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

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

On-campus position at one Alpha location: 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)

40 hours weekly, 100% classroom-based with K-3 students

Your structured-literacy certification — Orton-Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson, IMSE, or a Master's in reading instruction — has opened doors to every K-3 reading position you've pursued. In most of those roles, it also marked the limit: you executed an existing program and submitted reports. Here that credential is your entry point. If that difference resonates with you, continue reading.

Alpha has reimagined traditional instruction. Students complete academic content independently using AI-adaptive applications. No lectures, no textbooks, no pacing calendars. Your position represents the one area where human expertise cannot be replaced. You construct 20-minute small-group workshops using real-time application data; sessions are deliberately brief, because targeted instruction outperforms duration. You also facilitate motivation sessions that ensure 100% of your students reach their weekly app targets through Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification). You detect a student's miscue during a session, identify the phonemic deficit, and have the next day's workshop revised by day's end. That is the expectation.

Families at these locations have selected Alpha for results, not simply enrollment. Parents review weekly data on their child's reading development and they form opinions. You will field specific questions about individual student progress, and "they're doing fine" will not suffice. You will reference the running record, identify the phonemic gap, and describe your instructional response. That level of accountability should energize you, not burden you.

Your initial months focus on establishing credibility. Workshops must be engaging, differentiated, and demonstrably effective; student satisfaction and "love your Guide" survey results (target 90%+) provide direct measurement. Once you demonstrate success, your influence expands beyond your classroom: what proves effective with your students becomes the model other Alpha campuses replicate, and your diagnostic precision informs how reading instruction evolves as Alpha scales. What you create here extends far beyond your immediate setting.

Before we extend an offer, you'll submit a short video delivering an engaging story for young children, and you'll complete a full day on campus working directly with K-3 students. Low energy with children will disqualify you, regardless of credential strength. That's intentional. Apply today.

What You Will Be Doing

Creating small-group K-3 reading workshops from live adaptive-app data, anchored in structured-literacy approaches (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, IMSE, or equivalent)

Conducting daily motivation sessions that ensure 100% of your students achieve their weekly app targets using Alpha's motivational model (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 pre-planning

Delivering running records, fluency probes, and decoding assessments to generate gains visible in weekly campus data reviews

Serving as the engaging, high-energy adult your K-3 students anticipate seeing every day

What You Won’t Be Doing

Implementing a published reading curriculum, scripted program, or district pacing calendar; you create lessons from student data

Delivering lectures to a full classroom; all instruction occurs in small, targeted groups and students complete academic subjects through adaptive apps

Serving as a reading consultant, coach to other teachers, or district-level specialist; you are classroom-based with children every day

Running a traditional classroom schedule: subject-by-subject lectures, homework review, test preparation. Your scheduled blocks consist of workshops, motivation sessions, and data-driven small groups instead

Preparing IEPs, 504 plans, or formal diagnostic reports; student progress resides in app data and your running records, not in special-education documentation

Reading Program Coordinator Key Responsibilities
Generate measurable K-3 reading gains across phonics, fluency, and comprehension in a campus environment where outcomes are 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 field, plus 2+ years of full-time K-3 structured reading instruction in a school or clinical environment within the last 5 years, using systematic phonics or structured literacy

Proven ability to create your own reading lessons and clearly explain what you teach and how, without depending on a published program

Commitment to work in person full-time 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)

Willingness to work with all K-3 students (not exclusively struggling readers) and incorporate AI and adaptive-learning tools into daily instruction as those tools develop

Legal authorization to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship

Nice-to-have Requirements

Practical 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 improvement, decoding level advancement) you can quantify

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

Experience in high-accountability educational settings (independent, elite charter, premium tutoring with families who monitor outcomes closely)

Background in performing, coaching youth sports, or otherwise engaging a K-3 audience outside the reading classroom

About Alpha
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.

Alpha is where you can do the most meaningful work of your career.
There is so much to cover for this exciting role, and space here is limited. Hit the Apply button if you found this interesting and want to learn more. We look forward to meeting you!

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. Consult www.crossover.com/help-and-faqs for more details on this topic.

Crossover Job Code: LJ-5632-US-Paterson-ReadingProgram.002

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