K-3 Literacy Coach: On-Site, Gap-Closing with Apps

Alpha School; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 93,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Life and disability insurance

Voluntary benefits

Tax-advantaged FSA

HSA

Commuter accounts

401(k)

Paid time off

Parental leave

Relocation allowance

Job summary

Alpha School in the United States seeks an Elementary Learning Coach to guide K-3 students toward daily literacy goals using app-based core learning and targeted structured-literacy sessions.

The role is full-time, on-site, with relocation support. You will lead morning launches, reading interventions, and classroom activities, staying with students from launch to closing, and partnering with families through data-driven updates.

Qualifications

• On-site campus listed above with relocation support.
• 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.

Skills

Coaching

Reading instruction

Student assessment

Classroom management

Data-driven instruction

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's in reading or literacy

Structured-literacy training

Job description

Alpha School in the United States seeks an Elementary Learning Coach to guide K-3 students toward daily literacy goals using app-based core learning and targeted structured-literacy sessions.

The role is full-time, on-site, with relocation support. You will lead morning launches, reading interventions, and classroom activities, staying with students from launch to closing, and partnering with families through data-driven updates.