Reading Teacher, Alpha - $120,000/year USD

• On-site positions available in Lake Forest (Orange County), CA; Palo Alto, CA; Piedmont, CA; San Francisco, CA; Santa Monica, CA; Chicago, IL; New York City, NY; Chantilly (Washington), VA
• $120,000 annual compensation, distributed weekly. Full health, dental, and vision coverage begins day one
• Relocation assistance provided
  
  

Required: Master's degree in reading instruction OR advanced certification (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, or equivalent).

Do you believe personalized reading intervention surpasses even the best scripted curricula and that AI enables personalization at scale?

Alpha School offers an AI-powered reading program that redefines early literacy teaching. You'll facilitate brief, high-impact workshops rather than traditional hour-long classroom blocks. Assess K-2 learners, build original evidence-based lessons independently, and contribute to adaptive technologies that extend your expertise to hundreds of students. This position requires reading specialists who excel without prescriptive curricula and are ready to lead scalable literacy innovation.

Create workshops. Scale impact. Apply today.

What You Will Be Doing

• Facilitating adaptive reading workshops for students aged 4-7 that build core competencies in phonics, fluency, and comprehension
• Creating personalized, motivational sessions that engage children and foster a lifelong passion for reading
• Examining student performance data to iteratively improve your methods and generate actionable insights
• Partnering with the technology team to assess and refine AI-powered literacy tools
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Following pre-scripted curricula or published scope-and-sequence programs
  
  

Reading Teacher Key Responsibilities

Cultivate a passion for reading in young students

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• Master's degree or advanced certification in reading instruction (e.g., Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, or equivalent)
• Minimum 2 years of experience providing small-group reading interventions to early elementary learners
• Capable of assessing reading levels, organizing student groups, and creating differentiated instruction without reliance on pre-written curricula
• Experienced with AI/adaptive learning platforms and adept at responding to student behaviors within those systems
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. without sponsorship
• Availability to work on-site at one of these campuses: Lake Forest (Orange County), CA; Palo Alto, CA; Piedmont, CA; San Francisco, CA; Santa Monica, CA; Chicago, IL; New York City, NY; Chantilly (Washington), VA
  
  

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-SugarLan-ReadingTeacher.002