Reading Program Coordinator $100,000 USD/year Pay is set based on global value, not the local market.
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Description
- On-site position at an Alpha School campus: Phoenix, Arizona; Tampa, Florida; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Austin, Texas; Fort Worth, Texas; Houston (South Houston or The Woodlands), Texas; Plano, Texas; Park City (Salt Lake City), Utah
- $100,000 annual salary, full-time, paid on a weekly basis
- Health, dental, and vision coverage begins day one
- Relocation assistance available
You've dedicated years to developing deep expertise in structured literacy. A student's reading miscue reveals exactly which phonemic skill needs attention. Yet traditional classroom settings often underutilize that expertise: classrooms with 25 or more students, inflexible pacing calendars, standardized curricula that disregard what your running records clearly show. If you've ever thought, "These students could make twice the progress if I could teach according to what the data tells me," this role is for you.
Alpha School's 2-Hour Learning model combines AI-adaptive software with targeted human instruction. Academic content is delivered to students through personalized applications they navigate independently. There are no traditional lectures, textbooks, or district-mandated pacing guides. Your expertise becomes essential in the one area where human skill cannot be replaced: small-group reading workshops. Here, you design and deliver structured literacy instruction customized to each student's phonics and decoding stage. You'll leverage real-time, AI-generated performance insights to prepare each session, modify instruction dynamically, and track outcomes through fluency gains, accuracy rates, and decoding progress.
In addition to reading workshops, you'll facilitate motivation sessions designed to keep K-2 students on track with their learning objectives. You become their coach, their advocate, the adult who knows their name, their passions, and precisely where they stand in their literacy development. The goal: 100% of students achieve their weekly targets, and over 90% report that their Guide is someone they genuinely enjoy learning with. This role is not about curriculum coverage; it's about demonstrable, measurable results visible every week. As Alpha grows into additional campuses, the instructional systems you develop will serve as the national blueprint for reading education.
If you're convinced that structured literacy reaches its full potential when it's personalized, evidence-based, and taught by someone who truly energizes a room of young learners, this position transforms that conviction into daily practice. Apply now.
What you will be doing
- Planning and facilitating small-group reading workshops centered on systematic phonics, decoding, and writing for K-2 learners
- Conducting and evaluating running records to determine each student's current reading level and inform targeted lesson planning
- Analyzing AI-generated performance data to modify instruction dynamically during sessions, not only during preparation periods
- Leading motivation sessions that support students in progressing through their learning applications and achieving 100% of weekly targets
- Tailoring instruction across reading groups based on individual learning profiles and developmental needs
What you will NOT be doing
- Implementing a packaged reading curriculum or following scripted lesson plans (you create your own lessons guided by student data)
- Delivering whole-class lectures (instruction takes place exclusively in small, targeted groups)
- Teaching subjects such as math or science (students work through these areas independently using adaptive technology)
- Operating within a conventional classroom schedule with bells, transitions, and uniform pacing calendars
- Grading homework assignments or completing report cards (progress is monitored through app analytics and running records)
Key responsibilities
Provide structured literacy instruction that produces measurable acceleration in K-2 reading proficiency, including phonics, fluency, and decoding skills.
Candidate requirements
- Bachelor's degree in any field
- Master's degree in reading instruction OR certification in structured literacy (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson Reading System, IMSE, CERI, LETRS, Neuhaus, UFLI, or equivalent)
- At least 2 years of full-time K-2 structured reading instruction in a school or clinical environment using systematic phonics or structured literacy methods, completed within the past 5 years
- Demonstrated experience creating original reading lesson plans (not exclusively following a published curriculum)
- Willingness to integrate AI and adaptive learning platforms into instructional planning and analysis of student data
- Willingness to work on-site at an Alpha School campus in one of the specified locations
- Willingness to instruct the full K-2 student population, not limited to intervention or struggling readers
- Authorized to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship
Nice to have
- Prior experience incorporating AI or adaptive learning platforms (such as Lexia, i-Ready, Amira) into instructional design or data interpretation
- Documented ability to measure and communicate specific reading growth from interventions (for example, gains in WCPM fluency or advancement in decoding stages)
- Background in alternative or innovative educational environments (charter schools, micro-schools, Montessori, hybrid models)
- Fluency in both English and Spanish
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