Reading Teacher, Alpha - $120,000/year USD

• Annual salary of $120,000, distributed weekly, including health, dental, and vision coverage from day one
• Full-time on-campus role at a single Alpha location: Beverly Hills, La Jolla (San Diego), Lake Forest (Orange County), Piedmont, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, or South Bay (LA), CA; Greenwich, CT; Boca Raton, FL; Chicago, IL; Boston, MA; Charlotte, NC; or New York City, NY (relocation assistance available)
• 40-hour workweek, entirely classroom-based with K-2 learners

Your structured-literacy training — Orton-Gillingham, LETRS, Wilson, IMSE, or a Master's in reading instruction — has opened doors to every K-2 reading position you've pursued. In most roles, that credential also defined your upper limit: you delivered a prescribed program and documented results. At Alpha, the credential is your entry point. If that difference resonates, continue reading.

Alpha has redesigned traditional teaching. Academic content is delivered independently through AI-adaptive applications. There are no lectures, textbooks, or pacing calendars. Your position represents the irreplaceable human component. You create 20-minute small-group workshops informed by live app analytics; brevity is intentional, because targeted intervention outperforms duration. You also facilitate motivation sessions that propel 100% of students toward weekly app targets using Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification). You catch a miscue during instruction, identify the phonemic deficit, and revise the next day's workshop before leaving campus. That level of responsiveness is expected.

Families enrolling at these campuses have selected Alpha for measurable results, not mere enrollment. Parents review weekly data tracking their child's reading development and expect substantive answers. You will field specific questions about individual student progress, and vague reassurances will not suffice. You must reference running records, articulate the phonemic challenge, and outline your instructional response. That level of accountability should energize, not exhaust you.

Your initial months focus on establishing credibility. 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 demonstrate impact, your influence expands beyond your classroom: successful strategies with your students become models replicated across other Alpha campuses, and your diagnostic precision influences reading instruction as Alpha scales. Your contributions extend far beyond your immediate setting.

Prior to hiring, you will submit a brief video presenting an engaging story for young children, and you will spend an entire day on campus working directly with K-2 students. Low energy with children disqualifies candidates, regardless of credential strength. This requirement is deliberate. Apply today.

What You Will Be Doing

• Creating small-group K-2 reading workshops using real-time adaptive-app data, rooted in structured-literacy approaches (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, IMSE, or equivalent)
• Leading daily motivation sessions to ensure 100% of students meet weekly app targets through Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, age-appropriate gamification)
• Analyzing AI-generated performance metrics (fluency trajectories, decoding precision, comprehension indicators) to modify instruction throughout the day, not only during planning periods
• Conducting running records, fluency probes, and decoding assessments to generate progress visible during weekly campus data reviews
• Serving as the approachable, energetic presence your K-2 students anticipate daily

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Implementing a commercial reading curriculum, scripted lesson plan, or district pacing schedule; you create instruction based on student data
• Delivering whole-class lectures; all teaching occurs in targeted, small groups while students complete academic content through adaptive applications
• Serving as a reading consultant, instructional coach, or district-level specialist; you are directly with students in the classroom daily
• Managing a conventional classroom schedule: sequential subject lectures, homework correction, test preparation. Your time is allocated to workshops, motivation sessions, and data-informed small groups
• Authoring IEPs, 504 plans, or formal diagnostic documentation; student advancement is tracked through app metrics and your running records, not special-education compliance paperwork

Reading Teacher Key Responsibilities

Generate quantifiable K-2 reading advancement in phonics, fluency, and comprehension within a campus culture where results 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 ins…