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

• $120,000 annual salary paid weekly, plus health, dental, and vision coverage starting day one
• Full-time on-site 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)
• 40 hours per week, 100% classroom-based with K-2 students
  
  

Your structured-literacy certification — Orton-Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson, IMSE, or a Master's in reading instruction — has opened every K-2 reading position you've pursued. In most settings, it also defined the limit: you delivered someone else's program and documented results. At Alpha, that credential is where you begin. If this difference resonates with you, read on.

Alpha has redesigned traditional instruction. Students work through academic content independently on AI-adaptive platforms. There are no lectures, no textbooks, no pacing guides. Your position is the one area where human expertise cannot be replaced. You create 20-minute small-group workshops using real-time app data; sessions are brief intentionally, because precision is more powerful than duration. You also lead motivation sessions designed to help 100% of your students reach 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 revised before you leave. That is the expectation.

Families at these campuses have selected Alpha for results, not simply enrollment. Parents review weekly data on their child's reading development and they ask questions. You will field direct inquiries about a specific student's trajectory, and vague reassurances will not suffice. You will need to reference the running record, identify the phonemic deficit, and describe your intervention plan. That level of accountability should energize you, not exhaust you.

Your initial months focus on establishing credibility. Workshops must be engaging, appropriately leveled, and demonstrably effective; student satisfaction and "love your Guide" surveys (target 90% ) provide direct feedback. As you demonstrate success, your influence expands beyond your classroom: strategies that work with your students become templates for other Alpha campuses, and your diagnostic precision informs how reading instruction evolves as Alpha scales. Your contributions extend far beyond your own space.

Before you are hired, you will record a brief video sharing an engaging story for young children, and you will spend a full day on campus working 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 small-group K-2 reading workshops based on live adaptive-app data, rooted in structured-literacy approaches (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, IMSE, or equivalent)
• Leading daily motivation sessions that drive 100% of your students toward their weekly app targets using Alpha's motivational system (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification)
• Analyzing AI-generated performance data (fluency curves, decoding accuracy, comprehension indicators) to modify instruction in real time, not only during planning periods
• Conducting running records, fluency probes, and decoding assessments to generate growth visible in the weekly campus data review
• Serving as the engaging, energetic adult your K-2 students are excited to see every day
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Implementing a published reading curriculum, scripted program, or district pacing guide; you create lessons based on student data
• Delivering lectures to a full classroom; all instruction occurs in small, targeted groups while students complete academic subjects through adaptive apps
• Serving as a reading consultant, coach to other teachers, 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 scheduled time consists of workshops, motivation sessions, and data-driven small groups instead
• Drafting IEPs, 504 plans, or formal diagnostic reports; student progress is captured in app data and your running records, not in special-education documentation
  
  

Literacy Coordinator Key Responsibilities

Deliver measurable K-2 reading growth across phonics, fluency, and comprehension in a campus environment where outcomes are evaluated 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 field, plus 2 years of full-time K-2 structured reading instruction in a school or clinical setting within the last 5 years, using systematic phonics or structured literacy
• Proven ability to design your own reading lessons and clearly explain what you teach and how, without depending on a published program
• Willingness 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 work with all K-2 students (not exclusively struggling readers) and incorporate AI and adaptive-learning tools into daily instruction as those tools develop
• Legally authorized 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 analysis
• Documented history of measurable reading outcomes (fluency gains in WCPM, accuracy improvement, decoding level advancement) that you can cite with specific numbers
• Experience with diagnostic reading assessments (DRA, DIBELS, AIMSweb) for creating differentiated groups
• Experience in high-accountability school settings (independent, elite charter, premium tutoring with families who closely monitor outcomes)
• Background in performing, coaching youth sports, or otherwise engaging a K-2 audience outside the reading classroom
  
  

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-BeverlyH-LiteracyCoordi