Reading Program Coordinator, Alpha

Overview

$100,000 annual salary, paid weekly, including health, dental, and vision benefits effective from day one.

Full-time on-site position at one Alpha campus location:
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 hours per week, entirely in-classroom with kindergarten through second-grade students.

• Creating and facilitating small-group K-2 reading sessions rooted in structured-literacy approaches (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, IMSE, or similar), informed by actual student performance data.
• Conducting daily motivation activities that ensure all students meet their weekly adaptive-app targets, utilizing Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification).
• Implementing and evaluating running records, fluency assessments, and decoding evaluations to monitor progress and inform upcoming instructional adjustments.
• Analyzing AI-generated performance metrics from Alpha's adaptive learning platforms to differentiate instruction dynamically, not solely during preparation time.
• Serving as the engaging, enthusiastic adult your K-2 students are excited to spend time with daily.

• Implementing a commercial reading curriculum, scripted lesson plan, or district-mandated sequence; you develop lessons directly from student data.
• Delivering whole-class lectures; all teaching occurs in small, targeted groups while students engage with adaptive apps for academic subjects.
• Serving as a reading consultant, mentor to fellow educators, or district-level administrator; you work in the classroom with children daily.
• Managing a traditional classroom schedule—subject-by-subject instruction, homework correction, test preparation; your time is allocated to workshops, motivation sessions, and data-informed small groups.
• Assigning grades for homework or report cards; student advancement is tracked through app analytics and your assessment records.

Provide structured-literacy instruction that produces measurable improvement in K-2 reading performance across phonics, fluency, and decoding domains.

• 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 capability to independently design reading lessons and clearly explain instructional content and methodology, without dependence on 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);
  Plano, TX;
  Park City (Salt Lake City), UT; or Dorado, Puerto Rico (relocation assistance available).
• Readiness to work with 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.

• Direct experience with AI-powered or adaptive reading tools (e.g., Amira, Lexia, i-Ready, Reading Plus) for instructional planning or student performance analysis.
• Documented record of measurable reading gains (fluency increases in WCPM, accuracy growth, decoding level progression) that you can cite with specific data.
• Experience in non-traditional or innovative educational environments (charter, micro-school, Montessori, hybrid).
• Experience in performance, youth sports coaching, or other activities involving engagement with a K-2 audience beyond the reading classroom.

The position is a full-time (40 hours per week), long-term role. The compensation level is $50 USD/hour, which equates to $100,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. Payment is weekly. The role requires entering into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover as a Contractor of Record.