Literacy Coordinator $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 located in 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)
- $120,000/year salary with weekly pay. Health, dental, and vision coverage starts on day one
- Daily instruction supported by AI-driven tools and adaptive learning technology
You've built your practice on the conviction that 20 minutes of precisely calibrated reading instruction delivers more than 90 minutes of scripted lessons—and your student outcomes back that up. You've seen students move past phonics stalls because you identified the specific gap, not because a curriculum told you where to go next. If the idea of building lessons directly from live student data feels like opportunity rather than burden, this role is worth your attention.
Alpha's reading instruction operates from a single principle: every minute counts. Your workshops run for 20 minutes and target what individual students need right now, not what a scope-and-sequence document prescribes. You'll evaluate reading levels, organize targeted groups, and provide high-impact structured literacy instruction—phonics, fluency, comprehension—to students aged 4-7, driving measurable progress each week. AI-enabled adaptive platforms run parallel to your work, producing performance data you'll apply to refine the next day's lesson before the current session wraps.
This position evolves. During your first year, you'll be classroom-focused: facilitating workshops, leading motivational activities that convert hesitant readers into enthusiastic ones, and delivering detailed observations to the technology team responsible for advancing Alpha's AI literacy tools. As those tools mature and your input informs their design, your influence reaches beyond your immediate students. You'll contribute to a reading framework that operates across multiple campuses, scaling what you accomplish with 15 students into a model that serves hundreds.
If your career has centered on demonstrating that structured literacy produces results, and you're prepared to combine that knowledge with technology that extends your reach, this is where your impact transcends the limits of a single classroom.
What you will be doing
- Creating and facilitating 20-minute reading workshops informed by your own diagnostic evaluation of each student's reading level and specific needs
- Applying AI-generated performance data to modify groupings and instructional priorities between sessions, rather than waiting for quarterly assessments
- Leading motivational activities that cultivate intrinsic reading motivation through age-appropriate gamification and personalized goal-setting with K-2 learners
- Evaluating AI literacy platforms during live instruction, then delivering structured feedback to the technology team regarding effectiveness and limitations
- Monitoring measurable progress indicators (fluency growth, decoding advancement, accuracy rates) and applying findings to adjust your methods on a weekly basis
What you will NOT be doing
- Implementing a scripted or pre-packaged reading curriculum. You assess needs and create instruction independently.
- Conducting 60-90 minute lecture-based literacy sessions. Instruction is brief, targeted, and intensive.
- Serving only students who struggle with reading. You'll teach all K-2 learners across the full spectrum of abilities.
- Working apart from technology. AI adaptive platforms are integrated into your everyday practice, not an occasional supplement.
- Deferring instructional adjustments until quarterly data cycles. You modify your approach in real time based on current data.
Key responsibilities
Advance early elementary students to grade-level reading proficiency through adaptive, AI-supported structured literacy instruction.
Candidate requirements
- Bachelor's degree (any subject)
- Master's degree 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 setting within the last 5 years, utilizing systematic phonics or structured literacy
- Capacity to develop your own reading lessons and articulate what you teach and how, without dependence 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 integrate AI and adaptive learning platforms into daily instruction and adjust as tools develop
- Legally authorized to work in the U.S. without need for visa sponsorship
Nice to have
- Familiarity with diagnostic reading assessments (e.g., DRA, DIBELS, AIMSweb) for creating differentiated instructional groups
- Documented history of measurable student reading growth with specific data you can reference (e.g., advanced 12 students from Level C to Level G within one semester)
- Prior collaboration with edtech teams, product teams, or instructional design groups on tool creation
- Experience in a startup, micro-school, or alternative education setting where you developed systems instead of following existing ones
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