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

• $120,000 annual salary, paid weekly, plus health, dental, and vision benefits starting on day one
• Full-time on-site at a single Alpha campus in 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 support available)
• 40-hour workweek, 100% spent in-classroom with K-2 students
  
  

Your structured-literacy certification — whether Orton-Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson, IMSE, or a Master's in reading — has opened the door to every K-2 position you've pursued. In most settings, that credential also marked the limit: you followed an existing program and documented results. At Alpha, the credential is where you begin. If that difference resonates with you, read on.

Alpha has redesigned traditional instruction entirely. Students progress through academic content independently using AI-adaptive applications. There are no lectures, textbooks, or district pacing guides. Your work occupies the one space where human expertise cannot be replaced. You create focused 20-minute small-group workshops informed by live app data; brevity is intentional, because targeted instruction outperforms duration. You also lead motivation sessions designed to drive every student toward their weekly app targets using Alpha's behavioral framework (school currency, leaderboards, and age-appropriate game mechanics). When you catch a miscue during a session, you identify the phonemic breakdown and revise the next day's workshop before leaving campus. This is expected practice.

Families at these locations have selected Alpha for measurable results, not simply enrollment. Parents review weekly data tracking their child's reading development, and they have expectations. You will field specific questions about individual student progress, and vague reassurances will not suffice. You will reference running records, identify the exact phonemic gap, and describe your instructional response. That level of accountability should energize you, not weigh you down.

Your initial months center on establishing credibility. Workshops must be engaging, appropriately leveled, and demonstrably effective; student satisfaction and "love your Guide" survey results (target 90% or higher) provide direct feedback. Once you prove your impact, your influence grows beyond your own classroom: strategies that succeed with your students inform patterns adopted across other Alpha campuses, and your diagnostic precision influences how reading is taught as the organization expands. The work you do here extends far beyond your room.

Before you are hired, you will submit a short video sharing an engaging story for young children, and you will complete 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 reading workshops for K-2 students using real-time adaptive-app data, rooted in structured-literacy approaches (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, IMSE, or comparable methods)
• Leading daily motivation sessions to ensure 100% of students meet their weekly app targets through Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification)
• Analyzing AI-generated performance metrics (fluency trends, decoding precision, comprehension indicators) to modify instruction during the day, not only during planning time
• Conducting running records, fluency probes, and decoding evaluations to generate progress visible in weekly campus data reviews
• Serving as the energetic, approachable adult your K-2 students are excited to see each day
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Implementing a commercial reading curriculum, scripted lesson plan, or district pacing calendar; you build lessons directly from student data
• Delivering whole-class lectures; all teaching occurs in small, targeted groups while students complete academic subjects through adaptive apps
• Serving as a reading consultant, instructional coach, or district-level specialist; you are in the classroom with children daily
• Managing a traditional classroom schedule: subject-by-subject lectures, homework correction, test preparation. Your time is structured around workshops, motivation sessions, and data-informed small groups
• Drafting IEPs, 504 plans, or formal diagnostic evaluations; student progress is tracked through app data and your running records, not special-education documentation
  
  

Reading Interventionist Key Responsibilities

Generate measurable reading growth in phonics, fluency, and comprehension for K-2 students within a campus culture where outcomes 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 discipline, plus 2 or more years of full-time K-2 structured reading instruction in a school or clinical environment within the past 5 years, using systematic phonics or structured literacy
• Proven capacity to design independent reading lessons and clearly explain your instructional methods and content without depending on a published program
• Availability 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 support 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 develop
• Legal authorization to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship
  
  

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Practical experience with AI-driven 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
• Familiarity with diagnostic reading assessments (DRA, DIBELS, AIMSweb) for creating differentiated instructional groups
• Experience in high-stakes educational settings (independent schools, elite charter networks, premium tutoring where families closely monitor outcomes)
• Background in performance, youth sports coaching, or other activities involving engaging K-2 audiences 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-Boston-ReadingInterve