Reading Coach & Growth Lead (K-3)

Alpha School; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 93,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage (medical, dental, vis​

401(k)

Relocation allowance

Paid time off & parental leave

Job summary

Alpha is seeking a Reading Program Coordinator to lead on-site literacy initiatives across K-3 students, guiding app-based learning, targeted sessions, and campus routines. The role emphasizes diagnosing gaps and driving weekly progress using data-driven strategies.

You will stay with students through the day, coordinating launches, workshops, and interventions to close literacy gaps, with relocation support and a full benefits package.

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, children's theater, 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 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

Experience with early literacy

Strong classroom management

Data-driven instruction

Education

Bachelor's degree in any subject

Master's in reading or literacy

Structured literacy training (LETRS/IMSE/Orton-Gillingham/Wilson)

Teaching certificate not required

Tools

Amira

Lexia

i-Ready

Job description

Alpha is seeking a Reading Program Coordinator to lead on-site literacy initiatives across K-3 students, guiding app-based learning, targeted sessions, and campus routines. The role emphasizes diagnosing gaps and driving weekly progress using data-driven strategies.

You will stay with students through the day, coordinating launches, workshops, and interventions to close literacy gaps, with relocation support and a full benefits package.