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

• $100,000 annual salary, paid weekly, plus health, dental, and vision coverage starting day one
• Full-time on-site position 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-hour workweek, fully classroom-based with K-2 students
  
  

You have spent years developing expertise in structured literacy. Whether through Orton-Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson, IMSE, or a Master's in reading, you can pinpoint a phonemic gap from a single miscue. You design phonics instruction without relying on scripted materials. That level of competence is baseline. It is not your differentiator.

What sets you apart is your ability to captivate a room of six-year-olds. At Alpha, this position prioritizes being a Guide: a dynamic, engaging presence children are eager to work with. Structured-literacy credentials open the door; your capacity to hold K-2 learners' attention during a 20-minute workshop is what earns you the role. If the phrase "dynamic, engaging presence" does not resonate with you, this position is not a fit.

Alpha has reimagined traditional schooling. Students advance through academic content independently using AI-adaptive applications — no lectures, textbooks, or rigid pacing calendars. Your position represents the one area where human expertise cannot be replaced. You create small-group reading workshops informed by live student performance data, and you facilitate motivational sessions designed to ensure 100% of students reach their weekly app benchmarks through Alpha's incentive framework (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification).

The initial months focus on building rapport with your students. Workshops must be enjoyable, appropriately leveled, and demonstrably effective. Student satisfaction scores and "love your Guide" feedback (target 90% ) provide direct measurement. Once you establish credibility, your responsibilities expand: analyzing AI-generated performance metrics to refine upcoming instruction, communicating fluency progress and decoding milestones to families, and influencing how Alpha's K-2 literacy framework evolves in tandem with adaptive technology. As Alpha opens additional campuses, your work becomes the blueprint for reading instruction across the network.

Before an offer is extended, you will submit a brief video presenting an engaging story suitable for young children, and you will complete a full day on campus interacting directly with K-2 students. Low energy with children will disqualify you, 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 similar), informed by live student performance data
• Conducting daily motivational sessions that ensure 100% of students meet their weekly adaptive-app targets, leveraging Alpha's incentive system (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification)
• Conducting and evaluating running records, fluency assessments, and decoding diagnostics to monitor progress and refine subsequent instruction
• Analyzing AI-generated performance insights from Alpha's adaptive learning platforms to differentiate instruction dynamically, not solely during planning phases
• Serving as the engaging, approachable adult your K-2 students are excited to see each day
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Implementing a pre-packaged reading curriculum, scripted lesson plan, or district-mandated scope and sequence; you build lessons directly from student data
• Delivering whole-class lectures; all teaching occurs in small, targeted groups while students complete core academics through adaptive applications
• Serving as a reading coach, consultant to other educators, or district-level specialist; your work is classroom-based with children daily
• Managing a traditional classroom schedule — subject-by-subject lectures, homework correction, test preparation; your time is allocated to workshops, motivational sessions, and data-informed small groups
• Assigning or grading homework, or producing report cards; student progress is captured through app analytics and your assessment records
  
  

Literacy Coordinator Key Responsibilities

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

Basic Requirements

• Certification in structured literacy (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 at least 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 content and methodology, without depending on a published program
• Availability to work full-time in person 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 daily practice
• Legal authorization 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

• Direct experience using AI-powered or adaptive reading systems (e.g., Amira, Lexia, i-Ready, Reading Plus) for instructional planning or student data interpretation
• Documented evidence of measurable reading gains (fluency increases in WCPM, accuracy improvements, decoding level progression) with specific data points
• Experience in non-traditional or innovative educational settings (charter, micro-school, Montessori, hybrid models)
• Experience in performance, youth sports coaching, or otherwise engaging K-2 audiences beyond 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 $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-Austin-LiteracyCoordi.048