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

Full-time on-site position at one Alpha campus: Beverly Hills, CA; La Jolla (San Diego), CA; Malibu, CA; Palo Alto, CA; Piedmont, CA; San Francisco, CA; Santa Monica, CA; Seattle, WA; Greenwich, CT; Boston, MA; or New York City, NY (relocation assistance available). 40-hour workweek spent entirely in the classroom with students in grades K-3.

About the role

Your structured-literacy certification — Orton-Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson, IMSE, or a Master's in reading instruction — has opened the door at every K-3 reading position you've pursued. At Alpha, the credential marks the entry point. Alpha has redesigned traditional instruction from the ground up: students advance through academic content autonomously using AI-adaptive applications. There are no lectures, textbooks, or pacing calendars. Your function is the one domain where human expertise cannot be replaced.

You build 20-minute small-group workshops using live app data; sessions are deliberately brief because targeted instruction outperforms duration. You also facilitate motivation sessions that guide 100% of students toward their weekly app targets using Alpha's motivational framework (campus currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate game mechanics).

Families enrolling at these campuses have selected Alpha for measurable progress, not simply enrollment. Parents review weekly data tracking their child's reading development and engage actively. You will field specific questions about individual student trajectories, referencing the running record, identifying the phonemic deficit, and describing your instructional response.

Your initial months center on establishing credibility. Workshops must be engaging, appropriately leveled, and demonstrably effective; student satisfaction and "love your Guide" survey results (target 90%+) provide direct feedback. As you demonstrate success, your influence expands beyond your immediate classroom: strategies that prove effective with your students inform instructional models adopted across other Alpha campuses.

Responsibilities

• Create small-group reading workshops for K-3 students based on real-time adaptive-app data, rooted in structured-literacy approaches (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, IMSE, or comparable).
• Conduct daily motivation sessions to ensure 100% of your students meet their weekly app objectives using Alpha's motivational system (campus currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification).
• Analyze AI-generated performance metrics (fluency trajectories, decoding precision, comprehension indicators) to modify instruction mid-day rather than solely during planning periods.
• Conduct running records, fluency probes, and decoding evaluations to generate growth visible in the weekly campus data analysis.
• Serve as the engaging, high-energy adult your K-3 students anticipate seeing daily.

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Implementing a commercially published reading curriculum, scripted lesson sequence, or district pacing calendar; you build lessons directly from student performance data.
• Delivering whole-class instruction; all teaching occurs in targeted, small-group formats while students work through academic subjects using adaptive applications.
• Serving as a reading consultant, instructional coach for colleagues, or district-level specialist; you work face-to-face with students every day.
• Managing a conventional classroom schedule: sequential subject lectures, homework correction, test preparation. Your time is allocated to workshops, motivation sessions, and data-informed small groups.
• Developing IEPs, 504 plans, or formal diagnostic evaluations; student advancement is tracked through app analytics and your running records, not special-education documentation.

Requirements

• Structured-literacy certification (Orton-Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson Reading System, IMSE, CERI, Neuhaus, UFLI, or equivalent) OR a Master's degree in reading instruction.
• Bachelor's degree in any discipline, plus 2+ years of full-time K-3 structured reading instruction in a school or clinical environment within the past 5 years, utilizing systematic phonics or structured literacy.
• Proven capacity to independently design reading lessons and clearly explain your instructional approach and content, without depending on a commercial program.
• Commitment to working on-site full-time at an Alpha campus (relocation assistance available).
• Openness to working with all K-3 students (not exclusively struggling readers) and incorporating AI and adaptive-learning technologies into daily practice 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 analyzing student performance data.
• Documented record of measurable reading gains (fluency increases in WCPM, accuracy improvements, decoding level progressions) you can quantify precisely.
• Familiarity with diagnostic reading assessments (DRA, DIBELS, AIMSweb) for forming differentiated instructional groups.
• Experience in high-accountability educational settings (independent schools, elite charter networks, premium tutoring services with families who closely monitor progress).
• Background in performance, youth sports coaching, or otherwise engaging K-3 audiences beyond traditional reading instruction.

About Alpha

Join the team building school around student growth. Alpha reimagines the school day around faster learning, stronger mentorship, and more time for students to build real-world skills. Roles with real student impact: Alpha hires teachers (guides), operators, admissions experts, school & curriculum leaders, and remote team members. Education work that pays like it matters: Alpha offers six-figure roles for people ready to help build a radically better school experience. A culture built for builders: Alpha is fast-moving, ambitious, and student focused. It’s for people who want to improve the system, not maintain it.

Pay

$120,000 annual salary paid weekly.

Benefits

Health, dental, and vision coverage effective immediately.