What are the responsibilities and job description for the Early Childhood Teacher, Alpha - $100,000/year USD position at Crossover?
Students may not recall every lesson, but they will always remember the adult who believed in their potential. That is the essence of this role.
At Alpha, academics are completed in just two hours daily through adaptive learning technology. This structure allows Guides to dedicate their time to life-changing work: cultivating confidence, resilience, effective communication, and the drive to take on difficult challenges. Your day will not be spent delivering lectures from the front of a room. Instead, you will coach students through obstacles, acknowledge their achievements, and demonstrate what rigorous standards look like when combined with authentic belief in their abilities.
You will be responsible for one K-3 cohort band—either Kindergarten-1st grade or 2nd-3rd grade. Approximately half of your day involves facilitating dynamic, one-hour workshops focused on essential life skills such as public speaking, concentration, and giving and receiving feedback. The remaining time is dedicated to individual and small-group coaching, leveraging learning analytics to ensure every child progresses toward ambitious weekly targets. Each moment counts. Students should emerge from your workshops more skilled and leave coaching sessions convinced they are capable of more than they previously believed.
This position is not suited for someone seeking to deliver traditional curriculum or manage a conventional classroom. It is designed for someone passionate about inspiring young children, energized by measurable progress, and convinced that the right coach can transform a child's future. If you have motivated kids as an educator, coach, camp counselor, youth mentor, or performer, a distinctly different kind of learning environment awaits you here.
This is a full-time, on-site position at one of Alpha's campuses. We conduct national recruitment, so job postings may appear in nearby cities that do not currently host a campus.
Current openings for this salary tier are available in Scottsdale, AZ; Oklahoma City and Tulsa, OK; Nashville, TN; Austin, Georgetown, Dallas, Plano, Fort Worth, and Houston, TX; and Park City (Salt Lake City area), UT.
If you are interested in a different Alpha campus, we encourage you to apply and indicate your preferred location—we will consider you for the relevant opening.
What You Will Be Doing
Develop a cohort of K-3 students who are excited to attend school, reliably meet ambitious learning objectives, and acquire the life skills necessary to succeed well beyond elementary school.
Basic Requirements
Join the team building school around student growth
Alpha reimagines the school day around faster learning, stronger mentorship, and more time for students to build real-world skills.
Roles with real student impact: Alpha hires teachers (guides), operators, admissions experts, school & curriculum leaders, and remote team members.
Education work that pays like it matters: Alpha offers six-figure roles for people ready to help build a radically better school experience.
A culture built for builders: Alpha is fast-moving, ambitious, and student focused. It’s for people who want to improve the system, not maintain it.
Alpha is where you can do the most meaningful work of your career.
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-SaltLake-EarlyChildhood2.007
At Alpha, academics are completed in just two hours daily through adaptive learning technology. This structure allows Guides to dedicate their time to life-changing work: cultivating confidence, resilience, effective communication, and the drive to take on difficult challenges. Your day will not be spent delivering lectures from the front of a room. Instead, you will coach students through obstacles, acknowledge their achievements, and demonstrate what rigorous standards look like when combined with authentic belief in their abilities.
You will be responsible for one K-3 cohort band—either Kindergarten-1st grade or 2nd-3rd grade. Approximately half of your day involves facilitating dynamic, one-hour workshops focused on essential life skills such as public speaking, concentration, and giving and receiving feedback. The remaining time is dedicated to individual and small-group coaching, leveraging learning analytics to ensure every child progresses toward ambitious weekly targets. Each moment counts. Students should emerge from your workshops more skilled and leave coaching sessions convinced they are capable of more than they previously believed.
This position is not suited for someone seeking to deliver traditional curriculum or manage a conventional classroom. It is designed for someone passionate about inspiring young children, energized by measurable progress, and convinced that the right coach can transform a child's future. If you have motivated kids as an educator, coach, camp counselor, youth mentor, or performer, a distinctly different kind of learning environment awaits you here.
This is a full-time, on-site position at one of Alpha's campuses. We conduct national recruitment, so job postings may appear in nearby cities that do not currently host a campus.
Current openings for this salary tier are available in Scottsdale, AZ; Oklahoma City and Tulsa, OK; Nashville, TN; Austin, Georgetown, Dallas, Plano, Fort Worth, and Houston, TX; and Park City (Salt Lake City area), UT.
If you are interested in a different Alpha campus, we encourage you to apply and indicate your preferred location—we will consider you for the relevant opening.
What You Will Be Doing
- Facilitate dynamic life-skills workshops designed to help K-3 students develop communication, focus, feedback, and other foundational skills through active engagement rather than passive listening.
- Provide one-on-one and small-group coaching, utilizing Coachbot analytics, established motivation systems, and meaningful relationships to ensure every child remains on track toward ambitious weekly learning objectives.
- Evaluate life-skill mastery using Alpha's Test2Pass framework, continuing to coach students until they exhibit genuine understanding—not merely participation.
- Tailor your coaching approach to match the developmental stage of your cohort, whether that involves songs, movement, and narratives for younger students or greater independence and accountability for older learners.
- Cultivate relationships in which students feel sufficiently supported to push beyond their perceived limits.
- Delivering academic instruction from a whiteboard. Academic learning occurs through adaptive software.
- Creating curriculum from the ground up. You will refine and customize proven playbooks rather than designing lessons from scratch.
- Supervising students as they quietly work on computers. Your role involves active coaching, motivation, and personal connection.
- Reducing expectations when students face difficulties. Success is achieved by helping students meet the goal, not by lowering the bar.
- Overseeing homework, grading assignments, or managing routine parent correspondence.
Develop a cohort of K-3 students who are excited to attend school, reliably meet ambitious learning objectives, and acquire the life skills necessary to succeed well beyond elementary school.
Basic Requirements
- Willing to work on-site at one of Alpha's campuses. Current openings for this salary tier are available in Scottsdale, AZ; Oklahoma City and Tulsa, OK; Nashville, TN; Austin, Georgetown, Dallas, Plano, Fort Worth, and Houston, TX; and Park City (Salt Lake City area), UT.
- Bachelor's degree in any subject.
- At least 3 years of experience working directly with children ages 4-9 through teaching, coaching, tutoring, camps, youth programs, or similar environments.
- A track record of motivating young children to achieve challenging goals, with specific examples of your impact.
- Comfort using AI-powered learning while focusing your own energy on coaching, motivation, and life-skill development.
- The ability to balance warmth with unwavering expectations.
- Legal authorization to work in the United States without visa sponsorship.
- Experience in youth sports, children's theater, camp leadership, Montessori, progressive education, or high-engagement after-school programs.
- Personal experience achieving ambitious goals in academics, athletics, or your career.
- Outstanding storytelling or performance skills that naturally capture the attention of young children.
- Evidence of helping reluctant or shy children become confident, engaged participants.
Join the team building school around student growth
Alpha reimagines the school day around faster learning, stronger mentorship, and more time for students to build real-world skills.
Roles with real student impact: Alpha hires teachers (guides), operators, admissions experts, school & curriculum leaders, and remote team members.
Education work that pays like it matters: Alpha offers six-figure roles for people ready to help build a radically better school experience.
A culture built for builders: Alpha is fast-moving, ambitious, and student focused. It’s for people who want to improve the system, not maintain it.
Alpha is where you can do the most meaningful work of your career.
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-SaltLake-EarlyChildhood2.007
Salary : $100,000