Elementary Learning Coach: On‑Site Literacy & App Growth

Alpha School; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 108,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Life and disability insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Relocation allowance

Job summary

Alpha is seeking an Elementary Learning Coach to guide K–3 students through app-based core learning on our campus network. You’ll diagnose gaps, run targeted sessions for small groups, and help students hit weekly literacy goals.

This full-time, on-site role includes collaboration with families and a path to lead roles as campuses expand. Relocation support and a strong emphasis on diagnostic literacy set this position apart.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years working directly with children ages 4-9.
• 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 70% of your day guiding students through app-based learning, workshops, and campus routines, and about 30% on targeted reading sessions
• Willing to work with all K-3 students, not only struggling readers
• Legally authorized to work in the US without visa sponsorship

Responsibilities

• Coaching students through app-based core learning: spotting who is stuck, asking the question that unblocks them, holding the daily goal.
• Running targeted 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, closing, and reading interventions, meeting frustration and refusal with a plan for that child.

Job description

Alpha is seeking an Elementary Learning Coach to guide K–3 students through app-based core learning on our campus network. You’ll diagnose gaps, run targeted sessions for small groups, and help students hit weekly literacy goals.

This full-time, on-site role includes collaboration with families and a path to lead roles as campuses expand. Relocation support and a strong emphasis on diagnostic literacy set this position apart.