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

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

Full‑time on‑site at a single Alpha campus:

Beverly Hills, La Jolla (San Diego), Lake Forest (Orange County), Palo Alto, Piedmont, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, or South Bay (LA), CA; Greenwich, CT; Boca Raton or Miami Beach, FL; Chicago, IL; Boston, MA; Charlotte, NC; or New York City, NY (relocation assistance available)

40 hours per week, 100% classroom‑based work with K‑2 students

Alpha has redesigned traditional instruction from the ground up. Students progress through academic content independently using AI‑adaptive applications. There are no lectures, textbooks, or pacing calendars. Your position represents the one area where human expertise cannot be replaced.

You create 20‑minute small‑group workshops using real‑time application data; sessions are intentionally brief because targeted instruction outperforms duration. You also facilitate motivation sessions that guide 100% of your students toward their weekly app targets using Alpha’s motivational framework (campus currency, leaderboards, developmentally appropriate gamification). You catch a student’s error during instruction, identify the underlying phonemic deficit, and redesign the next day's workshop before leaving campus.

What You Will Be Doing

Creating small‑group K‑2 reading workshops using live adaptive‑app performance data, rooted in structured‑literacy approaches (Orton‑Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, IMSE, or equivalent frameworks)

Leading daily motivation sessions that support 100% of your students in reaching their weekly app targets through Alpha’s motivational system (campus currency, leaderboards, age‑appropriate gamification)

Analyzing AI‑generated student data (fluency trajectories, decoding precision, comprehension indicators) to modify instruction during the day, not only during preparation time

Conducting running records, fluency assessments, and decoding evaluations to generate progress visible in weekly campus data meetings

Serving as the engaging, high‑energy adult your K‑2 students are excited to see each day

What You Won’t Be Doing

Executing a commercial reading curriculum, scripted instructional program, or district‑mandated pacing calendar; you build lessons directly from student performance data

Delivering whole‑class lectures; all teaching occurs in small, targeted groups while students access academic content through adaptive applications

Serving as a reading consultant, instructional coach for other educators, or district‑level specialist; your daily work is classroom‑based with students

Managing a conventional classroom schedule: subject‑by‑subject lectures, homework correction, test preparation. Your time is allocated to workshops, motivation sessions, and data‑informed small groups

Drafting IEPs, 504 plans, or formal diagnostic documentation; student advancement is tracked through app analytics and your running records, not special‑education compliance paperwork

Reading Program Coordinator Key Responsibilities
Deliver quantifiable K‑2 reading improvement across phonics, fluency, and comprehension within a campus environment where progress is assessed weekly.

Basic 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‑2 structured reading instruction in a school or clinical environment within the past 5 years, utilizing systematic phonics or structured literacy

Proven capacity to design original reading lessons and clearly explain your instructional approach and content, independent of published programs

Availability to work on‑site full‑time at one Alpha campus (list of campuses as above)

Commitment to working with all K‑2 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‑powered or adaptive reading platforms (e.g., Amira, Lexia, i‑Ready, Reading Plus) for instructional planning or student performance analysis

Documented reading outcomes (fluency increases in WCPM, accuracy gains, decoding level progression) you can quantify with specific metrics

Familiarity with diagnostic reading assessments (DRA, DIBELS, AIMSweb) for creating differentiated instructional groups

Experience in high‑accountability educational settings (independent schools, high‑performing charter networks, premium tutoring environments with outcome‑focused families)

Background in performance, youth sports coaching, or other activities requiring audience engagement with K‑2‑aged children outside traditional reading instruction

About Alpha
Alpha School utilizes AI to accelerate learning for K‑2 students, providing a unique, data‑driven instructional environment.

Working with Us
This is a full‑time (40 hours per week), long‑term position. The compensation level for this role is $60 USD per hour, which equates to $120,000 USD per year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. Payments are made weekly.

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