On-Site K-3 Reading Coach: Small-Group Impact

Alpha School; San Rafael (CA); On-site; USD 108,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Job summary

Alpha School is seeking a Youth Development Coach for a full-time, on-site role at a campus. You will coach 4–9 year-olds through app-based core learning, diagnose reading gaps, and design short progress sequences.

You’ll lead morning launches and life-skills workshops, drive weekly app goals with gamification, and stay with students through lunch and closing to address frustration with a plan.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years working directly with children ages 4-9 in settings with your presence as the draw.
• At least 2 years of that experience teaching reading in grades K-3 within the last 5 years.
• Willing to work on-site at a campus listed above, with relocation support.
• Legally authorized to work in the US without visa sponsorship.
• Comfortable spending about 90% of your day guiding students through app-based learning, workshops, and campus routines.

Responsibilities

• Lead structured-literacy sessions with two to four students. Diagnose a phonics or decoding gap from running records and fluency probes, teaching a sequence you designed, and checking for transfer.
• Coach students through app-based core learning: spotting who is stuck, asking the unblocking question, and maintaining daily goals.
• Lead morning launch, life-skills workshops, and check-chart activities to keep six-year-olds engaged.
• Drive students to weekly app goals with school currency, leaderboards, and gamification.
• Stay with your students through lunch, recess, and closing, addressing frustration with a plan.

Skills

Coaching

Reading instruction

Data-driven instruction

US work eligibility

Education

Bachelor's degree in any subject

Structured-literacy training (LETRS, IMSE, Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, Fundations, UFLI, CERI, Neuhaus, SIPPS)

Master's in reading or literacy

Tools

Amira

Lexia

i-Ready

DRA

DIBELS

AIMSweb

Job description

Alpha School is seeking a Youth Development Coach for a full-time, on-site role at a campus. You will coach 4–9 year-olds through app-based core learning, diagnose reading gaps, and design short progress sequences.

You’ll lead morning launches and life-skills workshops, drive weekly app goals with gamification, and stay with students through lunch and closing to address frustration with a plan.