Literacy Specialist, Alpha

• $100,000/year salary, paid weekly, with health, dental, and vision benefits starting on day one
• Full-time on-site at one Alpha campus:
  Phoenix, AZ;
  Oklahoma City or Tulsa, OK;
  Nashville, TN;
  Austin, Fort Worth, Houston (South Houston or The Woodlands), Plano, TX;
  Park City (Salt Lake City), UT; or Dorado, Puerto Rico (relocation assistance available)
• 40‑hour work week, 100% in‑classroom time with K‑2 students

Alpha values structured literacy expertise—Orton‑Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson, IMSE, or a Master’s in reading instruction. You detect a student’s miscue, identify the phonemic gap, and create independent phonics lessons. This baseline is required; what sets you apart is the ability to captivate a K‑2 classroom with a high‑energy presence for a 20‑minute workshop. If you lack that charisma, this role is not a fit.

Traditional instruction has been eliminated. Students progress through academic content independently using AI‑adaptive applications—no lectures, no textbooks, no pacing calendars. Your work creates small‑group reading workshops based on real‑time student performance data, and you facilitate motivation sessions to ensure 100% of your students reach their weekly app targets using Alpha’s motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, age‑appropriate gamification).

• Creating and facilitating small‑group K‑2 reading workshops rooted in structured‑literacy approaches (Orton‑Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, IMSE, or equivalent), informed by real student data
• Facilitating daily motivation sessions to ensure all students achieve their weekly adaptive‑app targets, leveraging Alpha’s framework (school currency, leaderboards, gamification)
• Conducting and interpreting running records, fluency probes, and decoding assessments to monitor progress and refine instruction
• Analyzing AI‑generated performance data from Alpha’s adaptive learning applications to differentiate instruction in real time, not only during planning
• Serving as the approachable, energetic adult your K‑2 students eagerly anticipate each day

• Adhering to a published reading curriculum, scripted program, or district pacing calendar; you create your own lessons based on student data
• Delivering lectures to a full classroom; all instruction occurs in small, focused 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 children daily
• Managing a traditional classroom block—subject‑by‑subject lectures, homework review, test preparation; your scheduled time consists of workshops, motivation sessions, and data‑driven small groups
• Grading homework or issuing report cards; student progress is tracked in app data and running records

• 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, using systematic phonics or structured literacy
• Proven ability to create your own reading lessons and clearly explain what you teach and how, without dependence 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), Plano, TX;
  Park City (Salt Lake City), UT; or Dorado, Puerto Rico (relocation assistance available)
• Willingness to work with all K‑2 students (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 requiring visa sponsorship
• Bilingual English/Spanish proficiency required for the Dorado, Puerto Rico campus

• 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 record of measurable reading outcomes (fluency gains in WCPM, accuracy…