Elementary Learning Coach, Alpha - $100,000/year USD

About the role

Alpha is hiring Reading Specialists (Guides) to work on‑site at campuses in AZ, GA, TX, and UT. In this role you will diagnose phonics gaps, run short structured‑literacy workshops, coach students through AI‑adaptive core learning, and stay with the same K‑3 students from morning launch to closing, helping them reach daily learning goals and close reading gaps.

Responsibilities

• Run short structured‑literacy workshops with two to four students — diagnose a phonics or decoding gap from running records and fluency probes, teach a sequence you designed for it, and check that it transferred
• Coach students through app‑based core learning: see who has stalled, ask the question that unsticks them, hold the daily goal
• Lead morning launch, life‑skills workshops, and check‑chart activities that keep six‑year‑olds moving
• Drive students to their weekly app goals with school currency, leaderboards, and gamification pitched at their age
• Stay with your students through lunch, recess, and closing, meeting refusal and frustration with a plan built for that particular child

Requirements

• Willing to work on‑site at one of the campuses listed (AZ - Phoenix and Scottsdale; GA - Atlanta (Roswell); TX - Dallas, Fort Worth (Keller), Plano, and The Woodlands; UT - Park City (Salt Lake City)), with relocation support
• At least 3 years working directly with children ages 4‑9: teaching, coaching, tutoring, camps, youth programs, children's theater, or similar settings where kids showed up because of you
• At least 2 years of that experience teaching reading in grades K‑3, within the last 5 years
• Completed structured‑literacy training: LETRS, IMSE, Orton‑Gillingham, Wilson Reading System, Fundations, UFLI, CERI, Neuhaus, SIPPS, Really Great Reading, or similar; or a master's in reading or literacy
• Bachelor's degree in any subject. A teaching certificate is not required
• Comfortable spending about 90% of your day guiding students through app‑based learning, workshops, and campus routines, and 10% on reading sessions
• Willing to work with all K‑3 students, not only struggling readers
• Legally authorized to work in the US without visa sponsorship

Qualifications (Nice‑to‑have)

• Ability to keep a room of six‑year‑olds engaged with nothing but your energy and a good activity
• Experience where tired children kept coming back to your after‑school or summer program
• Experience with reading platforms (Amira, Lexia, i‑Ready) or diagnostic assessments (DRA, DIBELS, AIMSweb)
• Ability to name a specific child whose decoding you fixed, and explain how you did it
• Experience working in a non‑traditional school model: charter, micro‑school, Montessori, or hybrid

Benefits

• Day‑one health, dental, and vision coverage
• Relocation support
• Immediate access to benefits (W2 employee)
• Year‑long positions

Pay

$100,000 USD per year, salaried, paid weekly.

Schedule

40 hours per week, five days a week, on‑site at an Alpha campus.