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

• On-site position at an Alpha campus located in Lake Forest CA, Palo Alto CA, Piedmont CA, San Francisco CA, Santa Monica CA, Greenwich CT, Chicago IL, Boston MA, New York City NY, or Chantilly VA (relocation assistance available)
• Annual salary of $120,000, distributed weekly. Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage starts on day one
• Daily instruction enhanced by AI-driven tools and adaptive learning technology
  
  

You understand that 20 minutes of precisely calibrated reading instruction delivers more impact than 90 minutes of scripted lessons, and your student outcomes back that claim. You've seen children stalled on phonics concepts make sudden progress because you identified the underlying gap yourself, without waiting for a curriculum to dictate the next step. If building lessons directly from live student data feels empowering rather than burdensome, this role deserves your attention.

Alpha's reading instruction operates on one core principle: every moment counts. Your workshops run for 20 minutes and target what individual students require right now, not what a standardized timeline suggests they should require. You'll evaluate reading abilities, create focused groups, and provide high-impact structured literacy instruction (phonics, fluency, comprehension) to children aged 4-7 that produces measurable progress each week. AI-powered adaptive platforms work alongside you, producing performance insights you'll apply to refine tomorrow's lesson before today's workshop concludes.

This position evolves over time. During your first year, you're immersed in classroom work: facilitating workshops, guiding motivational activities that transform hesitant readers into enthusiastic ones, and sharing detailed observations with the technology team developing Alpha's AI literacy platforms. As these platforms mature and your input influences their design, your influence reaches beyond your immediate students. You'll contribute to building a reading system that functions across multiple campuses, scaling what you accomplish with 15 children into a framework that serves hundreds.

If you've dedicated your career to demonstrating that structured literacy produces results and you're prepared to combine that knowledge with technology that multiplies its reach, this is where your influence breaks free from the confines of a single classroom.

What You Will Be Doing

• Creating and facilitating 20-minute reading workshops based on your own diagnostic evaluations of each student's reading ability and skill gaps
• Applying AI-generated student performance insights to modify groupings and instructional priorities between sessions, rather than waiting for quarterly reviews
• Leading motivational activities that cultivate intrinsic reading motivation, incorporating age-appropriate gamification and personalized goal-setting with K-2 students
• Piloting and assessing AI literacy platforms during live workshops, then delivering structured feedback to the technology team regarding effectiveness and areas for improvement
• Monitoring measurable results (fluency progress, decoding level advancement, accuracy enhancement) and applying them to refine your methods on a weekly basis
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Implementing a pre-packaged or scripted reading curriculum. You identify needs and create instruction independently.
• Conducting 60-90 minute traditional literacy blocks. Sessions are brief, targeted, and high-intensity.
• Working exclusively with struggling readers. You'll teach all K-2 students regardless of reading level.
• Functioning separately from technology. AI adaptive platforms are integrated into your daily practice, not an occasional supplement.
• Delaying instructional adjustments until quarterly data reviews. You respond immediately based on current data.
  
  

Reading Program Coordinator Key Responsibilities

Advance early elementary students to grade-level reading proficiency through adaptive, AI-supported structured literacy instruction.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (any subject)
• Master's in reading instruction OR structured literacy certification (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson Reading System, IMSE, CERI, LETRS, Neuhaus, UFLI, or equivalent)
• 2 years of full-time K-2 structured reading instruction in a school or clinical setting within the last 5 years, using systematic phonics or structured literacy
• Ability to design your own reading lessons and clearly describe what you teach and how, without relying on a published program
• Willingness to work in-person at an Alpha campus (Lake Forest CA, Palo Alto CA, Piedmont CA, San Francisco CA, Santa Monica CA, Greenwich CT, Chicago IL, Boston MA, New York City NY, or Chantilly VA; relocation support provided)
• Willingness to use AI and adaptive learning tools daily and adapt as tools evolve
• Legally authorized to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship
  
  

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Experience administering diagnostic reading assessments (e.g., DRA, DIBELS, AIMSweb) to create differentiated instructional groups
• Documented record of measurable student reading growth you can articulate with concrete data (e.g., advanced 12 students from Level C to Level G within one semester)
• History of partnering with edtech teams, product teams, or instructional designers on tool creation
• Experience in a startup, micro-school, or non-traditional educational setting where you developed systems rather than implemented existing ones
  
  

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-Orlando-ReadingProgram.001