Reading Program Coordinator, Alpha - $120,000/year USD

Position Overview Salary: $120,000 per year (weekly payroll). Health, dental and vision coverage begin the first day. 40 hours per week, 100% classroom‑based with K‑3 students. Work onsite at one of Alpha’s campuses: Beverly Hills, La Jolla (San Diego), Lake Forest (Orange County), Piedmont, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Santa Monica (CA); Greenwich (CT); BocaRaton (FL); Chicago (IL); Boston (MA); or NewYorkCity (NY). Relocation assistance available. Position Summary Your structured‑literacy certification—Orton‑Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson, IMSE, or a Master’s in reading instruction—has opened doors to every K‑3 reading position you’ve pursued. In most of those roles, it also marked the limit: you executed an existing program and submitted reports. Here that credential is your entry point. If you’re drawn to a role that lets you truly design instruction, continue reading. Alpha reimagines traditional instruction. Students complete academic content independently using AI‑adaptive applications. No lectures, textbooks or pacing calendars. Your position is the only area where human expertise cannot be replaced. You construct 20‑minute small‑group workshops using real‑time application data, deliberately brief because targeted instruction outperforms duration. You also facilitate motivation sessions that ensure 100 % of your students reach their weekly app targets through Alpha’s motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, age‑appropriate gamification). You detect a student’s miscue during a session, identify the phonemic deficit, and revise the next day’s workshop by the day’s end—that is the expectation. Families at these locations chose Alpha for results, not only enrollment. Parents review weekly data on their child’s reading development and form opinions. You will field specific questions about individual student progress, and “they’re doing fine” will not suffice. You will reference the running record, identify the phonemic gap, and describe your instructional response. That level of accountability should energize you, not burden you. Your initial months focus on establishing credibility. Workshops must be engaging, differentiated and demonstrably effective; student satisfaction and a “love your Guide” survey target of 90 %+ provide direct measurement. Once you demonstrate success, your influence expands beyond your classroom: what proves effective with your students becomes the model other Alpha campuses replicate, and your diagnostic precision informs how reading instruction evolves as Alpha scales. What you create here extends far beyond your immediate setting. Before we extend an offer, you’ll submit a short video delivering an engaging story for young children, and you’ll complete a full day on campus working directly with K‑3 students. Low energy with children will disqualify you, regardless of credential strength. That’s intentional. What You Will Be Doing Creating small‑group K‑3 reading workshops based on 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, not only 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. What You Won’t Be Doing 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 running records, not in special‑education documentation. Reading Program Coordinator Key Responsibilities Generate measurable K‑3 reading gains across phonics, fluency and comprehension in a campus environment where outcomes are assessed weekly. Basic Requirements 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 5 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 (BeverlyHills, LaJolla, LakeForest, Piedmont, SanFrancisco, SantaBarbara, SantaMonica, Greenwich, BocaRaton, Chicago, Boston or NewYorkCity). 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. Nice‑to‑have Requirements 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) that 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. Working with Us 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. Compensation is $60 USD per hour, which equates to $120,000 USD per year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. Payment is weekly. Consult for more details on this topic. Crossover Job Code: LJ‑5632‑US‑SanFranc‑ReadingProgram.002 #J-18808-Ljbffr