Reading Specialist

$100,000 USD/year ^{Pay is set based on global value, not the local market. Most roles = hourly rate x 40 hrs x 50 weeks}  ($50 USD/hour)

• Coach K–3 students through AI-powered core learning, holding daily goals as non-negotiable while helping students work through frustration, distraction, and other blockers.
• Build strong relationships and run an energetic full-day student experience, including morning launch, life-skills workshops, transitions, lunch, recess, and closing routines.
• Use app data, brief diagnostic checks, and observed reading errors to identify specific phonics or decoding gaps.
• Design and deliver focused 15–20 minute structured-literacy interventions for small groups, then check that students can apply the strategy independently.
• Collaborate with the campus team and adapt quickly as schedules, staffing, and student needs change.

• Spending most of the day in reading pull-out groups or working only with struggling readers.
• Following a fixed published reading program without adapting instruction to the specific gap in front of you.
• Replacing the learning apps as the primary instructor or doing students' work for them.
• Working from a traditional specialist schedule with a standard planning period and limited responsibility outside reading blocks.
• Passively supervising students during learning time, lunch, recess, workshops, or transitions.

Help K–3 students complete ambitious daily learning goals, build independence and motivation, and close specific foundational-reading gaps through short, targeted structured-literacy interventions.

• Bachelor's degree in any subject
• At least three years working directly with children ages 4–9 in teaching, coaching, tutoring, camps, youth programs, children's theater, or a similar child-facing setting
• At least two years teaching reading to K–3 students within the last five years
• Completed recognized structured-literacy training or coursework, such as LETRS, IMSE, Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, Fundations, UFLI Foundations, CERI, Neuhaus, SIPPS, Really Great Reading, or an equivalent program; a master's degree in reading instruction, literacy, or reading education also qualifies
• Willingness to work in person at Waypoint Academy in Dripping Springs, Texas, and relocate if needed
• Willingness to spend most of the day in a full-day Guide role, with reading intervention representing a smaller part of the schedule and no standard planning period
• Strong live presence with young learners, including the energy, warmth, clarity, and judgment to maintain high standards while helping students persist
• Ability to use student data to identify reading gaps, explain measurable outcomes, and adjust support or instruction
• Legally authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship

• Experience with multiple structured literacy frameworks (e.g., Orton-Gillingham and UFLI) with a clear rationale for when each applies
• Measurable reading gains across a full cohort, not just intervention caseloads. You can name the metrics and the numbers.
• Familiarity with adaptive reading platforms (Lexia, Amira, Reading Eggs, or similar) and using their data to drive instructional decisions
• Experience in non-traditional school settings: micro-schools, outdoor education programs, Montessori, or similar environments