On-Site Elementary Literacy Coach (K-3) — Relocation Support

Crossover; Greenwich (CT); On-site; USD 102,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Alpha is hiring teachers (guides) to coach early learners using app-based core learning, diagnose reading gaps, and drive weekly goals. You will stay with students through launch, sessions, and closing, employing data-driven sequences to move progress.

Join a growing network of Alpha campuses nationwide; this is a full-time, on-site role with relocation support and competitive compensation reflecting impact in education.

Qualifications

• On-site availability at a campus listed above, with relocation support
• At least 3 years working directly with children ages 4-9: teaching, coaching, tutoring, camps, youth programs, or similar settings where kids showed up because of you
• 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, 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 who is stuck, asking the question that unblocks them, holding the daily goal.
• Running short 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, and closing, meeting frustration and refusal with a plan for that child.

Job description

Alpha is hiring teachers (guides) to coach early learners using app-based core learning, diagnose reading gaps, and drive weekly goals. You will stay with students through launch, sessions, and closing, employing data-driven sequences to move progress.

Join a growing network of Alpha campuses nationwide; this is a full-time, on-site role with relocation support and competitive compensation reflecting impact in education.