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

• $120,000 annual salary, paid each week, with health, dental, and vision coverage starting day one
• Full-time on-site role at one Alpha campus 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 hours per week, 100% classroom-based instruction with K-2 students
  
  

Your structured-literacy training — Orton-Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson, IMSE, or a Master's in reading instruction — has opened every K-2 reading position door you've knocked on. In most, it also marked the limit: you delivered a pre-packaged program and tracked results. At Alpha, that credential is simply where you begin. If that difference resonates with you, read on.

Alpha has redesigned classroom instruction from the ground up. Students advance through academic content independently using AI-adaptive applications. No lectures, no textbooks, no district pacing calendars. You occupy the one space where a human expert cannot be replaced. You build 20-minute small-group workshops informed by live app performance data; sessions are intentionally brief, because targeted precision outperforms duration. You also facilitate motivation sessions designed to guide 100% of students toward their weekly app targets using Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, developmentally appropriate gamification). When you catch a student's reading error mid-session, you identify the phonemic breakdown and revise the next day's workshop before the school day ends. That is the expectation.

Families who select these campuses have chosen Alpha for measurable results, not simply enrollment. Parents receive weekly data tracking their child's reading development, and they engage actively. You will field specific questions about individual student progress, and vague responses like "they're doing fine" will not suffice. You will reference the running record, name the phonemic skill gap, and describe your instructional response. This level of accountability should energize you, not create resistance.

Your initial months focus on establishing credibility in the classroom. Workshops must be engaging, appropriately leveled, and demonstrably effective; student satisfaction and "love your Guide" survey results (goal: 90% ) provide direct feedback. Once you establish your impact, your influence expands beyond your own students: successful methods you develop become templates adopted across other Alpha campuses, and your diagnostic precision informs reading instruction as Alpha scales. Your work reaches beyond your immediate classroom.

Before an offer is extended, you will submit a brief video of yourself telling a captivating story for young children, and you will complete a full day on campus teaching K-2 students directly. Low energy with children will disqualify an otherwise strong candidate. This is intentional. Apply today.

What You Will Be Doing

• Developing small-group K-2 reading workshops informed by real-time adaptive-app data, rooted in structured-literacy approaches (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, IMSE, or equivalent)
• Leading daily motivation sessions that drive 100% of students toward their weekly app targets using Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification)
• Analyzing AI-generated student performance data (fluency trends, decoding precision, comprehension indicators) to refine instruction mid-day, not only during planning periods
• Conducting running records, fluency assessments, and decoding evaluations to generate progress visible in weekly campus data reviews
• Serving as the engaging, high-energy adult your K-2 students are excited to see each day
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Implementing a commercial reading curriculum, scripted lesson plan, or district pacing calendar; you create instruction based on student data
• Delivering whole-class lectures; all teaching occurs in small, targeted groups while students complete academic subjects through adaptive applications
• Serving as a reading consultant, teacher coach, or district-level specialist; you work directly with children in the classroom daily
• Managing a conventional classroom schedule: subject-by-subject instruction, homework correction, test preparation. Your time is structured around workshops, motivation sessions, and data-informed small groups
• Drafting IEPs, 504 plans, or formal diagnostic evaluations; student growth is documented through app data and your running records, not special-education compliance documents
  
  

Literacy Coach Key Responsibilities

Generate quantifiable K-2 reading progress across phonics, fluency, and comprehension within a campus environment where outcomes are assessed 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, utilizing systematic phonics or structured literacy
• Proven ability to create original reading lessons and clearly explain your instructional approach and content, independent of a commercial program
• Willingness to work on-site 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 teach all K-2 students (not exclusively struggling readers) and incorporate AI and adaptive-learning technologies into daily instruction as these tools develop
• Legal authorization to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship
  
  

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Direct experience with AI-driven or adaptive reading platforms (e.g., Amira, Lexia, i-Ready, Reading Plus) for instructional planning or student data interpretation
• Documented record of quantifiable reading gains (fluency improvement in WCPM, accuracy increases, decoding level progression) you can cite with specific numbers
• 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 other activities requiring you to engage a K-2 audience beyond 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-Chicago-LiteracyCoach.006