Literacy Specialist, Alpha

Position: Literacy Specialist, Alpha - $120,000/year USD

Compensation & Location

• $120,000 annual salary paid weekly, health/dental/vision coverage begins on day one
• Full-time on-site at a single Alpha campus location:
  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, fully in‑classroom with kindergarten through second‑grade students

About the Role At Alpha, academic content is mastered independently through AI‑adaptive applications. You build 20‑minute small‑group workshops using real‑time app analytics; sessions are intentionally brief, because targeted work outperforms duration. You also facilitate motivation sessions designed to propel 100% of students toward their weekly app targets using Alpha’s behavioral model (campus currency, performance leaderboards, developmentally appropriate game mechanics).

You catch a miscue during instruction, isolate the phonemic deficit, and recalibrate tomorrow’s workshop before the day ends. What You Will Be Doing

• Creating small‑group kindergarten through second‑grade literacy workshops driven by live adaptive‑app analytics, anchored in structured‑literacy approaches (Orton‑Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, IMSE, or equivalent)
• Leading daily motivational sessions to ensure 100% of your students reach weekly app objectives using Alpha’s behavioral system (campus currency, leaderboards, age‑appropriate game mechanics)
• Analyzing AI‑generated performance metrics (fluency trajectories, decoding precision, comprehension indicators) to modify instruction in real time, not only during planning periods
• Conducting running records, fluency probes, and decoding evaluations to generate progress visible in weekly campus data meetings
• Serving as the engaging, high‑energy adult your K‑2 students are excited to see each day

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Implementing a commercial reading curriculum, scripted lesson sequence, or district pacing calendar; you create lessons directly from student performance data
• Delivering whole‑class lectures; all teaching occurs in small, targeted groups while students engage with academic content through adaptive apps
• Serving as a literacy consultant, instructional coach for colleagues, or district‑level specialist; you work directly with children in the classroom daily
• Managing a conventional classroom schedule: subject‑by‑subject lectures, homework correction, test preparation. Your instructional time is allocated to workshops, motivation sessions, and data‑informed small groups
• Drafting IEPs, 504 plans, or formal diagnostic evaluations; student advancement is documented through app analytics and your running records, not special‑education compliance documents

Key Responsibilities

Generate documented K‑2 reading advancement across phonics, fluency, and comprehension within a campus culture where performance is assessed weekly.

Basic 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 instructional content and methodology without depending on a published program
• Commitment to full‑time on‑site work 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 technologies into daily practice as these tools develop
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. without requiring visa sponsorship

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