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

• $120,000/year salary paid weekly, health, dental, and vision coverage effective from day one
• On-site position 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 the door to every K-2 reading position you've pursued. In most cases, that credential also defined your ceiling: you executed an existing program and tracked its results. At Alpha, the credential marks the starting point. If that difference resonates with you, continue reading.

Alpha has dismantled conventional instruction. Students progress through academic content independently using AI-adaptive applications. No lectures, no textbooks, no pacing calendars. Your position is where human expertise remains irreplaceable. You build 20-minute small-group workshops based on live app data; these sessions are intentionally brief because targeted instruction outperforms duration. You also facilitate motivation sessions that ensure 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 deficit, and redesign tomorrow's workshop before the day ends. That is the expectation.

Families at these campuses have selected Alpha for results, not merely enrollment. Parents review weekly data showing their child's reading progress and they engage actively. You will field specific questions about individual student advancement, and vague reassurances will not suffice. You must reference the running record, identify the phonemic gap, and articulate your intervention. That level of 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 success, your influence expands beyond your classroom: strategies that succeed with your students become templates adopted at other Alpha campuses, and your diagnostic precision influences reading instruction as Alpha scales. What you develop here extends far beyond your immediate environment.

Before hiring, you'll submit a short video presenting an engaging story for young children, and you'll complete a full day on campus working directly with K-2 students. Low energy with children will disqualify you, regardless of credential strength. That is intentional. Apply today.

What You Will Be Doing

• Creating small-group K-2 reading workshops driven by live adaptive-app data, anchored in structured-literacy approaches (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, IMSE, or equivalent)
• Leading daily motivation sessions that drive 100% of your students to meet their weekly app goals through Alpha's motivational model (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification)
• Analyzing AI-generated performance data (fluency curves, decoding accuracy, comprehension indicators) to modify instruction mid-day, beyond pre-session planning
• Conducting running records, fluency probes, and decoding assessments to generate progress visible in weekly campus data reviews
• Serving as the engaging, dynamic adult your K-2 students are excited to see daily
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Implementing a published reading curriculum, scripted program, or district pacing calendar; you build lessons directly from 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, teacher coach, or district-level specialist; you work in the classroom with children every day
• Operating a traditional classroom schedule: subject-by-subject lectures, homework correction, test preparation. Your scheduled blocks consist of workshops, motivation sessions, and data-driven small groups
• Drafting IEPs, 504 plans, or formal diagnostic reports; student progress is captured in app data and your running records, not special-education documentation
  
  

Literacy Program Coordinator Key Responsibilities

Generate measurable K-2 reading improvements across phonics, fluency, and comprehension within a campus environment where outcomes undergo weekly review.

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, employing systematic phonics or structured literacy
• Proven capacity to develop your own reading lessons and clearly explain what you teach and how, independent of a published 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 work with all K-2 students (not exclusively struggling readers) and incorporate AI and adaptive-learning tools into daily instruction as these tools develop
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. without requiring 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 reading outcomes (fluency gains in WCPM, accuracy improvements, decoding level progression) that you can quantify specifically
• 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 services with outcome-focused families)
• Background in performance, youth sports coaching, or otherwise engaging a K-2 audience beyond 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-Chicago-LiteracyProgra.006