Reading Specialist, Alpha - $100,000/year USD

We Are Hiring

Alpha is hiring a Reading Specialist to join our team. The position offers a competitive salary of $100,000/year, paid weekly, with comprehensive benefits including health, dental, and vision coverage. The ideal candidate will work 40 hours per week, five days a week, at one of our Alpha campuses, with relocation assistance provided.

Responsibilities

• Run short structured-literacy workshops with two to four students, diagnosing phonics or decoding gaps from running records and fluency probes, and teaching a sequence you design for it.
• Coach students through app-based core learning, identifying those who have stalled and helping them unstick.
• Lead morning launch, life-skills workshops, and check-chart activities that keep six-year-olds moving throughout the day.
• Stay with your students through lunch, recess, and closing, meeting challenges with a plan tailored to each individual child.
• Drive students to their weekly app goals using school currency, leaderboards, and gamification appropriate for their age.

Requirements

• Willing to work on-site at one of the listed campuses with relocation support.
• At least 3 years of experience working directly with children ages 4-9, including at least 2 years of that experience teaching reading in grades K-3 within the last 5 years.
• Completed structured-literacy training or a master's in reading/literacy.
• Bachelor's degree in any subject, with a teaching certificate 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 just struggling readers.
• Legally authorized to work in the US without visa sponsorship.

Nice-to-Have Requirements

• Can keep a room of six-year-olds engaged with nothing but your energy and a good activity.
• Experience with reading platforms (Amira, Lexia, i-Ready) or diagnostic assessments (DRA, DIBELS, AIMSweb).
• Can name a specific child whose decoding you fixed and describe how you did it.
• Experience working in a non-traditional school model such as charter, micro-school, Montessori, or hybrid.

About Alpha

Alpha reimagines the school day around faster learning, stronger mentorship, and more time for students to build real-world skills. We offer six-figure roles for individuals ready to help build a radically better school experience. Our culture is built for builders, and we are fast-moving, ambitious, and student-focused.

Application

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