On-site K-3 Academic Coach: Elevate Reading & Growth

Crossover; Elizabeth (NJ); On-site; USD 108,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k)

Relocation allowance

Paid time off

Job summary

Alpha is hiring for a full-time, on-site Academic Coach to support K-3 students with app-based learning and targeted reading sessions across multiple campuses in the US. You will partner with families and teachers, track progress with data, and stay with students from launch to closing.

The role emphasizes diagnostic teaching, 70% on-site coaching, and relocation support; a Bachelor's degree and structured-literacy training are required; visa sponsorship is not provided.

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: teaching, coaching, tutoring, camps, youth programs, etc.
• 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 70% of your day guiding students through app-based learning, workshops, and campus routines, and about 30% on targeted 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 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

Reading instruction

Campus routines

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Amira

Lexia

i-Ready

Job description

Alpha is hiring for a full-time, on-site Academic Coach to support K-3 students with app-based learning and targeted reading sessions across multiple campuses in the US. You will partner with families and teachers, track progress with data, and stay with students from launch to closing.

The role emphasizes diagnostic teaching, 70% on-site coaching, and relocation support; a Bachelor's degree and structured-literacy training are required; visa sponsorship is not provided.