Reading Coach, Alpha - $120,000/year USD

• $120,000 annual salary paid weekly, plus day-one health, dental, and vision coverage
• Full-time on-site at a single 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 work 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 settings, that credential also marked the limit: you delivered someone else's curriculum and documented the results. At Alpha, the credential is your entry point. If that difference resonates with you, continue reading.

Alpha has redesigned traditional teaching. Students advance through academic content independently using AI-adaptive applications. No lectures, no textbooks, no district pacing calendars. Your role represents the one area where human expertise cannot be replaced. You create 20-minute small-group workshops informed by real-time app data; sessions are intentionally brief, because targeted instruction outperforms duration. You also facilitate motivation sessions that guide 100% of your students toward their weekly app targets using Alpha's motivational framework (campus currency, leaderboards, developmentally appropriate gamification). You catch a student's reading error mid-session, identify the phonemic weakness, and revise tomorrow's workshop before the day ends. That is the expectation.

Families enrolled at these campuses have selected Alpha for measurable results, not mere enrollment. Parents review weekly data tracking their child's reading progress and they expect clarity. You will face specific questions about individual student advancement, and generic reassurances will not suffice. You will need to reference the running record, identify the phonemic deficit, and describe your instructional response. That level of accountability should energize you, not burden you.

Your initial months focus on establishing credibility in the classroom. Workshops must be engaging, appropriately leveled, and demonstrably effective; student satisfaction and "love your Guide" survey scores (target 90% ) provide direct feedback. Once you prove your impact, your influence grows beyond your classroom: successful strategies from your students become models replicated across other Alpha campuses, and your diagnostic precision informs how reading instruction evolves as Alpha expands. Your work extends beyond your immediate environment.

Before hiring, you will submit a short video presenting an engaging story for young children, and you will complete a full on-campus day 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 informed by live adaptive-app data, rooted in structured-literacy approaches (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, IMSE, or equivalent)
• Leading daily motivation sessions that ensure 100% of your students reach their weekly app targets using Alpha's motivational framework (campus currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification)
• Analyzing AI-generated performance data (fluency trajectories, decoding precision, 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 approachable, dynamic adult your K-2 students anticipate interacting with daily
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Implementing a published reading curriculum, scripted program, or district pacing calendar; you construct lessons from student data
• Delivering lectures to full classrooms; all teaching 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 are classroom-based with children every day
• Managing a conventional classroom schedule: subject-by-subject lectures, homework correction, test preparation. Your scheduled time consists of workshops, motivation sessions, and data-informed small groups instead
• Drafting IEPs, 504 plans, or formal diagnostic documentation; student advancement is tracked through app data and your running records, not special-education paperwork
  
  

Reading Coach Key Responsibilities

Generate measurable K-2 reading progress across phonics, fluency, and comprehension within a campus culture 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 field, 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 your own reading lessons and clearly explain what you teach and how, without depending on a published program
• Commitment to full-time on-site work 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 instruct all K-2 students (not exclusively struggling readers) and incorporate AI and adaptive-learning technologies into daily teaching 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 reading outcomes (fluency gains in WCPM, accuracy improvement, decoding level progression) you can cite with specific numbers
• 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 with families who closely monitor outcomes)
• Background in performance, youth sports coaching, or otherwise engaging a K-2 audience outside traditional reading instruction
  
  

About Alpha

Join the team building school around student growth

Alpha reimagines the school day around faster learning, stronger mentorship, and more time for students to build real-world skills.

Roles with real student impact: Alpha hires teachers (guides), operators, admissions experts, school & curriculum leaders, and remote team members.

Education work that pays like it matters: Alpha offers six-figure roles for people ready to help build a radically better school experience.

A culture built for builders: Alpha is fast-moving, ambitious, and student focused. It’s for people who want to improve the system, not maintain it.

Alpha is where you can do the most meaningful work of your career.

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-COUNTRY-ReadingCoach1.002