Reading Program Coordinator, Alpha

Job Overview

$100,000 annual salary paid weekly, plus health, dental, and vision coverage starting day one.

Full‑time on‑site position 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).

40‑hour work week, entirely in‑classroom with kindergarten through second grade students.

• Creating and facilitating small‑group K‑2 reading workshops rooted in structured‑literacy approaches (Orton‑Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, IMSE, or equivalent), informed by actual student data.
• Facilitating daily motivation sessions that ensure 100% of your students meet their weekly adaptive‑app targets, leveraging Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, age‑appropriate gamification).
• Conducting and evaluating running records, fluency probes, and decoding assessments to monitor progress and refine subsequent instruction.
• Analyzing AI‑generated performance data from Alpha's adaptive learning platforms to differentiate instruction in the moment, not only during preparation.
• Serving as the engaging, energetic adult your K‑2 students are excited to see daily.

• Implementing a published reading curriculum, scripted program, or district pacing guide; you create lessons directly from student data.
• Delivering full‑class lectures; all teaching occurs in small, targeted groups while students engage with academic subjects through adaptive apps.
• Serving as a reading consultant, teacher coach, or district‑level specialist; you are present in the classroom with students daily.
• Managing a traditional classroom schedule—subject‑by‑subject lectures, homework correction, test preparation; your time is allocated to workshops, motivation sessions, and data‑informed small groups.
• Grading homework or producing report cards; student advancement is tracked through app data and your running records.

Provide structured‑literacy instruction that produces measurable acceleration in K‑2 reading outcomes across phonics, fluency, and decoding.

• Structured‑literacy certification (Orton‑Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson Reading System, IMSE, CERI, Neuhaus, UFLI, or equivalent) OR 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, applying systematic phonics or structured literacy.
• Proven ability to create your own reading lessons and explain your instructional approach and content, independent of a published program.
• Availability 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 teach all K‑2 students (not exclusively struggling readers) and to incorporate AI and adaptive‑learning platforms into everyday instruction.
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. or Puerto Rico without visa sponsorship.
• Bilingual English/Spanish proficiency required for the Dorado, Puerto Rico campus.

• 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 reading outcomes (fluency gains in WCPM, accuracy improvements, decoding level advancement) you can quantify with specific numbers.
• 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 reading classroom.