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

• $120,000 annual salary, paid each week, with health, dental, and vision coverage starting on day one
• On-site placement at a single Alpha campus location: 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)
• Full-time, 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 doors to every K-2 reading position you've pursued. In most cases, it also marked the limit: you executed an existing program and reported results. At Alpha, the certification is your entry point. If that difference resonates, continue reading.

Alpha has discarded conventional instruction models. Students advance through academic content independently using AI-adaptive applications. There are no lectures, textbooks, or pacing calendars. Your position is where human expertise cannot be replaced. You create 20-minute small-group workshops using real-time app data; sessions are intentionally brief because precision is more effective than duration. You also facilitate motivation sessions designed to guide 100% of students toward their weekly app targets through Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, and age-appropriate gamification). You catch a student's miscue during a session, identify the phonemic deficit, and revise tomorrow's workshop by day's end. That is the expectation.

Families enrolled at these campuses have selected Alpha for measurable results, not mere attendance. Parents review weekly data on their child's reading progress and form opinions. You will receive specific questions about individual student advancement, and vague reassurances will not suffice. You must reference the running record, identify the phonemic gap, and describe your instructional response. This 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 (90% target) provide direct measurement. As you demonstrate success, your influence grows beyond your classroom: strategies that succeed with your students become templates for other Alpha campuses, and your diagnostic precision influences how reading instruction evolves across Alpha's expansion. Your work extends beyond your immediate environment.

Before an offer is extended, you will submit a brief video in which you tell an engaging story suitable for young children, and you will spend an entire day on campus working directly with K-2 students. Low energy with children will disqualify candidates, regardless of credential strength. This requirement is intentional. Apply today.

What You Will Be Doing

• Creating small-group K-2 reading workshops using live adaptive-app data, rooted in structured-literacy approaches (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, IMSE, or equivalent)
• Leading daily motivation sessions that ensure 100% of students reach their weekly app targets using 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, not only during planning periods
• Conducting running records, fluency probes, and decoding assessments to generate gains evident in the weekly campus data review
• Serving as the engaging, energetic adult your K-2 students anticipate seeing daily
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Implementing a published reading curriculum, scripted program, or district pacing guide; you create lessons from student data
• Delivering lectures to an entire 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
• Managing a traditional classroom schedule: subject-by-subject lectures, homework review, test preparation. Your scheduled blocks consist of workshops, motivation sessions, and data-driven small groups
• Preparing IEPs, 504 plans, or formal diagnostic reports; student progress is documented through app data and your running records, not special-education paperwork
  
  

Reading Interventionist Key Responsibilities

Generate measurable K-2 reading gains 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 setting within the last 5 years, utilizing systematic phonics or structured literacy
• Proven capacity to design your own reading lessons and clearly articulate what you teach and how, independent of a published program
• Willingness 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 provided)
• 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
• Legally authorized 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 lesson planning or student data analysis
• Documented history of measurable reading outcomes (fluency gains in WCPM, accuracy improvement, decoding level advancement) you can quantify
• Familiarity with diagnostic reading assessments (DRA, DIBELS, AIMSweb) for creating differentiated groups
• Experience in high-accountability school settings (independent, elite charter, premium tutoring with families who monitor outcomes closely)
• Background in performance, youth sports coaching, or otherwise engaging a K-2 audience 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-Greenwic-ReadingInterve.004