Job Description
Required: recognized structured-literacy training or a master's degree in reading or literacy, plus recent K-3 reading instruction.
- In-person at Waypoint Academy in Dripping Springs, Texas. Relocation support may be available.
- $100,000 salary, paid weekly, with day-one health, dental, and vision benefits.
- A full-day K-3 Guide role with targeted reading-specialist work.
This is not a traditional reading-intervention position. You will spend about 90% of the school day as a Guide, helping K-3 students complete AI-powered learning goals, build motivation and independence, manage frustration, and develop life skills. About 10% of your time will be spent delivering short, targeted structured-literacy interventions for specific phonics and decoding gaps.
Your reading expertise will be the sharpest tool in a much broader student-facing role. You will be with children throughout the day, including learning blocks, workshops, transitions, lunch, and recess. There is no standard planning period or fixed pull-out schedule.
What you will be doing - Coach K-3 students through AI-powered core learning, holding daily goals as non-negotiable while helping students work through frustration, distraction, and other blockers.
- Build strong relationships and run an energetic full-day student experience, including morning launch, life-skills workshops, transitions, lunch, recess, and closing routines.
- Use app data, brief diagnostic checks, and observed reading errors to identify specific phonics or decoding gaps.
- Design and deliver focused 15-20 minute structured-literacy interventions for small groups, then check that students can apply the strategy independently.
- Collaborate with the campus team and adapt quickly as schedules, staffing, and student needs change.
What you will NOT be doing - Spending most of the day in reading pull-out groups or working only with struggling readers.
- Following a fixed published reading program without adapting instruction to the specific gap in front of you.
- Replacing the learning apps as the primary instructor or doing students' work for them.
- Working from a traditional specialist schedule with a standard planning period and limited responsibility outside reading blocks.
- Passively supervising students during learning time, lunch, recess, workshops, or transitions.
Key responsibilities Help K-3 students complete ambitious daily learning goals, build independence and motivation, and close specific foundational-reading gaps through short, targeted structured-literacy interventions.
Candidate requirements - Bachelor's degree in any subject
- At least three years working directly with children ages 4-9 in teaching, coaching, tutoring, camps, youth programs, children's theater, or a similar child-facing setting
- At least two years teaching reading to K-3 students within the last five years
- Completed recognized structured-literacy training or coursework, such as LETRS, IMSE, Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, Fundations, UFLI Foundations, CERI, Neuhaus, SIPPS, Really Great Reading, or an equivalent program; a master's degree in reading instruction, literacy, or reading education also qualifies
- Willingness to work in person at Waypoint Academy in Dripping Springs, Texas, and relocate if needed
- Willingness to spend most of the day in a full-day Guide role, with reading intervention representing a smaller part of the schedule and no standard planning period
- Strong live presence with young learners, including the energy, warmth, clarity, and judgment to maintain high standards while helping students persist
- Ability to use student data to identify reading gaps, explain measurable outcomes, and adjust support or instruction
- Legally authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship
Nice to have - Experience with multiple structured literacy frameworks (e.g., Orton-Gillingham and UFLI) with a clear rationale for when each applies
- Measurable reading gains across a full cohort, not just intervention caseloads. You can name the metrics and the numbers.
- Familiarity with adaptive reading platforms (Lexia, Amira, Reading Eggs, or similar) and using their data to drive instructional decisions
- Experience in non-traditional school settings: micro-schools, outdoor education programs, Montessori, or similar environments
Job Tags
Weekly pay, Relocation, Visa sponsorship, Relocation package, Day shift