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

About Alpha

Alpha has dismantled conventional instruction. Students work through academic content independently using AI-adaptive applications. There are no lectures, no textbooks, no district pacing calendars. Your function is the single area where a human specialist cannot be replaced. You build 20-minute small-group workshops using live app data; sessions are intentionally brief because targeted instruction outweighs duration. You also lead motivation sessions that ensure every student meets weekly app targets through Alpha's motivational framework (campus currency, leaderboards, developmentally appropriate game mechanics).

What You Will Be Doing

• Creating small-group K-3 reading workshops using real-time adaptive-app data, rooted in structured-literacy approaches (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, IMSE, or similar)
• Leading daily motivation sessions that drive 100% of students to complete weekly app goals through Alpha's motivational system (campus currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate game elements)
• Analyzing AI-generated performance metrics (fluency trajectories, decoding precision, comprehension indicators) to modify instruction in real time, not only during planning periods
• Conducting running records, fluency assessments, and decoding diagnostics to generate progress visible in weekly campus data meetings
• Serving as the approachable, dynamic adult your K-3 students are excited to work with daily

What You Won't Be Doing

• Implementing a commercial reading curriculum, scripted lessons, or district scope-and-sequence; you create instruction based on student data
• Delivering whole-class lectures; all teaching occurs in targeted small groups while students engage with academic content through adaptive technology
• Serving as a reading coach, consultant to other educators, or district specialist; you work directly with students in the classroom every day
• Managing a conventional classroom schedule: subject-by-subject instruction, homework correction, test preparation. Your time is structured around workshops, motivation sessions, and data-informed small-group work
• Drafting IEPs, 504 plans, or formal diagnostic evaluations; student growth is documented through app analytics and your running records, not special-education compliance forms

Reading Program Coordinator Key Responsibilities

Generate quantifiable reading gains in phonics, fluency, and comprehension for K-3 students within a campus culture where results are assessed weekly.

Basic Requirements

• Structured-literacy certification (Orton-Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson Reading System, IMSE, CERI, Neuhaus, UFLI, or comparable) OR a Master's degree in reading instruction
• Bachelor's degree in any field, plus 2+ years of full-time K-3 structured reading instruction in a school or clinical environment within the past 5 years, employing systematic phonics or structured literacy
• Proven capacity to independently design reading lessons and clearly explain your instructional content and methods, without depending on a published curriculum
• Commitment to full-time, in-person work at one Alpha campus: Beverly Hills, La Jolla (San Diego), Lake Forest (Orange County), Piedmont, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, or Santa Monica, CA; Greenwich, CT; Boca Raton, FL; Chicago, IL; Boston, MA; or New York City, NY (relocation assistance available)
• Openness to working with all K-3 students (not exclusively struggling readers) and incorporating AI and adaptive-learning technologies into daily instruction as these tools develop
• Legal authorization to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Direct experience with AI-driven or adaptive reading platforms (e.g., Amira, Lexia, i-Ready, Reading Plus) for instructional planning or student data interpretation
• Documented reading outcomes (fluency growth in WCPM, accuracy increases, decoding level progression) with specific numerical results
• Familiarity with diagnostic reading tools (DRA, DIBELS, AIMSweb) for creating differentiated instructional groups
• Experience in high-accountability educational settings (independent schools, high-performing charter networks, premium tutoring services with outcome-focused families)
• Background in performance, youth sports coaching, or other contexts where you've engaged K-3 audiences beyond traditional reading instruction

Pay

$120,000 annual salary, paid weekly, with health, dental, and vision coverage starting day one.

Schedule

Full-time (40 hours per week), entirely classroom-based with students in grades K-3. Long-term position, immediately available. Requires entering into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover as a Contractor of Record. The payment period is weekly.