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

• $100,000 annual W2 salary paid weekly; health, dental, and vision benefits begin on day one
• On-site position at an Alpha campus in Phoenix, AZ; Oklahoma City, OK; Tulsa, OK; Nashville, TN; Austin, TX; Fort Worth, TX; Houston, TX; or Park City (Salt Lake City), UT (relocation support available)
  
  

You are not here to teach. You are here to motivate.

The kindest thing you can do for a six-year-old who reached 99% of their goal is to tell them it's not finished. If that expectation feels uncomfortable, this role isn't for you. If it energizes you because maintaining high standards is how you demonstrate belief in a kindergartener's potential, read on.

At Alpha, students in grades K-3 complete academic learning through AI-powered applications in two hours each day. As a Guide you work with one cohort band — either K-1 (Kindergarten–1st grade) or 2-3 (2nd–3rd grade) — and adjust your approach, tempo, and workshops to fit that group. There are no lectures. No worksheets. You spend half your day facilitating one-hour life-skills workshops covering public speaking, focus, and how to give and receive feedback. Workshops serve as a foundation, not a rigid script — the most effective Guides customize them for their cohort and create new ones when gaps appear. The other half of your day is spent working with students individually or in small groups, analyzing Coachbot data, and coaching each child toward 100% completion of their weekly app targets. With five- and six-year-olds, energy and play are not optional; they are the tools that sustain attention long enough to achieve learning. Warmth grants you permission to challenge. Challenging them shows you believe they are capable.

A successful quarter means every student completes their weekly app goals, passes the Test2Pass for every life-skills workshop, and 90% report that they love you. Falling short on any of these three measures means the role is not being fulfilled. In your first year you internalize the playbook; once you demonstrate your ability to maintain standards, you become eligible for Lead Guide, where you mentor new hires while continuing to work directly with students.

If you prefer traditional teaching methods, need a pre-built curriculum, or think warmth and rigor cannot coexist, this position will not suit you. If you have been an early-elementary teacher who excelled during circle time, a camp counselor for young children, a youth sports coach, a children's theater performer, or anyone who can command a room of kindergarteners using voice, play, and sheer presence, the final step before an offer is a shadow day on campus where you coach actual Alpha students. If that prospect excites you most, submit your application today.

What You Will Be Doing

• Facilitating one-hour life-skills workshops for groups of 10-15 K-3 students covering public speaking, focus, feedback, and other foundational skills
• Conducting daily individual and small-group motivation sessions to keep students on track for weekly app targets, leveraging Coachbot analytics, Alpha's incentive structures (school currency, leaderboards), and the personal connection you establish with each child
• Administering the Test2Pass (Alpha's mastery-based assessment) for each life skill, and continuing to coach students who do not pass until they achieve mastery
• Meeting kindergarteners at their developmental level using songs, stories, movement, and playfulness, while maintaining measurable, real standards for second and third graders
• Serving as the warm, welcoming adult children are excited to see at drop-off AND the adult who will not allow them to settle for less than their best
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Delivering lectures from the front of the room; academic instruction is embedded in the apps, not delivered by you
• Creating curriculum from the ground up; Alpha supplies the playbook and you execute it with energy and intention
• Monitoring children passively while they use computers; motivation in this role is hands-on, personal, and continuous
• Adjusting a weekly target downward so a child can reach it; if a student falls behind, the solution is to support the student, not lower the bar
• Grading homework, preparing for standardized tests, or handling parent outreach; Campus Leads manage parent communication, and the other tasks do not exist in this model
  
  

Early Childhood Educator Key Responsibilities

Ensure that every student in your K-3 cohort completes their weekly learning targets, achieves mastery of each life skill, and finishes the year reporting that they loved you.

Basic Requirements

• Willing to work on-site at an Alpha campus in Phoenix, AZ; Oklahoma City, OK; Tulsa, OK; Nashville, TN; Austin, TX; Fort Worth, TX; Houston, TX; or Park City (Salt Lake City), UT (relocation support provided)
• Bachelor's degree in any subject
• At least 3 years working directly with children ages 4 to 9 (early-elementary teaching, coaching, tutoring, camp counseling, or youth program leadership)
• A specific example you can describe of motivating a young child to a hard goal: the goal, what you did, and the outcome
• Able to attend a paid training program at our Austin, TX campus
• Willingness to let AI handle the instructional content while you focus on motivation and life-skills coaching
• Legally authorized to work in the US without visa sponsorship
  
  

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Experience in youth athletics coaching, children's theater, camp leadership, Montessori/progressive early education, or after-school programs where you were directly responsible for motivating young kids toward specific goals
• Personal history of high achievement (academic, athletic, or professional), such that holding others to a hard bar is a pattern, not a posture
• Natural performer's presence with little kids — the ability to hold a room of kindergarteners through voice, silliness, and movement
• Track record of turning shy or resistant little kids into confident, active participants
  
  

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-Rocheste-EarlyChildhood2