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 full health, dental, and vision coverage starting day one
- On-site position at one of Alpha's campuses: 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-hour workweek, 100% of time spent in classroom with K-2 students
You've dedicated years to becoming proficient in structured literacy. Whether through Orton-Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson, IMSE, or a Master's in reading instruction, you've developed the ability to identify a student's miscue and pinpoint the exact phonemic skill to address. You can craft a phonics lesson without reliance on scripted materials. That level of expertise is expected. It's not what sets you apart.
What sets you apart is your ability to make six-year-olds excited when you enter the room. At Alpha, this position is fundamentally about being a Guide: a dynamic, engaging presence that young students genuinely enjoy learning 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 role. If you don't naturally embody "dynamic, engaging presence," this position isn't the right fit.
Alpha has redesigned how instruction works. Students progress through academic content independently using AI-adaptive applications — no traditional lectures, textbooks, or pacing calendars. Your position represents the one area where human expertise cannot be replaced. You'll create small-group reading workshops informed by live student performance metrics, and you'll facilitate motivation sessions designed to ensure 100% of your students reach their weekly app targets through Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification).
Your initial months focus on establishing rapport and credibility. Workshops must be engaging, appropriately leveled, and demonstrably effective. Student satisfaction metrics and "love your Guide" survey results (target 90%+) directly measure your success. Once you've established yourself, your responsibilities expand: analyzing AI-generated performance insights to modify subsequent instruction, communicating fluency improvements and decoding progress to parents, and contributing to how Alpha's K-2 reading methodology develops in tandem with adaptive technology. As Alpha opens additional campuses, your work becomes the template for reading instruction across the network.
Before extending an offer, we'll ask you to submit a brief video presenting an engaging story for young children, and you'll participate in a full-day campus visit working directly with K-2 students. Low energy with children will disqualify candidates regardless of credential strength. This is 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 equivalent), informed by live student performance data
- Conducting daily motivation sessions designed to ensure 100% of students achieve their weekly adaptive-app targets, applying 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 upcoming instruction
- Analyzing AI-generated performance metrics from Alpha's adaptive learning platforms to differentiate instruction dynamically, not only during pre-planning
- Serving as the approachable, dynamic adult presence your K-2 students are excited to work with each day
What you will NOT be doing
- Implementing a published reading curriculum, scripted program, or district pacing calendar; you'll design lessons independently based on student data
- Delivering lectures to whole classrooms; all instruction occurs in targeted, small groups while students complete academic subjects through adaptive applications
- Serving as a reading consultant, instructional coach, or district-level specialist; you'll be in the classroom with students daily
- Managing a traditional classroom schedule — subject-by-subject lectures, homework correction, test preparation; your time is allocated to workshops, motivation sessions, and data-informed small groups
- Evaluating homework or producing report cards; student advancement is tracked through app analytics and your assessment records
Key responsibilities
Provide structured-literacy instruction that produces measurable acceleration in K-2 reading performance across phonics, fluency, and decoding domains.
Candidate requirements
- Structured-literacy certification (Orton-Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson Reading System, IMSE, CERI, Neuhaus, UFLI, or equivalent) OR 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 capacity to independently design reading lessons and clearly explain your instructional methods and content, without dependence on a published program
- Availability to work in person full-time at one of Alpha's campuses: 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 instruct all K-2 students (not exclusively struggling readers) and to incorporate AI and adaptive-learning platforms into daily instruction
- Legal authorization to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship
Nice to have
- Direct 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 gains (fluency improvements in WCPM, accuracy increases, decoding level progression) with specific numerical evidence
- 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 formal reading instruction
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