Reading Program Coordinator, Alpha

Locations and Compensation

On-site locations:
Lake Forest (Orange County), CA;
Palo Alto, CA;
Piedmont, CA;
San Francisco, CA;
Santa Monica, CA;
Chicago, IL;
New York City, NY;
Chantilly (Washington), VA

Annual compensation of $120,000, distributed weekly. Health, dental, and vision coverage begins day one

Relocation assistance provided

Master's degree in reading instruction OR advanced certification such as Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, or equivalent.

Are you convinced that tailored reading intervention surpasses even the strongest scripted curricula, and that artificial intelligence enables personalization at scale?

Alpha School offers you the opportunity to execute an AI-powered reading program that redefines early literacy teaching. You will facilitate focused, high-impact workshops instead of conventional hour-long sessions. Your role involves diagnosing the needs of K-2 learners, creating original evidence-based lesson plans from the ground up, and contributing to the development of adaptive tools that extend your impact to hundreds of students.

This position is designed for reading specialists who excel without prescriptive curricula and are eager to drive scalable literacy transformation.

Create workshops. Expand literacy. Submit your application today.

• Conducting adaptive reading workshops for children ages 4-7, focusing on foundational competencies in phonics, comprehension, and fluency
• Creating personalized motivational experiences that resonate with young learners and foster a lifelong passion for reading
• Examining student progress metrics to iteratively improve your methods and generate actionable insights
• Working alongside the technology team to assess and refine AI-powered literacy solutions

• Implementing pre-scripted curricula or following published scope-and-sequence frameworks

Cultivate a passion for reading in young students

• Bachelor's degree
• Master's degree or advanced certification in reading instruction (such as Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, or equivalent)
• Minimum of 2 years' experience facilitating small-group reading interventions for early elementary learners
• Capable of evaluating reading levels, organizing student groups, and creating differentiated instruction independently of pre-written curricula
• Experienced with AI and adaptive learning platforms, and able to respond to student behaviors within those systems
• Legal authorization to work in the United States without employer sponsorship
• Ready to work on-site at one of these campuses:
  Lake Forest (Orange County), CA;
  Palo Alto, CA;
  Piedmont, CA;
  San Francisco, CA;
  Santa Monica, CA;
  Chicago, IL;
  New York City, NY;
  Chantilly (Washington), VA

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. Sounds too good to be true? It’s not. There is so much to cover for this exciting role, and space here is limited. Hit the Apply button if you found this interesting and want to learn more. We look forward to meeting you!

This is a full‑time (40 hours per week), long‑term position. The position is immediately available and requires entering into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover as a Contractor of Record. The compensation level for this role is $60 USD/hour, which equates to $120,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly. Consult  for more details on this topic.