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

• $120,000 annual salary paid weekly, plus health, dental, and vision coverage starting day one
• Full-time on campus at one Alpha site: Beverly Hills, La Jolla (San Diego), Lake Forest (Orange County), Piedmont, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, or Santa Monica, CA; Greenwich, CT; Boca Raton, FL; Chicago, IL; Boston, MA; or New York City, NY (relocation assistance available)
• 40 hours per week, entirely classroom-based with K-3 students
  
  

Your structured-literacy training — Orton-Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson, IMSE, or a Master's in reading instruction — has opened doors to every K-3 reading position you've pursued. In most roles, it also defined the limit: you delivered a pre-built program and tracked results. At Alpha, that credential is where you begin. If this distinction resonates with you, continue reading.

Alpha has redesigned traditional instruction. Students move through academic content independently using AI-adaptive applications. There are no lectures, textbooks, or pacing calendars. Your position fills the space where human expertise cannot be replaced. You build 20-minute small-group workshops using real-time application data; sessions are brief intentionally, because targeted precision outperforms duration. You also lead motivation sessions designed to bring 100% of students to their weekly app targets using Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification). You catch a miscue during a session, identify the phonemic weakness, and have the next day's workshop adjusted before the day ends. That is the expectation.

Families enrolling at these campuses have selected Alpha for measurable outcomes, not simply enrollment. Parents receive weekly data on their child's reading development, and they ask questions. You will field specific inquiries about individual student progress, and vague reassurances will not suffice. You will reference the running record, identify the phonemic deficit, and describe your intervention. That level of accountability should energize you, not slow you down.

Your initial months center on establishing credibility. Workshops must be engaging, appropriately leveled, and demonstrably effective; student satisfaction and "love your Guide" survey results (target 90% ) provide direct feedback. Once you prove effectiveness, your influence grows beyond your own room: successful approaches with your students become templates for other Alpha campuses, and your diagnostic precision informs reading instruction as Alpha scales. What you create here extends well past your classroom.

Before an offer is extended, you will submit a short video sharing an engaging story for young children, and you will spend a full day on campus working directly with K-3 students. Low energy with children is disqualifying, regardless of credential strength. That is intentional. Apply today.

What You Will Be Doing

• Building small-group K-3 reading workshops using live adaptive-app data, rooted in structured-literacy approaches (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, IMSE, or equivalent)
• Leading daily motivation sessions that bring 100% of students to their weekly app targets using Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification)
• Analyzing AI-generated performance metrics (fluency curves, decoding accuracy, comprehension indicators) to modify instruction mid-day, not only during planning time
• Conducting running records, fluency probes, and decoding assessments to generate gains reflected in the weekly campus data review
• Serving as the engaging, high-energy adult your K-3 students anticipate seeing daily
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Implementing a published reading curriculum, scripted program, or district pacing guide; you create lessons driven by student data
• Delivering lectures to a full class; all teaching occurs in small, targeted groups while students complete academic subjects through adaptive apps
• Functioning as a reading consultant, teacher coach, or district-level specialist; you are in the classroom with children every day
• Managing a traditional classroom schedule: subject-by-subject lectures, homework review, test preparation. Your schedule consists of workshops, motivation sessions, and data-driven small groups
• Authoring IEPs, 504 plans, or formal diagnostic reports; student progress is captured in app data and your running records, not special-education documentation
  
  

Literacy Coach Key Responsibilities

Generate measurable K-3 reading progress across phonics, fluency, and comprehension within a campus community where results 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-3 structured reading instruction in a school or clinical setting within the last 5 years, using systematic phonics or structured literacy
• Proven ability to create your own reading lessons and explain what you teach and how, without depending on a published program
• Availability to work in person full-time at one Alpha campus: Beverly Hills, La Jolla (San Diego), Lake Forest (Orange County), Piedmont, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, or Santa Monica, CA; Greenwich, CT; Boca Raton, FL; Chicago, IL; Boston, MA; or New York City, NY (relocation support provided)
• Willingness to work with all K-3 students (not exclusively struggling readers) and incorporate AI and adaptive-learning tools into daily instruction as those tools develop
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship
  
  

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Practical experience with AI-powered or adaptive reading platforms (e.g., Amira, Lexia, i-Ready, Reading Plus) for lesson planning or student data interpretation
• Documented history of measurable reading outcomes (fluency gains in WCPM, accuracy improvement, decoding level advancement) you can cite with specific numbers
• Familiarity with diagnostic reading assessments (DRA, DIBELS, AIMSweb) for creating differentiated groups
• Experience in high-accountability educational settings (independent schools, elite charter schools, premium tutoring with families who monitor outcomes closely)
• Background in performing, coaching youth sports, or otherwise engaging a K-3 audience outside the reading classroom
  
  

About Alpha

Join the team building school around student growth

Alpha reimagines the school day around faster learning, stronger mentorship, and more time for students to build real-world skills.

Roles with real student impact: Alpha hires teachers (guides), operators, admissions experts, school & curriculum leaders, and remote team members.

Education work that pays like it matters: Alpha offers six-figure roles for people ready to help build a radically better school experience.

A culture built for builders: Alpha is fast-moving, ambitious, and student focused. It’s for people who want to improve the system, not maintain it.

Alpha is where you can do the most meaningful work of your career.

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-BeverlyH-LiteracyCoach.004