Instructional Coordinator $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, with health, dental, and vision coverage starting day one
- On-site 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, 100% in-classroom engagement with K-2 students
You've already achieved mastery in structured literacy—Orton-Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson, IMSE, or a Master's in reading instruction. You recognize a student's miscue, pinpoint the phonemic gap, and build a phonics lesson independently of any scripted program. That competency is the baseline. It doesn't define your advantage.
What sets you apart is that six-year-olds respond with excitement when you enter the room. At Alpha, this position is fundamentally a Guide role: a dynamic, engaging presence children genuinely enjoy learning with. Your reading expertise qualifies you for consideration; your capacity to captivate a K-2 group for a 20-minute workshop is what determines your selection.
Alpha has dismantled conventional instruction models. Students progress through academic content independently using AI-adaptive applications, without lectures, textbooks, or mandated pacing schedules. You create small-group reading workshops informed by real-time performance data and facilitate motivation sessions that propel students toward weekly app objectives using school currency, leaderboards, and developmentally appropriate gamification.
Your initial months focus on establishing credibility in the classroom. Workshops need to be engaging, appropriately leveled, and demonstrably effective. Student satisfaction and "love your Guide" survey responses measure this directly. Once you establish that foundation, your responsibilities expand: analyzing AI-generated data to refine instruction, documenting fluency and decoding progress, and contributing to Alpha's evolving K-2 reading framework as adaptive platforms develop.
Prior to hiring, you will submit a brief video recording of an engaging story for young children and complete a full day on campus working directly with K-2 students. Low energy with children will disqualify candidates, regardless of credential strength. 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 equivalent), informed by authentic student data
- Conducting daily motivation sessions that ensure 100% of your students achieve their weekly adaptive-app targets, leveraging Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification)
- Administering and evaluating running records, fluency probes, and decoding assessments to monitor progress and modify upcoming instruction
- Analyzing AI-generated performance data from Alpha's adaptive learning applications to differentiate instruction dynamically, not solely during advance planning
- Serving as the approachable, 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 build lessons directly from 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, teacher coach, or district-level specialist; you work in the classroom with children every day
- Managing a traditional classroom schedule — subject-by-subject lectures, homework review, test preparation; your time is allocated to workshops, motivation sessions, and data-informed small groups
- Grading homework or issuing report cards; student progress is captured in app data and your running records
Key responsibilities
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 within the past 5 years in a school or clinical environment, utilizing systematic phonics or structured literacy
- Proven ability to develop your own reading lessons and clearly explain what you teach and how, without dependence on a published program
- Proven ability to assess reading progress and articulate specific student gains in areas such as fluency, accuracy, phonics, or decoding
- 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 interpretation
- 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 beyond the reading classroom
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