Job Description
• $120,000 annual salary paid weekly; health, dental, and vision coverage begins day one
• Full-time on-site at a single Alpha campus: Beverly Hills, La Jolla (San Diego), Lake Forest (Orange County), Palo Alto, Piedmont, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, or South Bay (LA), CA; Greenwich, CT; Boca Raton or Miami Beach, FL; Chicago, IL; Boston, MA; Charlotte, NC; or New York City, NY (relocation assistance available)
• 40 hours per week, entirely in the classroom with K-2 students
Your structured-literacy credential—Orton-Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson, IMSE, or a Master's in reading instruction—has opened every K-2 reading position you've pursued. In most settings, that credential also defined your limit: you delivered someone else's program and documented results. At Alpha, the credential is your entry point. If that difference resonates with you, read on.
Alpha has redefined traditional education. Students work through academic content independently using AI-adaptive applications. There are no lectures, textbooks, or pacing calendars. Your position represents the one area where a human specialist cannot be replaced. You build 20-minute small-group workshops based on live app data; brevity is intentional, because targeted instruction outperforms duration. You also facilitate motivation sessions designed to guide 100% of your students toward weekly app targets through Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, developmentally appropriate gamification). When you catch a miscue mid-session, you identify the phonemic breakdown and revise the next day's workshop by close of business. That is the expectation.
Families who enroll at these campuses select Alpha for results, not simply enrollment. Parents review weekly data on their child's reading development, and they ask pointed questions. You will field specific inquiries about individual student progress, and vague reassurances will not suffice. You must reference the running record, identify the phonemic weakness, and articulate your instructional response. That level of accountability should energize you, not exhaust you.
Your initial months focus on proving your impact. Workshops must be engaging, appropriately leveled, and demonstrably effective; student satisfaction and "love your Guide" survey scores (target 90%+) provide direct feedback. As you establish credibility, your influence grows beyond your classroom: successful strategies with your students become models replicated at other Alpha locations, and your diagnostic precision informs reading instruction as Alpha scales. The work you produce extends well beyond your immediate setting.
Before we extend an offer, you'll submit a short video in which you tell an engaging story for young children, and you'll complete a full day on campus working directly with K-2 students. Low energy with children is disqualifying, regardless of credential strength. That is intentional. Apply today.
What You Will Be Doing
• Building small-group K-2 reading workshops from real-time adaptive-app data, anchored in structured-literacy approaches (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, IMSE, or comparable frameworks)
• Leading daily motivation sessions that ensure 100% of your students meet weekly app goals through Alpha's motivational system (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification)
• Analyzing AI-generated performance metrics (fluency curves, decoding accuracy, comprehension indicators) to modify instruction mid-day, not solely during planning time
• Conducting running records, fluency probes, and decoding assessments to generate gains evident in weekly campus data reviews
• Serving as the approachable, high-energy adult your K-2 students are excited to see each day
What You Won’t Be Doing
• Implementing a published reading curriculum, scripted lesson sequence, or district pacing calendar; you create lessons directly from student data
• Delivering full-classroom lectures; all teaching occurs in small, targeted groups while students engage with academic subjects through adaptive apps
• Serving as a reading consultant, instructional coach, or district-level specialist; you are in the classroom with children daily
• Managing a traditional classroom schedule: subject-by-subject instruction, homework correction, test preparation. Your time is structured around workshops, motivation sessions, and data-informed small groups
• Drafting IEPs, 504 plans, or formal diagnostic documentation; student progress is captured in app data and your running records, not special-education forms
Reading Interventionist Key Responsibilities
Generate measurable K-2 reading progress across phonics, fluency, and comprehension within 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 discipline, plus 2+ years of full-time K-2 structured reading instruction in a school or clinical environment within the last 5 years, using systematic phonics or structured literacy
• Proven capacity to design your own reading lessons and clearly explain what you teach and how, independent of a published program
• Availability to work in person full-time at one Alpha campus: Beverly Hills, La Jolla (San Diego), Lake Forest (Orange County), Palo Alto, Piedmont, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, or South Bay (LA), CA; Greenwich, CT; Boca Raton or Miami Beach, FL; Chicago, IL; Boston, MA; Charlotte, NC; or New York City, NY (relocation assistance available)
• Willingness to support all K-2 students (not exclusively struggling readers) and incorporate AI and adaptive-learning technologies into daily teaching as these tools advance
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. without need for visa sponsorship
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 record of measurable reading outcomes (fluency gains in WCPM, accuracy improvement, decoding level progression) that you can cite with specific numbers
• Familiarity with diagnostic reading assessments (DRA, DIBELS, AIMSweb) for creating differentiated instructional groups
• Experience in high-accountability educational settings (independent schools, elite charter networks, premium tutoring environments with families who monitor outcomes closely)
• Background in performance, youth sports coaching, or otherwise engaging a K-2 audience beyond the reading classroom
About Alpha
Want to join a learning rebellion that’s transforming the traditional classroom?
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!
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. 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 www.crossover.com/help-and-faqs for more details on this topic.
Crossover Job Code: LJ-5632-US-Charlott-ReadingInterve.032