Literacy Coordinator, Alpha - $100,000/year USD

Benefits $100,000 annual salary, paid weekly, including health, dental, and vision coverage from 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 workweek, 100% classroom-based with students in kindergarten through second grade You have dedicated years to mastering structured literacy. Whether Orton-Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson, IMSE, or a Master's in reading instruction, you recognize a student's miscue and instantly identify the underlying phonemic gap. You design phonics lessons independently, without reliance on scripted programs. That level of expertise is baseline. It is not what sets you apart. What distinguishes you is the way six-year-olds respond when you enter the room. At Alpha, this position is Guide first: a dynamic, magnetic presence that children are eager to work with. Your structured-literacy credentials open the door; your capacity to captivate a K-2 classroom during a 20-minute workshop is what secures the hire. If the phrase "dynamic, magnetic presence" does not resonate with you, this role is not the right fit. Alpha has fundamentally reimagined instruction. Students advance through academic content independently using AI-adaptive applications - no lectures, textbooks, or pacing calendars. Your role represents the one area where human expertise cannot be replaced. You create small-group reading workshops informed by live student performance data, and you facilitate motivation sessions designed to ensure 100% of your students meet their weekly app targets through Alpha's motivational framework (campus currency, leaderboards, developmentally appropriate gamification). Your initial months focus on establishing credibility in the classroom. Workshops must be engaging, appropriately leveled, and demonstrably effective. Student satisfaction metrics and "love your Guide" survey results (target: 90%+) provide direct feedback. Once you establish this foundation, your scope expands: analyzing AI-generated performance insights to refine subsequent instruction, communicating fluency progress and decoding milestones to families, and influencing how Alpha's K-2 reading model evolves in partnership with adaptive technology. As Alpha opens additional campuses, the systems you develop will serve as the blueprint for reading instruction across the network. Prior to an offer, you will record a brief video presenting an engaging story for young children, and you will complete a full-day campus visit working directly with K-2 students. Low energy with children will disqualify candidacy, regardless of credential strength. This is intentional. What You Will Be Doing Creating and facilitating small-group K-2 reading workshops rooted in structured-literacy approaches (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, IMSE, or comparable), informed by live student data Facilitating daily motivation sessions designed to drive 100% of students toward weekly adaptive-app targets, leveraging Alpha's motivational framework (campus currency, leaderboards, developmentally appropriate gamification) Conducting and evaluating running records, fluency assessments, and decoding diagnostics to monitor progress and refine instruction for upcoming sessions Analyzing AI-generated performance insights from Alpha's adaptive learning platforms to differentiate instruction dynamically, not solely during lesson preparation Serving as the approachable, energetic adult your K-2 students are excited to see each day What You Won’t Be Doing Implementing a published reading curriculum, scripted lesson plan, or district-mandated pacing guide; you build lessons independently from student data Delivering whole-class lectures; all instruction occurs in small, targeted groups while students work through academic subjects using adaptive apps Serving as a reading consultant, instructional coach for teachers, or district-level specialist; you work directly with children in the classroom daily Managing a traditional classroom schedule—subject-by-subject lessons, homework correction, test preparation; your time is allocated to workshops, motivation sessions, and data-informed small groups Assigning grades for homework or issuing report cards; student advancement is tracked through app analytics and your running records Literacy Coordinator Key Responsibilities Provide structured-literacy instruction that produces measurable acceleration in K-2 reading performance across phonics, fluency, and decoding domains. Basic Requirements 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, combined with 2+ years of full-time K-2 structured reading instruction in a school or clinical environment, applying systematic phonics or structured literacy Proven capacity to independently design reading lessons and clearly explain instructional content and methodology, without dependence on a published program Willingness to work full-time in person 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 serve 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 United States or Puerto Rico without visa sponsorship Bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish required for the Dorado, Puerto Rico campus Nice-to-have Requirements Direct 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 gains (fluency improvement in WCPM, accuracy increases, decoding level progression) you can quantify Experience in non-traditional or innovative educational settings (charter, micro-school, Montessori, hybrid models) Experience in performance, youth sports coaching, or engaging K-2 audiences in contexts outside formal reading instruction 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 $50 USD/hour, which equates to $100,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly. #J-18808-Ljbffr Crossover