
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Implementing a published reading curriculum, scripted lesson plan, or district-mandated pacing guide; you create instruction from student performance data
• Delivering whole-class lectures; all teaching occurs in small, targeted groups while students work through academic subjects on adaptive apps
• Serving as a reading consultant, instructional coach for other educators, 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 groups
• Developing IEPs, 504 plans, or formal diagnostic documentation; student advancement is tracked through app analytics and your running records, not special-education forms
  
  

Literacy Coach Key Responsibilities

Generate quantifiable K-2 reading improvement across phonics, fluency, and comprehension within a campus culture where results are examined weekly.

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 within the past 5 years, employing systematic phonics or structured literacy
• Proven capacity to develop original reading lessons and clearly explain your instructional content and methods, independent of a published program
• Ability to work in person full-time at one Alpha campus: Beverly Hills, La Jolla (San Diego), Lake Forest (Orange County), Palo Alto, Piedmont, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, or South Bay (LA), CA; Greenwich, CT; Boca Raton or Miami Beach, FL; Chicago, IL; Boston, MA; Charlotte, NC; or New York City, NY (relocation assistance available)
• Willingness to instruct all K-2 students (not exclusively struggling readers) and incorporate AI and adaptive-learning technologies into daily practice as these tools advance
• Legal authorization to work in the United States without visa sponsorship
  
  

Nice-to-have Requirements

• 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 history of measurable reading outcomes (fluency gains in WCPM, accuracy increases, decoding level progression) you can quantify specifically
• Familiarity with diagnostic reading assessments (DRA, DIBELS, AIMSweb) for creating differentiated instructional groups
• Experience in high-accountability educational settings (independent schools, elite charter networks, premium tutoring environments with outcome-focused families)
• Background in performance, youth sports coaching, or engaging K-2 audiences outside traditional reading instruction
  
  

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 $60 USD/hour, which equates to $120,000 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-5632-US-Charlott-LiteracyCoach.037