Learning Coach: On-Site Reading Growth Guide (K-3)

Alpha School; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Life and disability insurance

401(k)

Relocation allowance

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Alpha is hiring. This Learning Coach role is full-time and on-site at a campus. You will guide K-3 students through app-based core learning, diagnose gaps from running records, and lead short, targeted sequences to close those gaps while staying with the class all day.

You’ll work 70% on guiding students and 30% on targeted reading sessions, with relocation support. Requirements include 3+ years with children ages 4-9 and 2+ years teaching reading in K-3, plus structured-literacy training or a

Qualifications

• At least 3 years working directly with children ages 4-9 in relevant settings.
• 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; 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.
• 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 children 4-9

Reading instruction

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor's degree (any subject)

Structured-literacy training or reading master’s

Tools

Amira

Lexia

i-Ready

DRA

DIBELS

AIMSweb

Job description

Alpha is hiring. This Learning Coach role is full-time and on-site at a campus. You will guide K-3 students through app-based core learning, diagnose gaps from running records, and lead short, targeted sequences to close those gaps while staying with the class all day.

You’ll work 70% on guiding students and 30% on targeted reading sessions, with relocation support. Requirements include 3+ years with children ages 4-9 and 2+ years teaching reading in K-3, plus structured-literacy training or a