Reading Specialist, gt.school - $100,000/year USD

• On-site position: Georgetown (Austin), TX. Relocation assistance available
• $100,000 annual salary, full-time. Health, dental, and vision coverage begins day one
• Structured literacy certification required (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, CERI, LETRS, or equivalent)
  
  

The greatest disservice to a gifted six-year-old reading at grade level is accepting that performance as sufficient. If you're certified in structured literacy and have witnessed how systematic phonics transforms emerging readers, consider what becomes possible when you deploy these methods with children who aren't struggling—they're simply unchallenged. The result isn't incremental growth. It's 5–10x acceleration.

At gt.school, you finally apply your complete skill set. No prescribed basal readers. No mandated district sequence. You lead focused early literacy workshops for gifted learners aged 5–8, conduct running records, create differentiated instructional groups based on assessment, and build every lesson from what the data reveals. Adaptive technology manages content delivery. Your role is what software cannot replicate: guiding a select group of exceptional children to surpass benchmarks months or years ahead of schedule.

Every student achieves their adaptive software targets. Over 90% rate your instruction highly. This is what happens when a certified reading expert works with small groups of gifted students without institutional constraints. You'll see first graders who entered at benchmark tearing through chapter books. It's the kind of transformation most literacy specialists spend entire careers hoping to witness.

If you hold the certification, possess the phonics expertise, and believe gifted children deserve true acceleration rather than enrichment at a conventional pace, submit your application today.

What You Will Be Doing

• Facilitating small-group phonics instruction for gifted K–2 learners, designing each session from student performance data rather than scripted materials
• Conducting running records, evaluating reading proficiency, and organizing differentiated groups based on your own assessment
• Delivering individual and small-group coaching sessions that use school currency, competitive leaderboards, and personal rapport to motivate ambitious goals in adaptive platforms
• Monitoring live student progress within adaptive software and adjusting instruction as data patterns emerge
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Delivering traditional classroom lectures. Students advance through self-paced applications, not passive lessons
• Overseeing large classes of 25 students. Your focus is small cohorts of gifted children
• Adhering to district pacing calendars or preparing students for standardized assessments
• Teaching content areas outside literacy (math, science, and social studies are not part of this role)
• Drafting IEPs, attending committee sessions, or managing district-level administrative processes
  
  

Reading Specialist Key Responsibilities

Drive years of reading advancement in a compressed timeframe for gifted K–2 students through precision phonics teaching and adaptive learning technology.

Basic Requirements

• Master's degree in reading instruction OR recognized reading certification (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson Reading System, CERI, LETRS, or equivalent). Science of Reading coursework by itself does not satisfy this requirement.
• Bachelor's degree in any discipline
• Minimum 2 years providing small-group early literacy instruction to students in grades K–2
• Demonstrated ability to assess reading levels, organize instructional groups, and create differentiated lessons independent of pre-packaged curricula
• Direct experience teaching gifted or high-achieving students (through gifted & talented programs, academic enrichment camps, or specialized educational settings)
• Competence with AI-driven or adaptive learning technologies and interpreting student data analytics
• Available for on-site work at the GT campus in Georgetown (Austin), TX. Relocation assistance provided.
• Authorized to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship
  
  

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Advanced Orton-Gillingham or multisensory structured literacy training beyond entry-level certification
• Familiarity with adaptive literacy platforms (such as Lexia, Raz-Kids, or comparable K–2 applications)
• Proven success coaching students performing well above grade-level expectations
• Experience leveraging student data dashboards to inform daily teaching decisions
  
  

About Gt.school

GT School is revolutionizing education with AI, expert coaching, and 50 years of learning science. They blend cutting-edge tech with data-driven insights to unlock every student's full potential.

They're on a mission to disrupt the broken education system and unleash the true potential of gifted minds. Forget the one-size-fits-all approach that leaves brilliant students bored and disengaged.

This school has tossed the rulebook and created a modern learning environment powered by AI and guided by dedicated mentors. Their personalized approach accelerates learning - 2-6 times faster than traditional classrooms.

GT School students explore their passions, develop critical thinking skills, and learn to innovate.

Because that's where genius lies.

GT School is where gifted minds turn potential into power.

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-5692-US-Austin-ReadingSpecial.001