Early Elementary Teacher, Alpha - $120,000/year USD

Crossover; New York (NY); On-site; USD 102,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Life and disability insurance

401(k)

Relocation allowance

Paid time off

Job summary

Alpha is hiring Early Elementary Teachers to guide K-3 students through app-based learning and literacy sessions. You will diagnose decoding gaps, design targeted sequences, and maintain daily routines from launch to closing.

The role emphasizes on-site work with relocation support and requires 3+ years in teaching reading, plus structured-literacy training and a Bachelor’s degree. Compensation reflects a six-figure range with benefits.

Qualifications

• 3+ years working directly with children aged 4-9 in educational or related settings.
• Experience teaching reading and phonics with structured-literacy approaches.
• Comfortable in on-site campus environments and with relocation support.

Responsibilities

• Get every K-3 student to daily learning goals and close reading gaps.
• Lead short literacy sessions and diagnose decoding gaps using running records.
• Guide mornings, workshops, and routines to keep students engaged.
• Support students with app-based learning and campus activities.

Skills

Reading instruction

Phonics

Literacy coaching

Classroom management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Structured-literacy training

Tools

Amira

Lexia

i-Ready

Job description

"The sheer amount of time I get back from not having to make daily lesson plans and grade papers is huge." — Katie, Lead Guide, Alpha Denver

Current Openings

• CA - Beverly Hills, Malibu, Palo Alto, Piedmont, San Francisco, Santa Monica, and South Bay (Los Angeles)
• CT - Greenwich
• IL - Chicago
• MA - Boston
• NY - New York City
• WA - Seattle

What You Will Be Doing

• Coaching students through app-based core learning: spotting who is stuck, asking the question that unblocks them, holding the daily goal.
• Running short structured-literacy sessions with two to four students. Diagnosing a phonics or decoding gap from running records and fluency probes, teaching a sequence you designed, and checking for transfer.
• Leading morning launch, life-skills workshops, and check-chart activities that keep six-year-olds moving.
• Driving students to their weekly app goals with school currency, leaderboards, and gamification.
• Staying with your students through lunch, recess, and closing, meeting frustration and refusal with a plan for that child.

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Delivering a published curriculum or scripted program with fidelity to someone else's sequence.
• Writing lesson plans for a full class every night. Your planning is narrow and diagnostic.
• Running a pull-out caseload from a quiet intervention room. Reading groups are about a tenth of your week and happen inside the day.
• Writing IEPs, 504 plans, chasing testing paperwork, or sitting on curriculum committees.
• Slipping away to a prep block while someone else covers your students. You are with them launch to closing.

Early Elementary Teacher Key Responsibilities

Get every K-3 student to their daily learning goals, and close the reading gaps stopping them from getting there alone.

Basic Requirements

• Willing to work on-site at a campus listed above, with relocation support
• At least 3 years working directly with children ages 4-9: teaching, coaching, tutoring, camps, youth programs, children's theater, or similar settings where kids showed up because of you
• At least 2 years of that experience teaching reading in grades K-3, within the last 5 years
• Completed structured-literacy training: LETRS, IMSE, Orton-Gillingham, Wilson Reading System, Fundations, UFLI, CERI, Neuhaus, SIPPS, Really Great Reading, or similar; or a master's in reading or literacy
• Bachelor's degree in any subject. A teaching certificate is not required
• Comfortable spending about 90% of your day guiding students through app-based learning, workshops, and campus routines, and 10% on reading sessions
• Willing to work with all K-3 students, not only struggling readers
• Legally authorized to work in the US without visa sponsorship

Benefits and other compensation. Health coverage (medical, dental, vision), life and disability insurance, voluntary benefits, tax-advantaged FSA, HSA, and commuter accounts, and a 401(k). Paid time off and parental leave. A one-time relocation allowance.

Nice-to-have Requirements

• You held a six-year-old's attention with nothing but your energy and an engaging activity
• You kept tired children coming back to an after-school reading program
• Parents asked for you by name
• Experience with reading platforms (Amira, Lexia, i-Ready) or diagnostic assessments (DRA, DIBELS, AIMSweb)
• You can name a child whose decoding you fixed and how

About Alpha

Join the team building school around student growth

Alpha reimagines the school day around faster learning, stronger mentorship, and more time for students to build real-world skills.

Roles with real student impact:

Alpha hires teachers (guides), operators, admissions experts, school & curriculum leaders, and remote team members.

Education work that pays like it matters:

Alpha offers six-figure roles for people ready to help build a radically better school experience.

A culture built for builders:

Alpha is fast-moving, ambitious, and student focused. It’s for people who want to improve the system, not maintain it.

Alpha is where you can do the most meaningful work of your career.

Working with us

This is a full-time, W2 employee position with immediate access to benefits. All roles are year-long positions. The compensation level for this role is $120,000 USD/year. The payment period is weekly.