On-Site Elementary Literacy Coach: Ignite Reading Growth

Alpha School; West Covina (CA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Life and disability insurance

Voluntary benefits

Tax-advantaged FSA/HSA

Commuter accounts

Job summary

Alpha School in the United States seeks an Elementary Learning Coach to guide K-3 students through app-based core learning and targeted reading sessions. You will stay with your students from morning launch through closing, diagnosing gaps and pushing toward daily goals without relying on generic plans.

A strong emphasis on data-driven literacy is required, with a focus on hands-on guidance. You will work on-site at a campus listed above, with relocation support, and participate in workshops,

Qualifications

• 3+ years working directly with children ages 4-9: teaching, coaching, tutoring, camps, youth programs, or similar settings.
• 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; teaching certificate not required.

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 gaps 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 weekly app goals with school currency, leaderboards, and gamification.
• Staying with your students through lunch, recess, closing, and reading interventions, meeting frustration with a plan for that child.

Skills

Direct work with children

Reading intervention experience

On-site work

Education

Bachelor's degree

Structured-literacy training

Teaching certificate not required

Job description

Alpha School in the United States seeks an Elementary Learning Coach to guide K-3 students through app-based core learning and targeted reading sessions. You will stay with your students from morning launch through closing, diagnosing gaps and pushing toward daily goals without relying on generic plans.

A strong emphasis on data-driven literacy is required, with a focus on hands-on guidance. You will work on-site at a campus listed above, with relocation support, and participate in workshops,