Literacy Specialist, Alpha

Overview

Alpha School is on a mission to reshape education with a bold approach that harnesses AI to accelerate learning and unleash student potential. They don’t play by the old rules. Alpha is creating a new paradigm where students master core academics in just two hours a day, freeing up time for hands-on, passion-driven learning that truly prepares them for the real world.

Alpha School is rewriting the rules of education.

• Creating small-group K-3 reading workshops based on live adaptive-app data, applying structured-literacy principles (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, IMSE, or equivalent)
• Leading daily motivation sessions to ensure 100% of your students meet their weekly app targets using Alpha s motivational system (campus currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification)
• 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 assessments to generate measurable progress visible in weekly campus data meetings
• Serving as the energetic, approachable adult your K-3 students are excited to see each day

• Implementing a published reading curriculum, scripted lesson plan, or district pacing guide; you create lessons directly from student performance data
• Delivering whole-class lectures; all instruction occurs in small, targeted groups while students progress through academic subjects using adaptive applications
• Serving as a reading consultant, teacher coach, or district-level specialist; you work in the classroom with students daily
• Managing a conventional classroom schedule: subject-by-subject lectures, homework review, test preparation. Your time is allocated to workshops, motivation sessions, and data-informed small groups
• Authoring IEPs, 504 plans, or formal diagnostic documentation; student progress is tracked through app data and your running records, not special-education compliance paperwork

Generate measurable reading improvement in K-3 students across phonics, fluency, and comprehension within a campus culture where outcomes are assessed weekly.

• 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 field, plus 2+ years of full-time K-3 structured reading instruction in a school or clinical environment within the past 5 years, utilizing systematic phonics or structured literacy
• Proven capacity to design original reading lessons and clearly explain your instructional approach and rationale, independent of a published program
• Availability to work full-time in person at one Alpha campus:
  Beverly Hills, La Jolla (San Diego), Lake Forest (Orange County), Piedmont, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, or Santa Monica, CA;
  Greenwich, CT;
  Boca Raton, FL;
  Chicago, IL;
  Boston, MA; or New York City, NY (relocation assistance provided)
• Willingness to teach all K-3 students (not exclusively struggling readers) and incorporate AI and adaptive-learning platforms into daily instruction as these tools develop
• Legal authorization to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship

• Direct experience with AI-powered or adaptive reading platforms (e.g., Amira, Lexia, i-Ready, Reading Plus) for instructional planning or analyzing student data
• Documented record of measurable reading outcomes (fluency growth in WCPM, accuracy gains, decoding level progression) with specific figures
• Familiarity with diagnostic reading assessments (DRA, DIBELS, AIMSweb) for creating differentiated instructional groups
• Experience in high-accountability educational settings (independent schools, elite charter networks, premium tutoring programs with families who monitor results closely)
• Background in performance, youth sports coaching, or other activities requiring you to engage a K-3 audience outside traditional reading instruction

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