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Reading Specialist, Waypoint Academy – $100,000/year USD Jobs in Round Rock, TX at Crossover
Title: Reading Specialist, Waypoint Academy – $100,000/year USD
Company: Crossover
Location: Round Rock, TX
Required: Master’s degree in reading instruction OR certification in structured literacy (Orton-Gillingham, Wilson, IMSE, CERI, LETRS, Neuhaus, UFLI, or equivalent)
- On-site at Waypoint Academy, Dripping Springs (Austin area), TX. Relocation assistance provided.
- $100,000 annual salary, paid weekly. Full health, dental, and vision coverage from day one.
- Nature-based school integrating rigorous academics with outdoor exploration
Most reading specialists work exclusively with students who have already fallen behind. You’ve believed for years that this approach is fundamentally flawed — that the Science of Reading should be delivered to every child, not reserved for those who have already triggered a response-to-intervention flag. If that conviction shapes your teaching practice, continue reading.
Waypoint Academy is a nature-based school where structured academics fill the mornings and afternoons are dedicated to archery, survival training, and Texas Hill Country exploration. Your role is the academic half: delivering small-group structured literacy instruction that advances every K-2 student in phonics, decoding, fluency, and writing. You design the lessons. You interpret the data. You regroup and adjust in real time. The remainder of your day is spent coaching students through adaptive learning platforms, building the relationships that drive every student to 100% completion of their app-based targets. No scripted programs. No pull-out intervention model. You own literacy outcomes for the full cohort.
You’re joining a young, small school. That means you’re constructing the literacy program, not stepping into an established one. As enrollment expands, you’ll determine how structured literacy scales across additional cohorts and grade levels. If you’re seeking a stable position with predictable routines, this isn’t the right fit. If you want to demonstrate that every child can learn to read more rapidly when instruction is designed specifically around them, this is the opportunity.
What You Will Be Doing
- Delivering small-group structured literacy workshops: systematic phonics, decoding, fluency, and early writing for all K-2 students, not limited to those identified for intervention
- Interpreting student data from adaptive platforms and running records to reorganize groups and modify instruction between sessions
- Coaching students individually and in small groups through adaptive learning software, cultivating relationships that ensure goal completion
- Creating your own lessons grounded in structured literacy principles, customized to each group’s present level and learning pace
- Integrating occasional outdoor or experiential elements to support literacy concepts when they authentically strengthen learning
What You Won’t Be Doing
- Writing IEPs or managing pull-out schedules with classroom teachers. Every student is your responsibility.
- Passively monitoring students on learning apps. You actively coach them toward goal completion, not observe them clicking through screens.
- Remaining in a conventional classroom all day. Students spend afternoons outdoors, so your literacy blocks are concentrated and high-intensity.
- Grading stacks of worksheets — adaptive software manages practice volume and progress monitoring, allowing you to focus on direct instruction.
Reading Specialist Key Responsibilities
Accelerate reading and writing growth across all K-2 students through structured literacy instruction and adaptive learning tools.
Basic Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in any field
- Master’s degree in reading instruction OR structured literacy certification such as Orton-Gillingham, Wilson Reading System, IMSE, CERI, LETRS, Neuhaus, or UFLI. One of these is required, not optional.
- 2+ years of full-time K-2 structured reading instruction using systematic phonics in a school or clinical setting, within the last 5 years
- Experience creating your own reading lessons, and you can articulate what you teach and how without citing a published program
- Willing to work on-site at Waypoint Academy, Dripping Springs (Austin area), TX
- Willing to work with all K-2 students (not only struggling readers) and use AI-powered adaptive learning tools daily
- Legally authorized to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship
Nice-to-have Requirements
- Experience with multiple structured literacy frameworks (e.g., Orton-Gillingham and UFLI) with a clear rationale for when each applies
- Documented reading gains across a full cohort, not only intervention caseloads. You can name the metrics and the numbers.
- Familiarity with adaptive reading platforms (Lexia, Amira, Reading Eggs, or similar) and leveraging their data to inform instructional decisions
- Experience in non-traditional school settings: micro-schools, outdoor education programs, Montessori, or similar environments
About Waypoint Academy
Nature-based school that blends rigorous academics with real-world challenges.
There is so much to cover for this exciting role, and space here is limited. Hit the Apply button if you found this interesting and want to learn more. We look forward to meeting you!
Working with us
This is a full-time (40 hours per week), long-term position. The position is immediately available and requires entering into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover as a Contractor of Record. The compensation level for this role is $50 USD/hour, which equates to $100,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly. Consult www.crossover.com/help-and-faqs for more details on this topic.
Crossover Job Code: LJ-5780-US-RoundRoc-ReadingSpecial.001
