Reading Interventionist, Alpha - $100,000/year USD

• In-person at an Alpha School location: 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, with weekly pay
• Health, dental, and vision coverage begins on day one
• Relocation assistance available
  
  

Your training in structured literacy has equipped you to pinpoint the exact phonemic gap behind a student's reading error. Yet the traditional classroom often prevents you from applying that skill: oversized groups of 25 or more, inflexible pacing calendars, and standardized programs that disregard the insights your running records provide. If you've ever believed "these students could achieve twice the progress if I taught according to what the data reveals," this role is worth your attention.

Alpha School operates a 2-Hour Learning framework that integrates AI-driven adaptive platforms with targeted human expertise. Students navigate academic content independently via personalized applications. Lectures, textbooks, and pacing mandates do not exist. Your function centers on the domain where human skill remains essential: small-group reading workshops in which you create and implement structured literacy lessons aligned to each learner's phonics and decoding stage. You will interpret live AI-generated performance metrics to guide session planning, make in-the-moment adjustments, and track progress through fluency rates, accuracy metrics, and decoding milestones.

In addition to reading workshops, you will facilitate motivation sessions designed to sustain K-2 learner engagement with their individual learning objectives. You serve as coach and advocate—the person who knows each child's name, interests, and precise position on their reading trajectory. The objective: ensure 100% of students achieve weekly targets, and secure a 90% satisfaction rating from learners who view their Guide as someone they enjoy working with. This role prioritizes measurable outcomes over curriculum coverage, with results visible and quantifiable each week. As Alpha extends to additional campuses, the instructional systems you develop will shape reading intervention across the organization.

If you are convinced that structured literacy achieves optimal results when personalized, informed by data, and delivered by an educator who genuinely energizes a room of young learners, this position aligns that conviction with daily practice. Submit your application today.

What You Will Be Doing

• Creating and facilitating small-group reading workshops centered on systematic phonics, decoding skills, and writing for students in grades K-2
• Conducting and evaluating running records to determine each student's current reading level and inform targeted lesson plans
• Analyzing AI-generated performance metrics to modify instruction dynamically during sessions, not only in advance
• Leading motivation sessions that support students in progressing through learning apps and achieving 100% of their weekly targets
• Tailoring instruction within focused reading groups to accommodate diverse learning styles and individual student needs
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Implementing a commercial reading program or following scripted lesson plans (you develop lessons driven by student data)
• Delivering whole-class lectures (all teaching occurs in small, targeted groups)
• Instructing in academic content areas (students complete math, science, and other subjects independently through adaptive applications)
• Operating within a conventional classroom schedule with bells, transitions, and uniform pacing calendars
• Assessing homework or preparing report cards (progress is monitored via app analytics and running records)
  
  

Reading Interventionist Key Responsibilities

Provide structured literacy instruction that produces measurable acceleration in K-2 reading performance across phonics, fluency, and decoding domains.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in any field
• Master's degree in reading instruction OR certification in structured literacy (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson Reading System, IMSE, CERI, LETRS, Neuhaus, UFLI, or equivalent)
• 2 years of full-time K-2 structured reading instruction in a school or clinical environment using systematic phonics or structured literacy, completed within the past 5 years
• Demonstrated experience designing custom reading lessons (not exclusively using a published program)
• Openness to utilizing AI and adaptive learning technologies for lesson planning and student performance analysis
• Availability to work on-site at an Alpha School campus in one of the specified locations
• Commitment to working with the full K-2 student population, not limited to struggling readers
• Legal authorization to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship
  
  

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Prior use of AI or adaptive learning platforms (e.g., Lexia, i-Ready, Amira) for instructional design or data interpretation
• Documented history of quantifying and communicating specific reading intervention outcomes (e.g., fluency improvements in WCPM, advancement in decoding levels)
• Background in non-traditional or innovative educational settings (charter schools, micro-schools, Montessori, hybrid models)
• Proficiency in English and Spanish
  
  

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 $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-Alexandr-ReadingInterve.002