Instructional Coach $100,000 USD/year Pay is set based on global value, not the local market.
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Description
- $100,000 annual salary, paid weekly, including health, dental, and vision coverage starting on day one
- Full-time on-site position at one Alpha campus: Phoenix, AZ; Oklahoma City or Tulsa, OK; Fort Worth (Keller), Dallas, Plano, or The Woodlands, TX; or Park City (Salt Lake City), UT (relocation assistance available)
- 40 hours per week, entirely classroom-based with K-2 students
You've invested years developing mastery in structured literacy. Orton-Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson, IMSE, or a Master's in reading instruction. You recognize a student's miscue and immediately identify the precise phonemic gap to address. You can construct a phonics lesson from scratch, without relying on any scripted program. That's the baseline. It's not what sets you apart.
What sets you apart is that six-year-olds get excited when you enter the classroom. At Alpha, this position is first and foremost a Guide: a dynamic, captivating presence that kids genuinely enjoy working with. Your structured-literacy credentials open the door; your capacity to keep a K-2 classroom fully engaged during a 20-minute workshop is what secures the role. If "dynamic, captivating presence" doesn't characterize you, this position isn't the right fit.
Alpha has fundamentally redesigned traditional instruction. Students work through academic content independently on AI-adaptive applications — no traditional lectures, no textbooks, no district pacing guides. Your position represents the one area where a human expert cannot be replaced. You create small-group reading workshops using real-time student performance data, and you facilitate motivation sessions that ensure 100% of your students reach their weekly app targets using Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification).
Your initial months focus on building trust in the classroom. Workshops must be engaging, appropriately leveled, and demonstrably effective. Student satisfaction metrics and "love your Guide" survey results (target 90%+) provide direct measurement. As you demonstrate success, your responsibilities expand: analyzing AI-generated performance data to refine upcoming instruction, communicating fluency improvements and decoding progress to parents, and influencing how Alpha's K-2 reading framework develops alongside the adaptive technology. As Alpha grows into new campuses, what you create becomes the blueprint for reading instruction across the organization.
Before making a hiring decision, you'll submit a short video sharing an engaging story for young children, and you'll complete a full day on campus working directly with K-2 students. Low energy with kids will disqualify you, regardless of credential strength. That's intentional. Apply today.
What you will be doing
- Creating and facilitating small-group K-2 reading workshops anchored in structured-literacy approaches (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, IMSE, or equivalent), developed from actual student data
- Facilitating daily motivation sessions that ensure 100% of your students meet their weekly adaptive-app targets, leveraging Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification)
- Conducting and evaluating running records, fluency probes, and decoding assessments to monitor progress and refine subsequent instruction
- Analyzing AI-generated performance data from Alpha's adaptive learning applications to differentiate instruction in real time, beyond just advance planning
- Serving as the engaging, energetic adult your K-2 students are excited to see each day
What you will NOT be doing
- Implementing a published reading curriculum, scripted program, or district pacing guide; you create your own lessons based on student data
- Delivering lectures to a full classroom; all instruction occurs in small, targeted groups while students complete academic subjects through adaptive apps
- Serving as a reading consultant, coach to other teachers, or district-level specialist; you are in the classroom with students every day
- Managing a traditional classroom block — subject-by-subject lectures, homework review, test preparation; your scheduled blocks consist of workshops, motivation sessions, and data-informed small groups instead
- Grading homework or issuing report cards; student progress is tracked through app data and your running records
Key responsibilities
Provide structured-literacy instruction that produces measurable acceleration in K-2 reading outcomes across phonics, fluency, and decoding.
Candidate 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 environment, utilizing 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
- Willingness to work in person full-time at one Alpha campus: Phoenix, AZ; Oklahoma City or Tulsa, OK; Fort Worth (Keller), Dallas, Plano, or The Woodlands, TX; or Park City (Salt Lake City), UT (relocation assistance available)
- Willingness to work with all K-2 students (not exclusively struggling readers) and to incorporate AI and adaptive-learning tools into daily instruction
- Legally authorized to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship
Nice to have
- Practical experience with AI-powered or adaptive reading platforms (e.g., Amira, Lexia, i-Ready, Reading Plus) for instructional planning or student data analysis
- Documented record of measurable reading outcomes (fluency gains in WCPM, accuracy improvement, decoding level advancement) you can specify with numbers
- Experience in non-traditional or innovative school environments (charter, micro-school, Montessori, hybrid)
- Experience performing, coaching youth sports, or otherwise engaging a K-2 audience outside the reading classroom
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