What are the responsibilities and job description for the Literacy Specialist, Alpha - $100,000/year USD position at Crossover?
- On-site position at an Alpha School campus: Phoenix, Arizona; Tampa, Florida; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Austin, Texas; Fort Worth, Texas; Houston (South Houston or The Woodlands), Texas; Plano, Texas; Park City (Salt Lake City), Utah
- $100,000 annual salary, full-time, paid on a weekly basis
- Health, dental, and vision coverage starting on day one
- Relocation assistance available
Alpha School's 2-Hour Learning approach integrates AI-adaptive software with skilled human instruction. Students progress through academic content independently using personalized applications. There are no lectures, textbooks, or mandated pacing guides. Your responsibility centers on the area where human expertise is essential: small-group reading workshops in which you create and deliver structured literacy instruction matched to each student's phonics and decoding proficiency. You'll utilize real-time, AI-generated performance data to plan sessions, make in-the-moment adjustments, and track outcomes through fluency gains, accuracy improvements, and decoding progress.
In addition to reading workshops, you'll facilitate motivation sessions designed to keep K-2 students engaged with their learning objectives. You'll serve as their coach and advocate—the person who knows their name, interests, and precise position in their reading development. The goal: 100% of students achieve their weekly targets, and 90% rate their Guide as someone they genuinely enjoy working with. This role prioritizes measurable results you can observe weekly, not simply content coverage. As Alpha opens new campuses, the instructional model you develop here will shape reading instruction across the network.
If you're convinced that structured literacy achieves optimal results when it's personalized, data-informed, and delivered by someone who authentically energizes a room full of young learners, this position aligns with that conviction. Apply today.
What You Will Be Doing
- Creating and facilitating small-group reading workshops centered on systematic phonics, decoding, and writing for K-2 students
- Conducting and evaluating running records to determine each student's reading proficiency and inform targeted instruction
- Using AI-generated student performance data to modify instruction in real time, beyond pre-planning phases
- Leading motivation sessions that support students in advancing through their learning apps and achieving 100% of weekly targets
- Tailoring instruction across focused reading groups according to individual learning styles and requirements
- Adhering to a commercial reading program or scripted curriculum (you create lessons informed by student data)
- Delivering instruction to a full classroom (all teaching occurs in small, targeted groups)
- Teaching academic subjects beyond literacy (students complete math, science, and other content independently through adaptive apps)
- Operating within a traditional classroom schedule featuring bells, transitions, and standardized pacing requirements
- Grading homework or producing report cards (student advancement is monitored via app data and running records)
Provide structured literacy instruction that produces measurable acceleration in K-2 reading outcomes across phonics, fluency, and decoding.
Basic Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in any field
- Master's degree in reading instruction OR structured literacy certification (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson Reading System, IMSE, CERI, LETRS, Neuhaus, UFLI, or similar)
- 2 years of full-time K-2 structured reading instruction in a school or clinical environment using systematic phonics or structured literacy, within the past 5 years
- Experience creating original reading lessons (not exclusively relying on a published program)
- Willingness to incorporate AI and adaptive learning tools for instructional planning and student data analysis
- Willingness to work on-site at an Alpha School campus in one of the specified locations
- Willingness to instruct all K-2 students, not only those identified as struggling readers
- Legal authorization to work in the U.S. without requiring visa sponsorship
- Experience utilizing AI or adaptive learning platforms (e.g., Lexia, i-Ready, Amira) for instructional planning or student data analysis
- Demonstrated ability to measure and communicate specific reading outcomes from interventions (e.g., fluency gains in WCPM, decoding level advancement)
- Experience in non-traditional or innovative educational models (charter, micro-school, Montessori, hybrid)
- Bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish
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-FortWort-LiteracySpecia.026
Salary : $100,000