Early Elementary Guide and Reading Specialist
Company: Alpha
Location: Brownsville
Posted on: June 22, 2022
Job Description:
Alpha, a K-12 school founded in the heart of Austin, TX, is
seeking a part-time Early Elementary Guide with a reading focus, to
join its growing team and help fulfill its mission to build better
schools. This is an onsite position at our new campus in
Brownsville, TX.Alpha is redefining the way kids go to school. We
make three promises to parents and kids:
- Students love school.
- Students learn two times faster than in a traditional
school.
- Students learn life skills (like public speaking, goal setting,
leadership, grit, entrepreneurship, and purpose) that are necessary
to be successful.An Early Elementary Guide (Kindergarten - 2nd
Grade) at Alpha is not your typical reading instructor in a
run-of-the-mill school, using a top-down approach to transfer
information to students. Instead, Alpha provides students with the
opportunity to learn in an alternative setting using cutting-edge
technology and focusing on love of school. In addition to building
reading and comprehension using adaptive learning apps, students
participate in focused reading groups to hone their foundational
reading skills. This is where Alpha's Early Elementary Guides come
in. If you enjoy creating engaging environments where students are
excited about learning phonics and reading skills, this role is for
you.You will have three primary responsibilities as an Alpha Early
Elementary Guide:
- Motivate students to work hard. Students do their core academic
work on adaptive software. It is your job to motivate students to
practice phonics and reading skills with you every day and put in
the work to accomplish their reading goals.
- Provide engaging phonics practice for kids. Traditional phonics
instruction lacks excitement and is often boring for students. At
Alpha, love of school is at the center of everything we do. You
will design engaging reading practice for kids, creating a setting
they look forward to coming to each day. You will prepare and
execute learning activities, taking into consideration students'
learning styles and needs across each group.
- Monitor student progress and adapt accordingly. You are the
expert on students' progression through reading levels, as well as
their phonics and writing growth. You will assess readiness to
advance through the reading levels, as well as monitor and provide
support to aid each student's individualized progress.Must-haves:
- A passion for and experience working with kids. Kids love you
and you know and love them.
- Experience and training in primary (K-2) phonics and reading
instruction.
- Knowledge of how to guide student reading growth and develop
foundational reading skills using phonics.
- Experience administering and analyzing running records to
assess students' reading levels.
- Demonstrated leadership, motivation and organizational
skills.
- Formal training or professional development in reading programs
such as Wilson Language, Lucy Calkins, Fountas and Pinnell or Orton
Gillingham.
- An eagerness to receive constructive feedback and act on
it.
- Excellent written and oral presentation skills and the ability
to communicate effectively with kids and parents.
- Bachelor's degree in elementary education or a Bachelor's
degree and teaching experience.You can learn more about the school
by visiting alpha.school.
Keywords: Alpha, Brownsville , Early Elementary Guide and Reading Specialist, Other , Brownsville, Texas
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