Early Childhood Education Specialist, Alpha - $120,000/year USD

• New York City, NY – onsite position
• $120,000 annual salary, weekly pay schedule. Full health, dental, and vision coverage effective day one.
• Relocation assistance available for qualified candidates.
  
  

Do you believe authentic learning begins with joy, movement, and trust?

Alpha School is redefining education—children accelerate academically and gain more time to develop essential life skills. For Pre-K learners, this begins with something even more foundational: emotional security, curiosity, and the resilience to keep trying.

Your role: guide an in-person Pre-K cohort in NYC toward a love of learning while delivering accelerated developmental outcomes—approximately 2x the growth rate of conventional preschool programs. You'll craft purposeful, sensory-driven play experiences aligned with developmental benchmarks, track progress on a weekly basis, and adapt instruction rapidly for individual children.

New York City offers: parks that support outdoor exploration, culturally diverse neighborhoods with engaged family communities, exceptional public transit access, and connection to leading-edge early childhood professional networks.

Create joyful learning. Drive measurable growth. Apply today.

What You Will Be Doing

• Plan and lead 30–60 minute play-based instructional blocks designed to foster joy, emotional security, and quantifiable developmental progress
• Build a classroom environment rich in movement and sensory experiences that sustains high engagement and supports multi-modal learning for four-year-olds
• Conduct real-time observation and documentation: Record same-day, objective notes linked to developmental domains and refresh each child's milestone tracking weekly
• Leverage data to inform teaching: Review weekly documentation to pinpoint each child's next developmental edge and design targeted instructional responses
• Create customized, interest-driven activity modifications for individual children, integrate one focused developmental objective, and evaluate results within a two-week cycle
• Support children navigating frustration through calm co-regulation strategies and emotional coaching instead of reactive behavioral management
• Maintain clear, proactive communication with families regarding student progress, classroom routines, and any developing concerns
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Approach Pre-K as custodial care instead of purposeful early education
• Default to scripted worksheets or compliance-focused methods as your primary instructional strategy
• Devote most of your time to supervising academic applications rather than facilitating live, hands-on learning experiences
• Apply reactive behavioral controls instead of calm co-regulation and emotional coaching techniques
  
  

Early Childhood Education Specialist Key Responsibilities

Ensure NYC Pre-K children develop a love for school while achieving accelerated early-learning outcomes through purposeful play.

Basic Requirements

• Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education or Child Development, OR CDA/Montessori/Reggio credential
• At least 2 years of experience working with children aged 3–5 in a structured group environment (classroom setting, not exclusively one-on-one care)
• Documented success leading play-based instruction that produces visible developmental gains
• Established capacity to document developmental milestones objectively and reliably on a weekly basis using a structured framework or rubric
• Advanced relationship-building and emotional attunement: Capacity to establish trust rapidly, interpret emotional signals precisely, and apply personalized motivators to foster engagement
• Co-regulation and frustration support: Lead children through emotional challenges using calm modeling and systematic emotional coaching
• Authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship requirements
• Available to work full-time onsite in New York City, NY
  
  

About Alpha

Want to join a learning rebellion that’s transforming the traditional classroom?

Alpha School is on a mission to reshape education with a bold approach that harnesses AI to accelerate learning and unleash student potential.

They don’t play by the old rules.

Alpha is creating a new paradigm where students master core academics in just two hours a day, freeing up time for hands-on, passion-driven learning that truly prepares them for the real world.

Alpha School is rewriting the rules of education.

Sounds too good to be true? It’s not.

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 $60 USD/hour, which equates to $120,000 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-5746-US-Philadel-EarlyChildhood1.001