Reading Specialist, Alpha

Overview

On-site position in Chantilly (Washington), VA;
San Francisco, CA; or New York City, NY. $120,000 annual compensation, distributed weekly. Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage from day one. Relocation assistance provided.

• Facilitating adaptive reading workshops that build core competencies in phonics, fluency, and comprehension.
• Creating personalized engagement sessions that resonate with children and foster enduring enthusiasm for reading.
• Evaluating student achievement data to iteratively improve your methods and generate practical insights.
• Partnering with the technology team to assess and refine AI-based literacy platforms.

• Implementing pre-packaged curricula or commercially published scope-and-sequence frameworks.

Cultivate a passion for reading in early learners.

• Bachelor's degree
• Master's degree or advanced certification in reading instruction (e.g., Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, or equivalent)
• Minimum of 2 years' experience providing small-group reading interventions to early elementary students
• Capable of evaluating reading proficiency, organizing student groups, and creating differentiated instruction without reliance on pre-written curricula
• Experienced with AI/adaptive learning platforms and able to respond effectively to student behaviors within these systems
• Authorized to work legally in the U.S. without visa sponsorship
• Available to work on-site at one of our locations:
  Chantilly (Washington), VA;
  San Francisco, CA; or New York City, NY

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.

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. For details, see  Crossover Job Code: LJ-5632-US-Chicago-Reading Special.
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