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

$120,000/year salaried, with weekly pay and health, dental, and vision benefits effective from day one.

On‑site at a single Alpha campus location: 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 support available).

40 hours per week, fully in‑classroom with K‑2 students.

Your structured‑literacy credential — Orton‑Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson, IMSE, or a Master’s in reading instruction — has opened the door to every K‑2 reading position you've pursued.

Alpha has dismantled conventional instruction. Students work through academic content independently using AI‑adaptive applications. There are no lectures, no textbooks, and no pacing guides. Your position is where a human expert cannot be replaced. You create 20‑minute small‑group workshops using real‑time app data; sessions are intentionally brief because precision outperforms duration.

You also facilitate motivation sessions designed to move 100% of students toward their weekly app targets using Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, age‑appropriate gamification). When you catch a miscue during a session, you identify the phonemic breakdown and redesign the next day's workshop before you leave. That's the expectation.

Families enrolling at these campuses have selected Alpha for results, not simply enrollment. Parents receive weekly data on their child's reading progress and they form opinions. You will field specific questions about individual student advancement, and vague responses like "they're doing fine" will not suffice. You must reference the running record, identify the phonemic weakness, and describe your intervention. That level of accountability should energize you, not burden you.

Your initial months focus on establishing credibility in the room. Workshops must be engaging, appropriately leveled, and demonstrably effective; student satisfaction and "love your Guide" survey scores (target 90%+) provide direct measurement. Once you've proven that, your influence expands beyond your own classroom: successful practices from your students become templates for other Alpha campuses, and your diagnostic precision informs how reading instruction evolves as Alpha scales. What you develop here extends beyond your immediate environment.

Prior to hiring, you'll submit a short video in which you tell a compelling story for young children, and you'll complete a full day on campus working directly with K‑2 students. Low energy with children disqualifies candidates, regardless of credential strength. That's intentional.

What You Will Be Doing

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

Leading daily motivation sessions that drive 100% of your students toward their weekly app targets using Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, age‑appropriate gamification).

Analyzing AI‑generated performance data (fluency curves, decoding accuracy, comprehension signal) to modify instruction mid‑day, not only during planning periods.

Conducting running records, fluency probes, and decoding assessments to generate gains reflected in the weekly campus data review.

Serving as the approachable, energetic adult your K‑2 students are excited to see each day.

What You Won’t Be Doing

Implementing a published reading curriculum, scripted program, or district pacing guide; you build lessons directly from student data.

Teaching a full classroom lecture‑style; all instruction occurs in small, targeted groups while students complete academic subjects through adaptive apps.

Serving as a reading consultant, teacher coach, or district‑level specialist; you are in the classroom with students daily.

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

Drafting IEPs, 504 plans, or formal diagnostic reports; student progress is tracked through app data and your running records, not special‑education documentation.

Reading Program Coordinator Key Responsibilities
Deliver measurable K‑2 reading growth in phonics, fluency, and comprehension within a campus community where outcomes undergo weekly review.

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 field, plus 2+ years of full‑time K‑2 structured reading instruction in a school or clinical setting within the last 5 years, utilizing systematic phonics or structured literacy.

Proven capacity to design independent reading lessons and clearly articulate your instructional approach and content, without depending on a published program.

Availability to work in person full‑time at one Alpha campus: Beverly Hills, La Jolla (San Del G), 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 support available).

Willingness to work with the full K‑2 student population (not only struggling readers) and incorporate AI and adaptive‑learning tools into daily instruction as these tools develop.

Legal authorization to work in the U.S. 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 data interpretation.

Documented history of measurable reading outcomes (fluency gains in WCPM, accuracy improvements, decoding level progression) you can cite with specific numbers.

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

Background in high‑accountability educational settings (independent schools, elite charter networks, premium tutoring environments where families monitor outcomes closely).

Experience in performance, youth sports coaching, or other activities that require engaging a K‑2 audience outside traditional reading instruction.

Working with us
This is a full‑time (40 hours per week), long‑term position. The position is immediately available and requires entering into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover as a Contractor of Record. The compensation level for this role is $60 USD/hour, which equates to $120,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly.

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