Early Childhood Educator, Alpha - $100,000/year USD

• On-site at Alpha School campuses: Austin, Texas; Fort Worth, Texas; Houston, Texas; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Park City (Salt Lake City), Utah; Phoenix, Arizona
• $100,000 annual salary, paid weekly. Health benefits start on day one
• Relocation assistance provided
  
  

The greatest support you can offer a six-year-old facing a challenge is to withhold the solution and guide them to find it themselves. You help them learn to overcome obstacles independently. If this approach feels counterintuitive to you, this position may not be the right fit.

Alpha operates differently from conventional schools. Students progress through academic content using adaptive software at an individualized pace. There are no lectures, no worksheets, and no uniform pacing for all learners. Your responsibility is to ensure a small group of K-2 students is excited to arrive each day, reaches their weekly learning targets, and develops life skills that many adults have never acquired.

You'll facilitate hands-on workshops covering public speaking, concentration, and feedback skills with children aged five, six, and seven. You'll support students as they work through learning applications—not by providing answers, but by cultivating the problem-solving strategies they need to persevere independently. When 100% of your students achieve their weekly targets and 90% rate you as someone they enjoy working with, you'll have confirmation of your effectiveness.

This role is not about supervising children using computers. It's high-stakes coaching where each student's advancement is monitored, every session produces measurable results, and your effectiveness is reflected in data, not sentiment alone. If you're convinced that children have unlimited potential and that traditional schooling constrains them, this is your opportunity to demonstrate it.

What You Will Be Doing

• Facilitating one-hour life skills workshops for a small cohort of K-2 students, covering topics such as public speaking, concentration, and giving/receiving feedback
• Supporting students as they work through adaptive learning apps by guiding them to develop problem-solving strategies rather than supplying direct answers
• Conducting motivation sessions that leverage Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, goal-setting) to ensure 100% of students meet their weekly learning objectives
• Administering and delivering mastery-based assessments (Test2Pass) to verify that students have genuinely mastered each skill
• Reviewing curriculum and lesson materials daily, then tailoring your delivery to match each student's profile, interests, and performance data
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Delivering academic lectures or teaching content directly to a classroom (students acquire academic knowledge through apps; you coach life skills and motivation)
• Creating lesson plans from the ground up or designing curriculum (Alpha supplies the curriculum and playbooks; you provide the enthusiasm and implementation)
• Reducing standards when students face difficulty (Alpha's approach requires every student to achieve mastery; accepting 90% proficiency is not permitted)
• Handling parent correspondence or managing school operations (these responsibilities belong to the Campus Lead)
  
  

Early Childhood Educator Key Responsibilities

Coach a small group of K-2 students to develop life skills and achieve their academic targets each week.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in any field
• A minimum of 3 years of experience working with children ages 4 to 8 in educational settings, afterschool programs, coaching, or comparable environments
• Demonstrated experience leading structured activities for groups of young children that balance clear expectations with high levels of engagement
• Willingness to work on-site at an Alpha campus located in Austin, Texas; Fort Worth, Texas; Houston, Texas; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Park City (Salt Lake City), Utah; or Phoenix, Arizona
• Able to participate in a paid training program at our Austin, Texas campus
• Legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring sponsorship
  
  

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Experience in youth sports coaching, theater, or camp leadership where you successfully maintained children's attention while upholding high standards
• Background using data or analytics to monitor student or participant progress and modify your methods accordingly
• Demonstrated ability to receive feedback and implement visible changes to your work practices based on it
• Knowledge of growth mindset coaching methods or positive behavioral frameworks designed for young children
  
  

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 $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-5149-US-Miami-EarlyChildhood1.001