Homeroom Teacher, Alpha - $120,000/year USD
Crossover · Boston, MA · 1 mo ago
Education$120k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. Must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info. Remove boilerplate.
We need to parse the posting.
Key info:
- Intro: "This is not a school that is replacing teachers..." etc. That's about the role? Could be About the role.
- Description of job: hardest part not teaching, etc. Could be part of About the role or Responsibilities.
- "What You Will Be Doing" bullet list: Coaching students..., Running short..., Diagnosing..., Leading..., Driving..., Staying...
- "What You Won’t Be Doing Here is what this homeroom role does not look like." That's maybe not needed? Could be part of Responsibilities but it's negative. Might be omitted? The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we should include that content maybe under Responsibilities? But it's a list of what you won't be doing. Could be included as part of Responsibilities (maybe as a note). However we need to use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can include both what you will be doing and what you won't be doing as lists under Responsibilities? Might be okay.
- "Homeroom Teacher Key Responsibilities": Get every K-3 student to their daily learning goals, and close the reading gaps stopping them from getting there alone.
- Basic Requirements list: Willing to work on-site..., At least 3 years..., At least 2 years..., Completed structured-literacy training..., Bachelor's degree..., Comfortable spending about 90%..., Willing to work with all K-3..., Legally authorized...
- Nice-to-have Requirements list: You held a six-year-old's attention..., You kept tired children..., Parents asked for you by name..., Experience with reading platforms..., You can name a child...
- Benefits and other compensation: Health coverage..., Paid time off..., A one-time relocation allowance.
- Pay: The compensation level for this role is $120,000 USD/year. The payment period is weekly.
- Schedule: This is a full-time, on-site role, five days a week, at an Alpha campus.
- Also mention locations: Current Openings list.
- Also mention "We recruit nationally, so job boards may display this opportunity in nearby cities that do not have a campus." Might be metadata.
- Also "Interested in a different Alpha campus? Apply anyway and name your preferred location, and we will route you to the right opening." That's application instruction; we should remove application instructions per rule: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. So we should drop that.
- Also "Working with us This is a full-time, W2 employee position with immediate access to benefits..." That's maybe part of Benefits? It mentions benefits again. But we already have Benefits section. Could incorporate.
- Also "All roles are year-long positions." That's maybe schedule? Could be part of Schedule or Benefits? It's about duration. Might be considered schedule? Not exactly. Could be omitted? It's substantive but not covered by headings. Could be placed under Schedule? Or maybe under About the role? The instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. We need to include sections only when posting has real specific content. We have content for About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. But we may not need all; we can combine.
We need to decide headings: About the role (intro + description), Responsibilities (what you will be doing, key responsibilities, what you won't be doing), Requirements (basic requirements), Qualifications (maybe education/degree?), Skills (nice-to-have?), Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
But we must not create sections with filler. Ensure each section has substantive content.
Let's extract:
About the role: The opening paragraphs describing Alpha, reimagining teacher role, etc. Also maybe the description of daily routine: Morning launch, core learning on the apps, lunch, recess, life-skills workshops, closing. Also the statement about not writing lesson plans, etc. Could be included.
Responsibilities: The bullet list under "What You Will Be Doing", plus "Homeroom Teacher Key Responsibilities", plus maybe the "What You Won’t Be Doing" list (though it's negative). Could combine.
Requirements: Basic Requirements list.
Qualifications: Could be education: Bachelor's degree, teaching certificate not required, structured-literacy training, etc. But those are already in Basic Requirements. Could treat Basic Requirements as Requirements, and Qualifications maybe include master's in reading or literacy alternative? Actually Basic Requirements includes: Completed structured-literacy training ... or a master's in reading or literacy. Bachelor's degree in any subject. A teaching certificate is not required. That's qualifications.
Skills: Nice-to-have Requirements list.
Benefits: Benefits and other compensation list.
Pay: Compensation level $120,000 USD/year, payment weekly.
Schedule: Full-time, on-site, five days a week. Also maybe "All roles are year-long positions." Could be part of Schedule.
