Literacy Program Coordinator
$100,000 USD/year Pay is set based on global value, not the local market. Most roles = hourly rate x 40 hrs x 50 weeks 

Phoenix, AZ; Oklahoma City or Tulsa, OK; Nashville, TN; Austin, Fort Worth, Houston (South Houston or The Woodlands), or Plano, TX; Park City (Salt Lake City), UT; or Dorado, Puerto Rico
8:00 - 5:00 M-F
In-person
full-time (40 hrs/week)
Long-term role

Literacy Program Coordinator   $100,000 USD/year

Description

  • $100,000 annual salary paid weekly, health/dental/vision coverage begins day one
  • Full-time on-site position at an Alpha campus in 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 spent entirely in the classroom with K-2 learners

You have deep training in structured literacy. Orton-Gillingham. LETRS. Wilson. IMSE. Or a Master's focused on reading. You listen to a miscue and pinpoint the phonemic weakness. You build phonics lessons without a script. That expertise is your baseline, not your differentiator.

What sets you apart is your presence with young children. At Alpha, the role of Guide comes first: you are a magnetic, high-energy figure whom six-year-olds are excited to work with. Your structured-literacy training opens the door; your capacity to hold K-2 students engaged for a 20-minute workshop determines whether you are hired. If "magnetic, high-energy" does not capture who you are, this position is not a fit.

Alpha has dismantled conventional instruction. Students advance through academic content independently on AI-adaptive platforms—no lectures, no textbooks, no district calendars. Your position represents the one irreplaceable human touchpoint. You create small-group reading workshops informed by live student performance data, and you facilitate motivation sessions that ensure 100% of students reach their weekly app targets, leveraging Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate game mechanics).

Your initial months center on building rapport. Workshops must be engaging, appropriately leveled, and demonstrably effective. Student satisfaction metrics and "love your Guide" survey results (goal: 90%+) track that directly. Once you establish credibility, your influence expands: reading AI-generated performance analytics to refine upcoming instruction, communicating fluency gains and decoding progress to families, and helping shape Alpha's evolving K-2 literacy strategy alongside adaptive technology. As Alpha opens additional campuses, the systems you develop become the blueprint for reading instruction across the organization.

Prior to hiring, you will submit a brief video of yourself delivering an engaging story for young children, and you will complete a full-day campus visit working directly with K-2 students. Low energy with children disqualifies strong credentials. That is intentional. Submit your application now.

What you will be doing

  • Creating and facilitating small-group K-2 reading workshops rooted in structured-literacy principles (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, IMSE, or comparable), informed by live student data
  • Running daily motivation sessions that ensure every student meets their weekly adaptive-app targets, applying Alpha's motivational system (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate game elements)
  • Conducting and interpreting running records, fluency assessments, and decoding evaluations to monitor progress and refine instruction for each session
  • Analyzing AI-generated performance data from Alpha's adaptive platforms to differentiate instruction dynamically, not only during advance preparation
  • Serving as the approachable, energetic adult presence your K-2 students are excited to see daily

What you will NOT be doing

  • Implementing a packaged reading curriculum, scripted lesson sequence, or district timeline; you build lessons directly from student performance data
  • Delivering whole-class lectures; instruction occurs in targeted small groups while students engage with adaptive apps for core academic subjects
  • Serving as a reading consultant, teacher coach, or district administrator; you work in the classroom with children daily
  • Managing a conventional classroom schedule—subject-by-subject lectures, homework correction, test preparation; your time is devoted to workshops, motivation sessions, and data-informed small-group instruction
  • Assigning grades or completing report cards; progress tracking relies on app analytics and your assessment records

Key responsibilities

Provide structured-literacy instruction that produces measurable acceleration in K-2 reading outcomes across phonics, fluency, and decoding.

Candidate requirements

  • Certification in structured literacy (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 a minimum of 2 years' full-time experience delivering K-2 structured reading instruction in a school or clinical environment, utilizing systematic phonics or structured literacy
  • Proven ability to independently design reading lessons and clearly explain your instructional content and methods, without dependence on a published program
  • Availability to work on-site 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 provided)
  • Willingness to teach all K-2 students (not exclusively struggling readers) and to incorporate AI and adaptive-learning technologies into everyday instruction
  • Legal authorization to work in the United States without visa sponsorship

Nice to have

  • Direct experience using AI-powered or adaptive reading tools (e.g., Amira, Lexia, i-Ready, Reading Plus) for instructional planning or student data interpretation
  • Documented reading outcomes you can quantify (fluency growth in WCPM, accuracy gains, decoding level progression) with specific figures
  • Experience in alternative or innovative education models (charter, micro-school, Montessori, hybrid)
  • Experience in performance, youth sports coaching, or other contexts where you captivated a K-2 audience outside traditional reading instruction

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