Description
- $120,000 annual salary paid weekly, with health, dental, and vision coverage starting day one
- Full-time on-site position at a single Alpha campus: Beverly Hills, La Jolla (San Diego), Malibu, Palo Alto, Piedmont, San Francisco, or Santa Monica, CA; Greenwich, CT; Boston, MA; New York City, NY; or Seattle, WA (relocation assistance available)
- 40-hour work week, 100% classroom-based with K-3 students
Your structured-literacy certification — Orton-Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson, IMSE, or a Master's in reading instruction — has opened the door to every K-3 reading position you've pursued. In most roles, it also defined your limits: you delivered someone else's curriculum and tracked compliance. At Alpha, the credential is your entry point. If that difference resonates with you, continue reading.
Alpha has dismantled conventional instruction models. Students advance through academic content independently using AI-adaptive applications. There are no lectures, textbooks, or district pacing calendars. Your expertise fills the space where human judgment cannot be replaced. You create targeted 20-minute small-group workshops informed by live app analytics; brevity is intentional, because focused precision outperforms duration. You also facilitate motivation sessions designed to ensure 100% of students hit their weekly app targets, applying Alpha's motivational framework (campus currency, performance leaderboards, age-appropriate game mechanics). When you catch a miscue during a session, you identify the underlying phonemic deficit and redesign the next workshop before the day ends. This is the expectation.
Families enrolled at these campuses selected Alpha for measurable results, not simply enrollment. Parents receive weekly reports on their child's reading progress, and they expect answers. You will field specific questions about individual student growth, and vague reassurances will not suffice. You must reference running records, identify the phonemic issue, and describe your instructional response. This level of accountability should energize you, not burden you.
Your initial months focus on establishing credibility. Workshops must be engaging, appropriately leveled, and demonstrably effective; direct student satisfaction and "love your Guide" survey results (target 90%+) provide immediate feedback. Once you prove your impact, your influence broadens beyond your classroom: successful instructional strategies you develop become templates adopted across other Alpha campuses, and your diagnostic precision informs reading instruction as Alpha scales. Your contributions extend well beyond your immediate setting.
Prior to hire, you will submit a brief video of yourself telling an engaging story for young children, and you will complete a full-day on-campus trial working directly with K-3 students. Low energy with children is disqualifying, regardless of credential strength. This is intentional. Apply today.
What you will be doing
- Creating small-group K-3 reading workshops informed by real-time adaptive-app analytics, rooted in structured-literacy approaches (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, IMSE, or equivalent)
- Leading daily motivation sessions designed to ensure 100% of students reach their weekly app goals, leveraging Alpha's motivational framework (campus currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification)
- Analyzing AI-generated student performance data (fluency trajectories, decoding precision, comprehension indicators) to modify instruction intra-day, not only during pre-planning
- Conducting running records, fluency assessments, and decoding evaluations that produce measurable gains visible in weekly campus data reviews
- Serving as the approachable, high-energy adult your K-3 students are excited to see daily
What you will NOT be doing
- Implementing a commercial reading curriculum, scripted lesson plan, or district-mandated pacing guide; you build lessons directly from student performance data
- Delivering whole-class lectures; all instruction occurs in small, targeted groups while students engage with adaptive apps for core academic content
- Serving as a reading consultant, instructional coach for other educators, or district-level specialist; you work directly with children in the classroom daily
- Operating a traditional classroom schedule: subject-by-subject lectures, homework correction, standardized test preparation. Your scheduled time is devoted to workshops, motivation sessions, and data-informed small groups
- Drafting IEPs, 504 plans, or formal diagnostic evaluations; student progress is captured in app analytics and your running records, not special-education documentation
Key responsibilities
Deliver quantifiable K-3 reading improvement across phonics, fluency, and comprehension within a campus environment where student outcomes are assessed weekly.
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-3 structured reading instruction in a school or clinical environment within the past 5 years, utilizing systematic phonics or structured literacy
- Proven capacity to independently design reading lessons and clearly articulate instructional methods and content, without depending on a published curriculum
- Commitment to full-time, in-person work at one Alpha campus: Beverly Hills, La Jolla (San Diego), Malibu, Palo Alto, Piedmont, San Francisco, or Santa Monica, CA; Greenwich, CT; Boston, MA; New York City, NY; or Seattle, WA (relocation assistance available)
- Willingness to instruct all K-3 students (not exclusively struggling readers) and incorporate AI and adaptive-learning technologies into daily teaching as these tools develop
- Legal authorization to work in the U.S. without requiring visa sponsorship
Nice to have
- Practical experience using AI-driven or adaptive reading platforms (e.g., Amira, Lexia, i-Ready, Reading Plus) for lesson planning or student data interpretation
- Documented history of measurable reading outcomes (fluency gains in WCPM, accuracy gains, decoding level progression) with specific data you can cite
- Familiarity with diagnostic reading assessments (DRA, DIBELS, AIMSweb) for creating differentiated instructional groups
- Background in high-accountability educational settings (independent schools, top-tier charter networks, premium tutoring environments with outcome-focused families)
- Experience in performance, youth sports coaching, or other activities requiring you to engage and hold the attention of K-3 audiences outside traditional reading instruction
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