Reading Program Coordinator, Alpha - $120,000/year USD

• Compensation: $120,000 annually, disbursed weekly, with medical, dental, and vision coverage effective immediately
• Location: Full-time on campus at one Alpha site—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
• Schedule: 40 hours weekly, entirely in-person with K-2 learners
  
  

Your structured-literacy certification—Orton-Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson, IMSE, or a Master's in reading—has opened doors to every early-literacy position you've pursued. In most environments, it has also marked the limit: you executed an existing program and reported results. At Alpha, that credential is the entry point, not the endpoint. If that difference resonates, continue reading.

Alpha has redesigned conventional education. Students advance through core academic content independently via AI-adaptive platforms. There are no lectures, no textbooks, no district timelines. Your function is the one area where human expertise cannot be replaced. You construct 20-minute small-group sessions using real-time data from adaptive software; these sessions are brief by intention, because targeted precision outperforms duration. You also facilitate motivation sessions that ensure 100% of your students meet their weekly app targets using Alpha's engagement framework (campus currency, leaderboards, developmentally appropriate gamification). You catch a miscue during a session, identify the underlying phonemic weakness, and recalibrate the next day's workshop before day's end. That is the baseline expectation.

The families at these campuses have selected Alpha for measurable progress, not simply enrollment. Parents review weekly data tracking their child's literacy development, and they expect detailed responses. You will face direct inquiries about individual student advancement, and vague reassurances will not suffice. You must reference the running record, specify the phonemic deficit, and articulate your intervention plan. That level of accountability should energize you, not exhaust you.

Your initial months focus on establishing credibility. Workshops must be engaging, appropriately leveled, and demonstrably effective; student satisfaction scores and "love your Guide" survey results (target 90% ) measure that explicitly. As you demonstrate impact, your influence expands beyond your immediate classroom: effective strategies you develop become models replicated across other Alpha sites, and your diagnostic precision informs how literacy instruction scales as Alpha expands. The work you create extends well beyond your immediate environment.

Before an offer is extended, you will record a brief video presenting an engaging narrative for young children, and you will complete a full day on campus working directly with K-2 students. Low energy with children is disqualifying, regardless of credential strength. That is intentional. Submit your application today.

What You Will Be Doing

• Creating differentiated K-2 reading workshops using live data from adaptive platforms, anchored in structured-literacy approaches (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, IMSE, or equivalent)
• Facilitating daily motivation sessions that drive 100% of students toward weekly app objectives using Alpha's engagement system (campus currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification)
• Analyzing AI-generated performance metrics (fluency trajectories, decoding precision, comprehension indicators) to modify instruction in real time, not solely during planning periods
• Conducting running records, fluency assessments, and decoding evaluations to generate progress visible during weekly campus data meetings
• Serving as the energetic, approachable adult your K-2 students are excited to see each day
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Executing a commercial reading curriculum, scripted lesson plan, or district-mandated scope-and-sequence; you build lessons directly from student performance data
• Delivering whole-class instruction; all teaching occurs in targeted, small-group formats while students engage with adaptive software for core academics
• Functioning as a reading coach, instructional consultant, or district specialist; your role is daily, in-classroom work with students
• Managing a conventional classroom schedule: subject-by-subject lectures, homework correction, test-prep drills. Your time is allocated to workshops, motivation sessions, and data-responsive small groups
• Drafting IEPs, 504 plans, or formal psychoeducational reports; student advancement is tracked through app analytics and your running records, not special-education documentation
  
  

Reading Program Coordinator Key Responsibilities

Drive quantifiable K-2 literacy gains across phonics, fluency, and comprehension within a campus environment where progress is evaluated weekly.

Basic Requirements

• Structured-literacy certification (Orton-Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson Reading System, IMSE, CERI, Neuhaus, UFLI, or equivalent) OR 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 within the past 5 years, utilizing systematic phonics or structured literacy
• Proven capacity to design original reading lessons and clearly explain instructional content and methodology, independent of published curricula
• 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 provided)
• Readiness to work with all K-2 learners (not exclusively intervention or remedial readers) and incorporate AI and adaptive-learning technologies into daily instruction as these tools develop
• Legal authorization to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship
  
  

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Direct experience using AI-powered or adaptive literacy platforms (e.g., Amira, Lexia, i-Ready, Reading Plus) for instructional planning or data interpretation
• Documented record of measurable literacy outcomes (fluency gains in WCPM, accuracy improvements, decoding-level advancement) you can quantify precisely
• Familiarity with diagnostic literacy assessments (DRA, DIBELS, AIMSweb) for creating differentiated instructional groups
• Background in high-accountability educational settings (independent schools, high-performing charter networks, premium tutoring with outcome-focused families)
• Experience in performance, youth sports coaching, or other contexts requiring engagement of K-2 audiences beyond traditional classroom instruction
  
  

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-Stamford-ReadingProgram.001