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Reading Interventionist $120,000 USD/year
Description
- $120,000 annual salary paid weekly, with health, dental, and vision benefits starting day one
- Full-time on-site position at a single Alpha campus: Beverly Hills, La Jolla (San Diego), Lake Forest (Orange County), Palo Alto, Piedmont, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, or South Bay (LA), CA; Greenwich, CT; Boca Raton or Miami Beach, FL; Chicago, IL; Boston, MA; Charlotte, NC; or New York City, NY (relocation assistance available)
- 40-hour work week, 100% classroom-based with K-2 students
Your structured-literacy credential—Orton-Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson, IMSE, or a Master's in reading instruction—has opened doors at every K-2 reading position you've pursued. At most schools, it also defines your ceiling: you execute someone else's curriculum and document results. At Alpha, the credential is where you begin. If that difference resonates with you, continue reading.
Alpha has redesigned traditional instruction. Academic coursework is completed independently by students using AI-adaptive applications. There are no lectures, textbooks, or pacing guides. Your position is where a human expert cannot be replaced. You create 20-minute small-group workshops using real-time application data; sessions are intentionally brief because precision is more effective than duration. You also lead motivation sessions that push 100% of students toward weekly app targets through Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification). You catch a miscue during a session, identify the phonemic deficit, and redesign the next workshop before the day ends. This is the expectation.
Families at Alpha campuses have selected Alpha for measurable results, not simply enrollment. Parents receive weekly data about their child's reading progress and they respond. You will face direct questions about individual student advancement, and "they're doing fine" will not suffice. You must reference the running record, identify the phonemic weakness, and describe your instructional response. This level of accountability should energize you, not create resistance.
Your initial months focus on establishing credibility. Workshops must be engaging, appropriately leveled, and demonstrably effective; student satisfaction and "love your Guide" survey results (target 90%+) provide direct feedback. Once you demonstrate success, your influence expands beyond your classroom: strategies that work for your students become models replicated at other Alpha campuses, and your diagnostic precision informs how reading instruction evolves as Alpha scales. Your impact extends well beyond your own students.
Before hiring, you will submit a short video in which you tell an engaging story for young children, and you will complete a full day on campus working directly with K-2 students. Low energy with children will disqualify you, regardless of credential strength. This is intentional. Apply today.
What you will be doing
- Creating small-group K-2 reading workshops using live adaptive-app data, anchored in structured-literacy approaches (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, IMSE, or equivalent)
- Leading daily motivation sessions that drive 100% of students to weekly app goals through Alpha's motivational system (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification)
- Analyzing AI-generated performance data (fluency trajectories, decoding accuracy, comprehension indicators) to modify instruction mid-day, not only during planning periods
- Conducting running records, fluency probes, and decoding assessments to generate gains observable in weekly campus data reviews
- Serving as the energetic, relatable adult your K-2 students are excited to see each day
What you will NOT be doing
- Implementing a published reading curriculum, scripted program, or district pacing guide; you create lessons directly from student data
- Delivering lectures to a full classroom; all instruction occurs in small, targeted groups while students complete academic subjects through adaptive apps
- Serving as a reading consultant, teacher coach, or district-level specialist; you are in the classroom with students every day
- Managing a traditional classroom schedule: subject-by-subject lectures, homework review, test preparation. Your scheduled time is devoted to workshops, motivation sessions, and data-informed small groups
- Authoring IEPs, 504 plans, or formal diagnostic reports; student progress is tracked through app data and your running records, not special-education documentation
Key responsibilities
Generate measurable K-2 reading improvement across phonics, fluency, and comprehension within a campus culture where results 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-2 structured reading instruction in a school or clinical environment within the past 5 years, utilizing systematic phonics or structured literacy
- Proven capacity to create original reading lessons and clearly explain what and how you teach, without dependence on a published program
- Availability to work full-time in person at one Alpha campus: Beverly Hills, La Jolla (San Diego), Lake Forest (Orange County), Palo Alto, Piedmont, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, or South Bay (LA), CA; Greenwich, CT; Boca Raton or Miami Beach, FL; Chicago, IL; Boston, MA; Charlotte, NC; or New York City, NY (relocation assistance available)
- Readiness to work with all K-2 students (not exclusively struggling readers) and incorporate AI and adaptive-learning tools into daily instruction as those tools develop
- Legal authorization to work in the U.S. without requiring 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 outcomes (fluency gains in WCPM, accuracy improvement, decoding level progression) you can cite with specific numbers
- Familiarity with diagnostic reading assessments (DRA, DIBELS, AIMSweb) for creating differentiated instructional groups
- Experience in high-accountability educational settings (independent schools, elite charter networks, premium tutoring with outcome-focused families)
- Background in performance, youth sports coaching, or other activities involving engaging K-2 audiences outside traditional reading instruction
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