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$100,000 annual salary, paid weekly, with health, dental, and vision coverage starting day one Full-time on-site position at an Alpha campus in 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 weekly commitment, 100% in-classroom time with kindergarten through second-grade students You've dedicated years to mastering structured literacy. Whether Orton-Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson, IMSE, or a Master's in reading instruction, you can identify a student's miscue and pinpoint the exact phonemic gap to address. You can create a phonics lesson from scratch without a scripted program. That's the baseline. It's not what sets you apart. What sets you apart is that six-year-olds brighten when you enter the room. At Alpha, this position is first and foremost a
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a dynamic, magnetic presence children are excited to work with. Your structured-literacy knowledge opens the door; your capacity to captivate a K-2 classroom during a 20-minute workshop is what earns you the role. If "dynamic, magnetic presence" doesn't characterize you, this position isn't the right fit. Alpha has reimagined traditional education. Students advance through academic content independently using AI-adaptive applications — no lectures, no textbooks, no pacing calendars. Your position represents the one area where human expertise cannot be replaced. You create small-group reading workshops informed by live student performance metrics, and you facilitate motivation sessions that inspire 100% of your students to reach their weekly app targets using Alpha's motivational framework (campus currency, leaderboards, developmentally appropriate gamification). Your initial months focus on winning the room. Workshops must be engaging, appropriately leveled, and demonstrably effective. Student satisfaction metrics and "love your Guide" feedback (target 90%+) provide direct measurement. As you demonstrate success, your responsibilities expand: analyzing AI-generated performance analytics to modify subsequent instruction, communicating fluency progress and decoding advancement to families, and influencing how Alpha's K-2 literacy approach develops alongside adaptive technology. As Alpha grows to additional campuses, your work becomes the blueprint for reading instruction across the network. Before hiring, you'll submit a brief video sharing an engaging story for young children, and you'll complete a full day on campus working directly with K-2 learners. Low energy with children will disqualify you, regardless of credential strength. That's intentional. Apply today. What you will be doing Creating and facilitating small-group K-2 literacy workshops rooted in structured-literacy approaches (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, IMSE, or comparable), informed by actual student performance data Facilitating daily motivation sessions that inspire 100% of students to achieve their weekly adaptive-app targets, leveraging Alpha's motivational framework (campus currency, leaderboards, developmentally appropriate gamification) Conducting and evaluating running records, fluency assessments, and decoding measures to monitor progress and refine subsequent instruction Analyzing AI-generated performance metrics from Alpha's adaptive learning platforms to differentiate instruction dynamically, beyond advance planning Serving as the approachable, energetic adult your K-2 learners are eager to see daily What you will NOT be doing Implementing a published reading curriculum, scripted program, or district pacing calendar; you create your own lessons using student data Delivering whole-group lectures; all instruction occurs in small, targeted groups while students complete academic subjects through adaptive applications Serving as a reading consultant, teacher coach, or district-level specialist; you work in the classroom with children daily Managing a traditional classroom schedule — subject-by-subject lectures, homework checks, test preparation; your scheduled blocks consist of workshops, motivation sessions, and data-informed small groups Scoring homework or issuing report cards; student advancement is tracked through app analytics and your running records Key Responsibilities Provide structured-literacy instruction that measurably accelerates K-2 reading performance across phonics, fluency, and decoding. 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, employing systematic phonics or structured literacy Proven ability to create your own reading lessons and explain what you teach and how, without depending on a published program Willingness to work in person full-time 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) Willingness to work with all K-2 learners (not exclusively struggling readers) and to incorporate AI and adaptive-learning tools into daily instruction Legal authorization to work in the U.S. or Puerto Rico without visa sponsorship Bilingual English/Spanish required for the Dorado, Puerto Rico campus 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 advancement) you can quantify Experience in non-traditional or innovative educational models (charter, micro-school, Montessori, hybrid) Experience performing, coaching youth sports, or otherwise engaging a K-2 audience beyond the literacy classroom This position is also known as: Literacy Specialist Reading Specialist Reading Coach Reading Interventionist Instructional Coach Reading Tutor Learning Specialist Educational Technology Specialist Instructional Coordinator Reading Program Coordinator Literacy Program Coordinator Literacy Coach
