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

• On-site position in New York City, NY
• $120,000 annual salary, paid weekly. Full health, dental, and vision coverage starting day one.
• Relocating? Relocation assistance is available.
  
  

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

Alpha School is redefining education—where children achieve academic mastery quickly and invest more time developing essential life skills. In Pre-K, that foundation is even more critical: emotional security, curiosity, and the resilience to explore.

Your role: guide an in-person NYC Pre-K group that thrives in school while demonstrating accelerated early-learning outcomes—approximately 2x the progress of conventional preschool programs. You'll craft purposeful, sensory-driven play experiences that integrate developmental milestones, then track progress each week and adapt rapidly for every child.

NYC: City parks for outdoor exploration, vibrant neighborhoods with engaged family communities, best-in-class public transportation, and proximity to innovative early childhood networks.

Cultivate joy. Drive growth. Apply today.

What You Will Be Doing

• Plan and lead 30–60 minute play-based learning sessions that foster joy, emotional security, and quantifiable developmental progress
• Build a classroom environment rich in movement and sensory opportunity that sustains engagement and enables four-year-olds to learn across multiple modalities
• Capture real-time observations: Record same-day, objective documentation linked to developmental domains, then refresh each child's milestone tracking weekly
• Let data inform your teaching: Review weekly documentation to pinpoint each child's next developmental edge and design targeted learning responses
• Create personalized, interest-driven activity modifications for each child, embedding one focused developmental objective, and reassess impact within two weeks
• Support children through challenges using composed co-regulation and emotional guidance instead of reactive behavior management
• Share student progress, daily routines, and emerging observations clearly and proactively with families
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• View PreK as custodial care instead of purposeful early education
• Default to scripted worksheets or compliance-based instruction as your primary method
• Spend most of your day supervising academic apps rather than facilitating live, interactive learning
• Substitute reactive behavior management for 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 growth through purposeful play.

Basic Requirements

• Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education or Child Development, OR CDA/Montessori/Reggio credential
• Minimum 2 years of experience working with 3–5-year-olds in a structured group setting (classroom, not solely one-on-one care)
• Demonstrated success facilitating play-based learning that drives observable developmental growth
• Proven ability to document developmental milestones objectively and consistently on a weekly cadence using a structured framework or rubric
• Strong relationship-building and emotional attunement: Ability to build trust quickly, read emotional cues accurately, and use individualized motivators to unlock engagement
• Co-regulation and frustration scaffolding: Guide children through emotional spikes using calm modeling and structured emotional coaching
• Eligible to work in the U.S. without sponsorship
• Ability 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-SanAnton-EarlyChildhood