Reading Program Coordinator, Alpha

Salary: $120,000 per year, paid weekly. Health, dental, and vision coverage start day one. On-campus position at one Alpha location (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 is available. Full-time 40 hours per week, 100% classroom-based instruction with K‑3 students.

• Creating small‑group K‑3 reading workshops from live adaptive‑app data, anchored in structured‑literacy approaches (Orton‑Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, IMSE, or equivalent).
• Conducting daily motivation sessions that ensure 100% of your students achieve their weekly app targets using Alpha’s motivational model (school currency, leaderboards, age‑appropriate gamification).
• Analyzing AI‑generated performance data (fluency curves, decoding accuracy, comprehension signal) to modify instruction mid‑day as well as during pre‑planning.
• Delivering running records, fluency probes, and decoding assessments to generate gains visible in weekly campus data reviews.
• Serving as the engaging, high‑energy adult your K‑3 students anticipate seeing every day.

• Implementing a published reading curriculum, scripted program, or district pacing calendar; you create lessons from student data.
• Delivering lectures to a full classroom; all instruction occurs in small, targeted groups and students complete academic subjects through adaptive apps.
• Serving as a reading consultant, coach to other teachers, or district‑level specialist; you are classroom‑based with children every day.
• Running a traditional classroom schedule: subject‑by‑subject lectures, homework review, test preparation. Your scheduled blocks consist of workshops, motivation sessions, and data‑driven small groups instead.
• Preparing IEPs, 504 plans, or formal diagnostic reports; student progress resides in app data and your running records, not in special‑education documentation.

Generate measurable K‑3 reading gains across phonics, fluency, and comprehension in a campus environment 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 last five years, using systematic phonics or structured literacy.
• Proven ability to create your own reading lessons and clearly explain what you teach and how, without depending on a published program.
• Commitment to work in person full‑time at one Alpha campus (list of locations).
• Willingness to work with all K‑3 students (not exclusively struggling readers) and incorporate AI and adaptive‑learning tools into daily instruction as those tools develop.
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship.

• Practical 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.
• Familiarity with diagnostic reading assessments (DRA, DIBELS, AIMSweb) for creating differentiated groups.
• Experience in high‑accountability educational settings (independent, elite charter, premium tutoring with families who monitor outcomes closely).
• Background in performing, coaching youth sports, or otherwise engaging a K‑3 audience outside the reading classroom.

Alpha reimagines the school day around faster learning, stronger mentorship, and more time for students to build real‑world skills. Alpha hires teachers (guides), operators, admissions experts, school & curriculum leaders, and remote team members. Education work that pays like it matters—Alpha offers six‑figure roles for people ready to help build a radically better school experience. Alpha is fast‑moving, ambitious, and student focused, for people who want to improve the system, not maintain it.

Alpha is where you can do the most meaningful work of your career.

This is a full‑time (40 hours per week), long‑term position available immediately. The position requires entering into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover as a Contractor of Record. Compensation is $60 USD per hour, equivalent to $120,000 USD per year (40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year). Payment is weekly.