Literacy Specialist $120,000 USD/year Pay is set based on global value, not the local market.
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Description
- On-site at an Alpha campus: Lake Forest CA, Palo Alto CA, Piedmont CA, San Francisco CA, Santa Monica CA, Greenwich CT, Chicago IL, Boston MA, New York City NY, or Chantilly VA (relocation assistance available)
- Annual salary of $120,000, paid weekly. Health, dental, and vision coverage begins day one
- Daily integration of AI-powered tools and adaptive learning technology into instruction
You know that 20 minutes of precisely targeted reading instruction delivers more impact than 90 minutes of scripted lessons, and your student outcomes confirm it. You've seen children stuck on phonics plateaus make breakthroughs because you identified their specific gaps, not because a program dictated the next step. If building your own lessons from live student data feels like autonomy instead of burden, this opportunity is for you.
Alpha's reading instruction operates on one core principle: every minute counts. Your workshops run for 20 minutes and are designed around each student's actual needs, not what a pacing guide prescribes. You'll assess reading ability, organize targeted groups, and provide high-impact structured literacy instruction (phonics, fluency, comprehension) for 4-7 year olds that produces measurable weekly progress. AI-powered adaptive platforms work alongside you, producing performance data you'll analyze to modify the next day's lesson before the current session concludes.
The role evolves. During year one, you're immersed in classroom delivery: facilitating workshops, leading motivational activities that transform reluctant readers into enthusiastic learners, and providing detailed observations to the technology team refining Alpha's AI literacy platform. As these tools expand and your input informs their development, your influence extends beyond your immediate students. You'll contribute to building a reading program that scales across campuses, converting what you accomplish with 15 children into a framework that serves hundreds.
If you've dedicated your career to proving structured literacy's effectiveness and you're prepared to combine that expertise with technology that magnifies it, this is where your influence transcends your classroom's physical boundaries.
What you will be doing
- Creating and facilitating 20-minute reading workshops based on your own diagnostic evaluation of each student's reading ability and specific gaps
- Leveraging AI-generated student performance data to modify groupings and lesson priorities between sessions, not waiting for quarterly reviews
- Facilitating motivational activities that cultivate intrinsic reading motivation, applying age-appropriate gamification and personalized goal-setting with K-2 learners
- Piloting and assessing AI literacy tools during live workshops, then delivering structured feedback to the technology team regarding effectiveness and limitations
- Monitoring measurable results (fluency progress, decoding level advancement, accuracy gains) and applying them to refine your methods on a weekly basis
What you will NOT be doing
- Implementing a scripted or packaged reading curriculum. You diagnose student needs and create instruction independently.
- Conducting 60-90 minute lecture-based literacy blocks. Sessions are brief, targeted, and high-intensity.
- Working exclusively with struggling readers. You'll teach all K-2 students at various reading levels.
- Operating independently from technology. AI adaptive tools are integrated into your everyday workflow, not an occasional supplement.
- Postponing instructional adjustments until quarterly data reviews. You modify in real time based on current data.
Key responsibilities
Guide early elementary students to grade-level reading proficiency through adaptive, AI-enhanced structured literacy instruction.
Candidate requirements
- Bachelor's degree (any field)
- Master's in reading instruction OR structured literacy certification (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson Reading System, IMSE, CERI, LETRS, Neuhaus, UFLI, or equivalent)
- 2+ years of full-time K-2 structured reading instruction in a school or clinical environment within the last 5 years, applying systematic phonics or structured literacy
- Capability to design independent reading lessons and articulate clearly what you teach and your methods, without depending on a published program
- Willingness to work on-site at an Alpha campus (Lake Forest CA, Palo Alto CA, Piedmont CA, San Francisco CA, Santa Monica CA, Greenwich CT, Chicago IL, Boston MA, New York City NY, or Chantilly VA; relocation assistance available)
- Willingness to incorporate AI and adaptive learning tools daily and adjust as these tools develop
- Legally authorized to work in the U.S. without requiring visa sponsorship
Nice to have
- Experience administering diagnostic reading assessments (e.g., DRA, DIBELS, AIMSweb) for creating differentiated groups
- Demonstrated record of measurable student reading improvements you can articulate with specific data (e.g., advanced 12 students from Level C to Level G within one semester)
- Background partnering with edtech teams, product teams, or instructional designers on tool creation
- Experience in a startup, micro-school, or non-traditional educational environment where you developed systems instead of following established ones
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