Reading Tutor $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 day one
- Full-time on-site position at one Alpha campus location: 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 built deep expertise in structured literacy. Whether Orton-Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson, IMSE, or a Master's in reading, you know how to catch a student's miscue and pinpoint the exact phonemic skill to address. You can create a phonics lesson from scratch without a scripted curriculum. That competency is baseline. It won't set you apart here.
What sets you apart is that young children are drawn to you. At Alpha, this position is a Guide role first: you must be a dynamic, engaging presence that students genuinely enjoy working with. Your structured-literacy credentials open the door; your capacity to captivate a K-2 classroom during a 20-minute workshop is what earns you the offer. If "dynamic, engaging presence" doesn't fit who you are, this isn't the right role.
Alpha has abandoned conventional instruction. Students progress through academic content independently via AI-adaptive applications — no lectures, no textbooks, no district pacing. Your position is the singular space where human expertise cannot be replaced. You create small-group reading workshops informed by live student performance data, and you facilitate motivation sessions designed to ensure 100% of your students reach their weekly app targets using Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate game mechanics).
Your initial months focus on winning the room. Workshops must be engaging, appropriately leveled, and demonstrably effective. Student satisfaction metrics and "love your Guide" feedback (target 90%+) measure this outcome directly. Once you establish that credibility, your responsibilities expand: analyzing AI-generated performance insights to refine upcoming instruction, communicating fluency progress and decoding gains to parents, and influencing how Alpha's K-2 reading model evolves in tandem with adaptive technology. As Alpha scales to additional campuses, the systems you create become the blueprint for reading instruction across the network.
Before an offer is extended, you'll submit a brief video of yourself delivering an engaging story for young children, and you'll complete a full-day campus visit working directly with K-2 students. Low energy with kids is disqualifying, regardless of credential strength. That's intentional. Apply today.
What you will be doing
- Creating and facilitating small-group K-2 reading workshops rooted in structured-literacy approaches (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, IMSE, or comparable), informed by live student data
- Facilitating daily motivation sessions designed to drive 100% of students to achieve their weekly adaptive-app objectives, leveraging Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification)
- Conducting and interpreting running records, fluency assessments, and decoding evaluations to monitor progress and refine subsequent instruction
- Analyzing AI-generated performance insights from Alpha's adaptive learning platforms to differentiate instruction dynamically, not solely during advance planning
- Serving as the approachable, energetic adult your K-2 students eagerly anticipate seeing each day
What you will NOT be doing
- Implementing a commercial reading curriculum, scripted lesson plan, or district-imposed pacing guide; you create your own lessons using student data
- Delivering whole-class lectures; all instruction occurs in small, targeted groups while students complete academic subjects through adaptive apps
- Serving as a reading consultant, instructional coach for other educators, or district-level specialist; you work in the classroom with students daily
- Managing a conventional classroom schedule — subject-by-subject lectures, homework checks, test preparation; your time is dedicated to workshops, motivation sessions, and data-informed small groups
- Grading homework or issuing report cards; student advancement is tracked via app data and your running records
Key responsibilities
Provide structured-literacy instruction that produces measurable acceleration in K-2 reading performance 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 discipline, plus 2+ years of full-time K-2 structured reading instruction in a school or clinical environment, using systematic phonics or structured literacy
- Proven ability to independently design reading lessons and clearly explain your instructional approach and content, without reliance on a published program
- Availability 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 everyday instruction
- Legal authorization to work in the United States 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 interpretation
- Documented record of quantifiable reading gains (fluency improvement in WCPM, accuracy increases, decoding level progression) you can cite with specific numbers
- Experience in non-traditional or innovative educational settings (charter, micro-school, Montessori, hybrid)
- Experience in performance, youth sports coaching, or otherwise engaging a K-2 audience outside traditional reading instruction
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