K-3 Reading Coach & On-Site Growth Mentor

Alpha School; Shrewsbury (MA); On-site; USD 89,000 - 121,000; Full time

Job summary

Alpha is hiring a Youth Development Coach to work on-site at a campus, guiding K-3 students through app-based learning and daily routines from morning launch to closing.

You will diagnose reading gaps, run short literacy sessions, and push weekly app goals with gamification. Relocation support is provided and the role offers full-time benefits.

Alpha emphasizes student growth, with a fast-moving, ambitious culture and opportunities to advance within campuses nationwide.

Qualifications

• Willing to work on-site at a campus listed above, with relocation support.
• At least 3 years working directly with children ages 4-9 in settings where your presence was the draw — teaching, coaching, tutoring, camps, youth programs, children’s theater, or similar
• 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

Responsibilities

• Coaching students through app-based core learning, spotting gaps, and guiding them to daily goals.
• Running short structured-literacy sessions with two to four students and diagnosing decoding gaps.
• Leading morning launch, life-skills workshops, and check-chart activities for six-year-olds.
• Driving students to weekly app goals with school currency, leaderboards, and gamification.
• Staying with your students through lunch, recess, and closing with a plan for challenging behavior.

Skills

Reading instruction

Coaching children

Structured literacy training

Relocation support

US work authorization

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Amira

Lexia

i-Ready

DRA

DIBELS

AIMSweb

Job description

Alpha is hiring a Youth Development Coach to work on-site at a campus, guiding K-3 students through app-based learning and daily routines from morning launch to closing.

You will diagnose reading gaps, run short literacy sessions, and push weekly app goals with gamification. Relocation support is provided and the role offers full-time benefits.

Alpha emphasizes student growth, with a fast-moving, ambitious culture and opportunities to advance within campuses nationwide.