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Instructional Coach, Alpha - $100,000/year USD Crossover - 3.3 Austin, TX Job Details Full-time 21 hours ago Benefits Relocation assistance Health insurance Dental insurance Vision insurance Qualifications School experience Foreign language proficiency Youth programs teaching experience Learning technology Engaging lesson design (student motivation techniques) Working with students Educational program planning Elementary school teaching Teaching experience with young children Working with youth Full Job Description $100,000 annual salary, paid weekly, with health, dental, and vision coverage from day one Full-time on-site at a single Alpha campus: 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 (relocation assistance available) 40-hour work week, 100% classroom-based with students in grades K-2 You have built deep expertise in structured literacy over years of practice. Whether through Orton-Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson, IMSE, or a graduate degree in reading instruction, you can identify a phonemic weakness from a single miscue and construct a phonics lesson without a script. That foundation is expected. It is not what sets you apart. What distinguishes you is your ability to captivate young learners. At Alpha, this position is defined first by your role as a
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a dynamic, magnetic presence that six-year-olds are excited to work with. Your structured-literacy credentials open the door; your capacity to engage a K-2 classroom for a focused 20-minute session is what secures the offer. If the phrase "dynamic, magnetic presence" does not resonate with you, this role is not a fit. Alpha has redesigned conventional instruction. Academic content is delivered independently through AI-adaptive applications—no traditional lectures, printed textbooks, or prescribed pacing calendars. Your position represents the irreplaceable human element. You create small-group reading workshops informed by live student performance metrics, and you facilitate motivation sessions designed to ensure every student meets their weekly app-based targets using Alpha's motivational framework (classroom economy, performance tracking, developmentally appropriate game mechanics). Your initial months focus on building rapport and credibility. Workshops must be engaging, appropriately leveled, and demonstrably effective. Student satisfaction metrics and "Guide favorability" survey results (goal: 90%+) provide direct feedback. Once you establish that foundation, your responsibilities expand: translating AI-generated analytics into instructional adjustments for subsequent sessions, communicating fluency progress and decoding milestones to families, and contributing to the evolution of Alpha's K-2 literacy framework alongside the adaptive technology. As Alpha scales to additional locations, the systems you develop will inform reading instruction across the network. Before an offer is extended, you will submit a brief video delivering an engaging narrative for young children, and you will complete a full-day campus visit working directly with K-2 students. Low energy with children will disqualify candidacy, regardless of credential strength. This is intentional. Submit your application today. What you will be doing Creating and facilitating small-group K-2 reading workshops rooted in structured-literacy approaches (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, IMSE, or similar), informed by live student performance data Conducting daily motivation sessions aimed at ensuring 100% of your students achieve their weekly adaptive-app targets, leveraging Alpha's motivational framework (classroom economy, performance tracking, developmentally appropriate game mechanics) Conducting and interpreting running records, fluency assessments, and decoding evaluations to monitor progress and refine instruction for subsequent sessions Analyzing AI-generated performance metrics from Alpha's adaptive platforms to differentiate instruction dynamically during sessions, not only during preparation Serving as the approachable, energetic adult presence your K-2 students are excited to see each day What you will NOT be doing Implementing a commercially published reading curriculum, scripted lesson sequence, or district-mandated pacing guide; you create lessons directly from student data Delivering whole-class lectures; all instruction occurs in targeted small groups while students engage with academic content through adaptive applications Serving as a reading consultant, instructional coach for other educators, or district-level literacy specialist; you work directly with children in the classroom daily Managing a traditional classroom schedule—subject-by-subject instruction, homework correction, test preparation; your time is allocated to workshops, motivation sessions, and data-informed small-group work Evaluating homework assignments or completing report cards; progress is documented through app-generated data and your literacy assessments Key Responsibilities Provide structured-literacy instruction that produces measurable acceleration in K-2 reading performance across phonics, fluency, and decoding skills. 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, combined with at least 2 years of full-time K-2 structured reading instruction delivered in a school or clinical environment using systematic phonics or structured literacy Proven capacity to independently design reading lessons and clearly explain your instructional methods and content without dependence on a published program Availability to work full-time in person at one Alpha campus: 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 (relocation assistance available) Openness to working with the full K-2 student population (not exclusively intervention or struggling readers) and to incorporating AI and adaptive-learning platforms into daily instruction Legal authorization to work in the United States or Puerto Rico without requiring visa sponsorship English/Spanish bilingual proficiency required for the Dorado, Puerto Rico campus Nice to have Direct experience using AI-powered or adaptive reading platforms (e.g., Amira, Lexia, i-Ready, Reading Plus) for instructional planning or student data interpretation Documented reading outcomes with quantifiable results (fluency gains measured in WCPM, accuracy percentage improvement, decoding level progression) you can articulate with specific numbers Experience in non-traditional or innovative educational environments (charter schools, micro-schools, Montessori, hybrid models) Experience in performance, youth sports coaching, or other roles requiring audience engagement with K-2 age groups outside formal reading instruction This position is also known as: Literacy Specialist Reading Specialist Reading Coach Reading Interventionist Reading Tutor Learning Specialist Educational Technology Specialist Instructional Coordinator Literacy Coordinator Reading Program Coordinator Literacy Program Coordinator Literacy Coach
