K-3 Reading Coach & Targeted Literacy Guide

Alpha School; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 105,000 - 109,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage (medical, dental, and 

Life and disability insurance

401(k) and retirement benefits

Relocation allowance

Job summary

Alpha is hiring for an Elementary Learning Coach to work on-site with K–3 students, guiding app-based core learning and targeted literacy sessions. You will diagnose gaps, design sequences, and maintain daily goals while staying with students throughout the school day and campus routines.

We seek candidates with strong structured-literacy training and reading-in-K–3 experience, plus a bachelor\'s degree. Relocation support is available for on-site campuses across the country.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years working directly with children ages 4-9.
• At least 2 years 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
• 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

Reading coaching

Structured literacy

Data-driven instruction

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Amira

Lexia

i-Ready

DRA

DIBELS

AIMSweb

Job description

Alpha is hiring for an Elementary Learning Coach to work on-site with K–3 students, guiding app-based core learning and targeted literacy sessions. You will diagnose gaps, design sequences, and maintain daily goals while staying with students throughout the school day and campus routines.

We seek candidates with strong structured-literacy training and reading-in-K–3 experience, plus a bachelor\'s degree. Relocation support is available for on-site campuses across the country.