Instructional Coordinator, Alpha

Overview

On-site positions available in Palo Alto, CA;
San Francisco, CA;
Santa Monica, CA;
Chicago, IL;
New York City, NY;
Chantilly (Washington), VA. Salary is $120,000 annual with weekly payment. Health, dental, and vision coverage begins on day one. Relocation assistance provided.

Prerequisite:
Master’s degree in reading instruction OR advanced certification such as Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, or equivalent. Do you believe personalized reading intervention surpasses even the best scripted lessons, and that AI enables personalization at scale?

Alpha School offers the opportunity to execute an AI-powered reading program that redefines early literacy instruction. You will facilitate brief, high-impact workshops rather than conventional hour-long sessions. Your work includes diagnosing individual student needs, developing original evidence-based lessons independently, and contributing to the creation of adaptive tools that extend your impact to hundreds of learners. This position requires reading specialists who excel without prescriptive curricula and are motivated to lead scalable literacy innovation.

Create workshops. Expand literacy. Submit your application today.

What You Will Be Doing

• Facilitating adaptive reading workshops focused on foundational skills including phonics, fluency, and comprehension
• Creating personalized motivational experiences that engage children and foster a lifelong passion for reading
• Evaluating student progress data to refine instructional methods continuously and generate actionable insights
• Partnering with the technology team to assess and improve AI-powered literacy tools

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Following pre-scripted curricula or published scope-and-sequence frameworks

Instructional Coordinator Key Responsibilities

Cultivate a passion for reading in young students

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• Master's degree or advanced certification in reading instruction (such as Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, or equivalent)
• Minimum 2 years of experience providing small-group reading interventions to early elementary students
• Ability to assess reading levels, organize student groups, and develop differentiated instruction independently without pre-written curricula
• Competence with AI/adaptive learning tools and ability to respond to student behaviors within those systems
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. without sponsorship
• Availability to work on-site at one of our locations:
  Palo Alto, CA;
  San Francisco, CA;
  Santa Monica, CA;
  Chicago, IL;
  New York City, NY;
  Chantilly (Washington), VA

About Alpha

Alpha School is on a mission to reshape education with a bold approach that harnesses AI to accelerate learning and unleash student potential. 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. Alpha School is rewriting the rules of education.

There is so much to cover for this exciting role. If you want to learn more, hit the Apply button. 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 more details, consult  Crossover Job Code: LJ-5632-US-Santa Mon-Instructional

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