Early Childhood Educator, Alpha - $120,000/year USD

• On-site position in New York City, NY
• $120,000 annual salary with weekly pay. Full health, dental, and vision coverage starting day one.
• Relocating? We provide relocation assistance.
  
  

Do you think genuine learning begins with joy, movement, and trust?

Alpha School is reimagining education so children achieve academic mastery quickly and devote more time to developing 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 on-site NYC Pre-K group that develops a love for school while demonstrating accelerated early-learning outcomes—approximately 2x the progress seen in conventional preschool settings. You will create purposeful, sensory-enriched play experiences that integrate developmental objectives, then track progress each week and make rapid adjustments tailored to individual children.

NYC offers: parks for outdoor education, diverse communities with engaged families, exceptional public transportation, and proximity to leading early childhood education networks.

Cultivate joy. Drive growth. Apply today.

What You Will Be Doing

• Plan and lead 30–60 minute play-centered learning sessions that foster joy, emotional security, and quantifiable developmental progress
• Build a movement-rich and sensory-responsive classroom environment that sustains engagement and supports multi-modal learning for four-year-olds
• Observe and record in the moment: Document same-day, evidence-based observations aligned with developmental domains, then refresh each child's milestone tracker weekly
• Let data shape your teaching: Review weekly documentation to pinpoint each child's next developmental step and design targeted instructional responses
• Develop personalized, interest-driven activity modifications for each child, integrate one specific developmental target, and reassess outcomes within two weeks
• Support children navigating frustration through composed co-regulation and emotional guidance instead of reactive behavioral management
• Share student progress, daily routines, and emerging observations transparently and proactively with families
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Approach Pre-K as custodial care instead of purposeful early education
• Default to scripted worksheets or compliance-focused instruction as your primary method
• Spend most of your day supervising academic apps rather than facilitating live, experiential learning
• Apply reactive behavioral control instead of calm co-regulation and emotional coaching
  
  

Early Childhood Educator Key Responsibilities

Ensure NYC Pre-K children develop a love for school while showing accelerated early-learning gains 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 3–5-year-olds in a structured group environment (classroom setting, not exclusively one-on-one care)
• Demonstrated success leading play-based learning that produces measurable developmental progress
• Proven capacity to record developmental milestones objectively and reliably on a weekly basis using a structured framework or rubric
• Strong relational skills and emotional sensitivity: Capacity to establish trust rapidly, interpret emotional signals precisely, and leverage personalized motivators to foster engagement
• Co-regulation and frustration support: Help children navigate emotional surges using calm demonstration and systematic emotional coaching
• Authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship
• Available to work full-time on-site 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-Miami-EarlyChildhood