Also location list maybe not needed as heading; could be part of About the role or Schedule? Might be considered metadata; we could drop? The instruction: do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. Location list is minor metadata? Might be considered location info, could be included in a short paragraph under About the role or Schedule. But we need to preserve ALL substantive information. Location list is substantive for applicants. So we should include it somewhere, maybe under About the role as a paragraph. We also have "We recruit nationally, so job boards may display this opportunity in nearby cities that do not have a campus." That's also metadata. We also have "If what makes you good at this never fit on paper, that is the point." That's about the video story etc. Could be part of About the role. We need to avoid application instructions: "Interested in a different Alpha campus? Apply anyway and name your preferred location, and we will route you to the right opening." That's application instruction; drop. Also "Hit the Apply button if you found this interesting and want to learn more." Drop. Also "We look forward to meeting you!" Drop. Also "Working with us This is a full-time, W2 employee position with immediate access to benefits..." Could be part of Benefits. Also "All roles are year-long positions." Could be part of Schedule. Also "The compensation level for this role is $120,000 USD/year. The payment period is weekly." That's Pay. Also "Crossover Job Code: LJ-5632-US-Boston-HomeroomTeache.001" Drop. Now produce HTML. We'll structure:
About the role
... paragraphs ...
Responsibilities
- ... items ...
- with all responsibility statements.
List items:
- Coaching students through app-based core learning: spotting who is stuck, asking the question that unblocks them, holding the daily goal.
- Running short structured-literacy sessions with two to four students.
- Diagnosing a phonics or decoding gap from running records and fluency probes, teaching a sequence you designed, and checking for transfer.
- Leading morning launch, life-skills workshops, and check-chart activities that keep six-year-olds moving.
- Driving students to their weekly app goals with school currency, leaderboards, and gamification.
- Staying with your students through lunch, recess, and closing, meeting frustration and refusal with a plan for that child.
- Get every K-3 student to their daily learning goals, and close the reading gaps stopping them from getting there alone.
- (What you won’t be doing) Writing lesson plans for a full class every night.
- (What you won’t be doing) Running a pull-out caseload from a quiet intervention room.
- (What you won’t be doing) Reading groups are about a tenth of your week and happen inside the day.
- (What you won’t be doing) Delivering a published curriculum or scripted program with fidelity to someone else's sequence.
- (What you won’t be doing) Writing IEPs, 504 plans, chasing testing paperwork, or sitting on curriculum committees.
- (What you won’t be doing) Slipping away to a prep block while someone else covers your students.
We could prefix with "You will not be doing:" but it's okay.
Requirements
- list of basic requirements.
Items:
- Willing to work on-site at a campus listed above, 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
Skills
- nice-to-have.
Items:
- You held a six-year-old's attention with nothing but your energy and an engaging activity
- You kept tired children coming back to an after-school reading program
- Parents asked for you by name
- Experience with reading platforms (Amira, Lexia, i-Ready) or diagnostic assessments (DRA, DIBELS, AIMSweb)
- You can name a child whose decoding you fixed and how
Benefits
- benefits.
Items:
- Health coverage (medical, dental, vision), life and disability insurance, voluntary benefits, tax-advantaged FSA, HSA, and commuter accounts, and a 401(k)
- Paid time off and parental leave
- A one-time relocation allowance
- Immediate access to benefits (W2 employee) (maybe combine)
We could also include "Full-time, W2 employee position with immediate access to benefits" but it's redundant.
Pay
The compensation level for this role is $120,000 USD/year, paid weekly.
Schedule
This is a full-time, on-site role, five days a week at an Alpha campus. All roles are year-long positions.
We also need to include location list maybe under About the role. Add a paragraph under About the role: "Current openings are located in CA - Beverly Hills, Malibu, Palo Alto, Piedmont, San Francisco, Santa Monica, and South Bay (Los Angeles); CT - Greenwich; IL - Chicago; MA - Boston; NY - New York City; WA - Seattle. Alpha recruits nationally, so job boards may display this opportunity in nearby cities that do not have a campus." Also include the statement about video story: "Before an offer you record a short video telling a story to young children, then spend a day on campus. If what makes you good at this never fit on paper, that is the point." Could be part of About the role. Also include the statement about "This is a full-time