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

• $120,000 annual salary paid weekly, including health, dental, and vision coverage from day one
• 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)
• Full-time 40-hour weekly schedule, 100% classroom-based with K-2 students
  
  

Your structured-literacy credential — Orton-Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson, IMSE, or a Master's in reading instruction — has opened the door to every K-2 reading position you've pursued. In most roles, that credential also marked the limit: you delivered a prescribed program and documented results. Here the credential is only the foundation. If that difference resonates with you, continue reading.

Alpha has redesigned traditional education. Academic coursework is completed independently by students through AI-adaptive applications. No lectures, no textbooks, no pacing calendars. Your position represents the one area where a human specialist cannot be replaced. You create 20-minute small-group workshops using real-time application data; these sessions are brief intentionally, because targeted instruction outperforms duration. You also facilitate motivation sessions that ensure 100% of your students reach their weekly app targets through Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification). You identify a student's miscue during a session, diagnose the phonemic deficiency, and redesign the next day's workshop before day's end. That level of responsiveness is expected.

Families enrolling at these campuses have selected Alpha for measurable results, not simply enrollment. Parents receive weekly reports on their child's reading development and form opinions. You will field specific questions regarding individual student progress, and vague reassurances will not suffice. You must reference the running record, identify the phonemic gap, and articulate your instructional response. This 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 and "love your Guide" survey results (target 90% ) provide direct measurement. Once you demonstrate consistent success, your influence extends beyond your classroom: strategies that succeed with your students become models replicated across Alpha campuses, and your diagnostic precision influences reading instruction as Alpha expands. Your impact reaches 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 disqualifies candidates regardless of credential strength. This is intentional. Apply today.

What You Will Be Doing

• Creating small-group K-2 reading workshops using live adaptive-app data, anchored in structured-literacy approaches (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, IMSE, or equivalent)
• Conducting daily motivation sessions that drive 100% of your students toward weekly app targets using Alpha's motivational system (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 periods
• Conducting running records, fluency probes, and decoding assessments to generate gains documented in weekly campus data reviews
• Serving as the engaging, energetic adult your K-2 students anticipate seeing daily
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Implementing a published reading curriculum, scripted program, or district pacing calendar; you construct lessons from student data
• Presenting lectures to whole classrooms; all teaching occurs in small, targeted groups while students complete academic subjects through adaptive apps
• Serving as a reading consultant, instructional coach, or district-level specialist; you work directly in the classroom with children every day
• Managing a traditional classroom schedule: subject-by-subject lectures, homework correction, test preparation. Your scheduled blocks consist of workshops, motivation sessions, and data-informed small groups
• Drafting IEPs, 504 plans, or formal diagnostic documentation; student progress is captured in app data and your running records, not special-education paperwork
  
  

Literacy Coordinator Key Responsibilities

Generate measurable K-2 reading improvement across phonics, fluency, and comprehension within a campus environment 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-2 structured reading instruction in a school or clinical environment within the last 5 years, utilizing systematic phonics or structured literacy
• Proven capacity to design independent reading lessons and clearly explain what you teach and how, without depending on a published program
• Commitment to working 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 serve all K-2 students (not exclusively struggling readers) and incorporate AI and adaptive-learning technologies into daily instruction as these tools advance
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship
  
  

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Direct experience with 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 improvements, decoding level progression) you can quantify
• Familiarity with diagnostic reading assessments (DRA, DIBELS, AIMSweb) for forming differentiated instructional groups
• Experience in high-accountability educational settings (independent schools, elite charter networks, premium tutoring services with outcome-focused families)
• Background in performing, coaching youth sports, or otherwise engaging 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-LaJolla-LiteracyCoordi