Reading Program Coordinator, Alpha - $100,000/year USD

• $100,000 annual salary paid weekly, with health, dental, and vision coverage starting day one
• On-site position at a single Alpha campus: Phoenix, AZ; Oklahoma City or Tulsa, OK; Nashville, TN; Austin, Fort Worth, Houston (South Houston or The Woodlands), or Plano, TX; Park City (Salt Lake City), UT; or Dorado, Puerto Rico (relocation assistance available)
• 40 hours per week, 100% classroom-based with students in grades K-2
  
  

You have spent years developing expertise in structured literacy. Orton-Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson, IMSE, or a Master's in reading instruction. You recognize a student's miscue and immediately identify the phonemic gap to address. You design phonics lessons independently, without reliance on scripted programs. That is the baseline. It is not what sets you apart.

What sets you apart is that young children respond to you with excitement and energy. At Alpha, this position is first and foremost a Guide: a dynamic, engaging presence that students genuinely enjoy learning with. Your structured-literacy credentials open the door; your capacity to captivate a K-2 classroom during a 20-minute workshop is what earns you the role. If "dynamic, engaging presence" does not describe you, this position is not a fit.

Alpha has fundamentally reimagined instruction. Students progress 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 small-group reading workshops informed by live student performance data, and you facilitate motivation sessions designed to ensure 100% of your students reach their weekly app targets using Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification).

Your initial months focus on building rapport and credibility. Workshops must be engaging, appropriately leveled, and demonstrably effective. Student satisfaction metrics and "love your Guide" survey results (target 90% ) provide direct feedback. As you establish yourself, your responsibilities expand: analyzing AI-generated performance insights to modify upcoming instruction, communicating fluency improvements and decoding progress to families, and contributing to the evolution of Alpha's K-2 reading methodology alongside adaptive technology. As Alpha scales to additional campuses, the systems you develop become the blueprint for reading instruction across the network.

Before an offer is extended, you will submit a brief video presenting 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 and facilitating small-group K-2 reading workshops rooted in structured-literacy approaches (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, IMSE, or equivalent), informed by live student data
• Facilitating daily motivation sessions designed to ensure 100% of your students meet their weekly adaptive-app targets, leveraging Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification)
• Conducting and evaluating running records, fluency assessments, and decoding diagnostics to monitor progress and inform subsequent instruction
• Analyzing AI-generated performance insights from Alpha's adaptive learning platforms to differentiate instruction dynamically, not only during lesson planning
• Serving as the engaging, approachable adult your K-2 students are excited to work with every day
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Implementing a published reading curriculum, scripted program, or district pacing guide; you create lessons directly from student performance data
• Teaching full-class lessons; all instruction occurs in small, targeted groups while students complete academic subjects through adaptive applications
• Serving as a reading consultant, instructional coach, or district-level specialist; you work directly with children in the classroom daily
• Managing a traditional classroom schedule — subject-by-subject lectures, homework review, test preparation; your scheduled time consists of workshops, motivation sessions, and data-informed small groups
• Grading homework assignments or issuing report cards; student progress is tracked through app data and your running records
  
  

Reading Program Coordinator Key Responsibilities

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

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 environment, utilizing systematic phonics or structured literacy
• Proven ability to create original reading lessons and clearly explain your instructional content and methods, independent of a published program
• Willingness to work on-site full-time at one Alpha campus: Phoenix, AZ; Oklahoma City or Tulsa, OK; Nashville, TN; Austin, Fort Worth, Houston (South Houston or The Woodlands), or Plano, TX; Park City (Salt Lake City), UT; or Dorado, Puerto Rico (relocation assistance available)
• Willingness to serve all K-2 students (not exclusively struggling readers) and to incorporate AI and adaptive-learning tools into everyday instruction
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. or Puerto Rico without requiring visa sponsorship
• Bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish required for the Dorado, Puerto Rico campus
  
  

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Direct experience using AI-powered or adaptive reading platforms (e.g., Amira, Lexia, i-Ready, Reading Plus) for instructional planning or student data interpretation
• Documented record of measurable reading improvements (fluency gains in WCPM, accuracy increases, decoding level progression) you can specify with data
• Experience in non-traditional or innovative educational settings (charter, micro-school, Montessori, hybrid models)
• Experience in performance, youth sports coaching, or otherwise engaging a K-2 audience beyond 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 $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-Pearland-ReadingProgram.005