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

• $100,000 annual salary, paid weekly, including health, dental, and vision benefits from day one
• On-site position at one Alpha campus location: 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 weekly, 100% classroom-based with K-2 students
  
  

You have invested years developing expertise in structured literacy. Whether Orton-Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson, IMSE, or a Master's in reading instruction, you can identify a student's miscue and pinpoint the exact phonemic deficit to address. You can build a phonics lesson from scratch, without reliance on scripted materials. That is the baseline. It is not what sets you apart.

What sets you apart is that six-year-olds respond with enthusiasm when you enter the room. At Alpha, this position requires you to be a Guide first: a dynamic, magnetic presence students are excited to work with. Your structured-literacy credentials open the door; your capacity to captivate a K-2 classroom during a 20-minute workshop is what secures the role. If "dynamic, magnetic presence" does not describe you, this position is not the right fit.

Alpha has dismantled conventional instruction. Students advance through academic content independently using AI-adaptive applications—no lectures, no textbooks, no district pacing guides. Your position represents the one area where a human expert cannot be replaced. You create small-group reading workshops based on live student performance data, and you facilitate motivation sessions that ensure 100% of your students achieve their weekly app targets using Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification).

Your initial months focus on building credibility in the classroom. Workshops must be engaging, appropriately leveled, and demonstrably effective. Student satisfaction metrics and "love your Guide" survey results (target 90% ) provide direct measurement. As you demonstrate success, your responsibilities expand: analyzing AI-generated performance data to refine subsequent instruction, communicating fluency improvements and decoding progress to parents, and influencing how Alpha's K-2 reading framework develops in conjunction with adaptive tools. As Alpha opens additional campuses, your methods become the blueprint for reading instruction across the network.

Before an offer is extended, you will submit a short video delivering 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 result in disqualification, 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 that 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 probes, and decoding assessments to monitor progress and modify instruction for upcoming sessions
• Analyzing AI-generated performance data from Alpha's adaptive learning platforms to differentiate instruction in the moment, not solely during planning phases
• Serving as the approachable, energetic adult your K-2 students are excited to see each day
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Implementing a published reading curriculum, scripted program, or district pacing guide; you create your own lessons informed by student data
• Delivering lectures to a full classroom; all instruction occurs in small, targeted groups while students complete academic subjects through adaptive apps
• Serving as a reading consultant, instructional coach to other teachers, or district-level specialist; you work in the classroom with students daily
• Managing a traditional classroom block—subject-by-subject lectures, homework review, test preparation; your scheduled blocks consist of workshops, motivation sessions, and data-informed small groups
• Grading homework or producing report cards; student progress is captured in 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 your own reading lessons and explain what you teach and how, without dependence on a published program
• Willingness to work in person 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 work with all K-2 students (not exclusively struggling readers) and to incorporate AI and adaptive-learning tools into daily instruction
• Legally authorized to work in the U.S. or Puerto Rico without visa sponsorship
• Bilingual English/Spanish required for the Dorado, Puerto Rico campus
  
  

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Practical experience with AI-powered or adaptive reading platforms (e.g., Amira, Lexia, i-Ready, Reading Plus) for instructional planning or student data analysis
• Documented record of measurable reading outcomes (fluency gains in WCPM, accuracy improvement, decoding level advancement) with specific numbers
• Experience in non-traditional or innovative school models (charter, micro-school, Montessori, hybrid)
• Experience performing, coaching youth sports, 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 $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-Phoenix-ReadingProgram