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

Compensation and Benefits $100,000 annual salary, paid weekly, with 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 hours per week, 100% in-classroom with K-2 learners Job Overview You have spent years mastering structured literacy. Perhaps Orton-Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson, IMSE, or a Master’s in reading instruction. You can identify a student’s miscue and immediately pinpoint the phonemic gap to address. You can construct a phonics lesson from scratch, no scripted program needed. That’s baseline. Your differentiator is that six-year-olds brighten when you enter the room. At Alpha, this position is first and foremost a Guide: a captivating, high-energy presence students love learning with. Your structured-literacy credentials open the door; your capacity to hold a K-2 classroom’s attention for a 20-minute workshop is what secures the offer. If "captivating, high-energy presence" doesn’t reflect who you are, this role is not the right fit. Alpha has reimagined traditional instruction. Students work through academic content independently on AI-adaptive applications — no lectures, no textbooks, no district pacing guides. Your position represents the one area where a human expert cannot be replaced. You create small-group reading workshops based on live student performance data, and you facilitate motivation sessions that ensure 100% of your students achieve their weekly app targets using Alpha’s motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification). Responsibilities Creating and facilitating small-group K-2 reading workshops rooted in structured-literacy approaches (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, IMSE, or equivalent), informed by live student data Running daily motivation sessions that ensure 100% of your students reach their weekly adaptive-app targets, leveraging Alpha’s motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification) Conducting and interpreting running records, fluency probes, and decoding assessments to monitor progress and refine upcoming instruction Analyzing AI-generated performance data from Alpha’s adaptive learning platforms to differentiate instruction in the moment, not only during lesson prep Serving as the approachable, energetic adult your K-2 students are excited to see every day What You Won’t Be Doing Implementing a published reading curriculum, scripted program, or district pacing guide; you create your own lessons based on student data Delivering lectures to a full classroom; all instruction takes place in small, targeted groups and students complete academic subjects through adaptive apps Serving as a reading consultant, teacher coach, or district-level specialist; you are in the classroom with children every day Managing a traditional classroom block — subject-by-subject lectures, homework review, test prep; your scheduled blocks consist of workshops, motivation sessions, and data-driven small groups Grading homework or report cards; student progress is tracked through app data and your running records Key Responsibilities Provide structured-literacy instruction that produces measurable acceleration in K-2 reading outcomes across phonics, fluency, and decoding. 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-2 structured reading instruction in a school or clinical environment, using systematic phonics or structured literacy Proven ability to create your own reading lessons and clearly articulate what you teach and how, without depending on a published program Willingness to work onsite 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 work with all K-2 students (not only struggling readers) and to incorporate AI and adaptive-learning tools into everyday instruction Legally authorized to work in the U.S. or Puerto Rico without visa sponsorship Bilingual English/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 lesson planning or student data interpretation Documented record of measurable reading outcomes (fluidity gains in WCPM, accuracy improvement, decoding level advancement) you can articulate with specific numbers Experience in non-traditional or innovative school environments (charter, micro-school, Montessori, hybrid) Experience performing, coaching youth sports, or otherwise engaging a K-2 audience outside the reading classroom #J-18808-Ljbffr