Senior 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 from day one.
• Considering relocation? We provide support.
  
  

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

Alpha School is redefining education by enabling children to advance academically at pace while dedicating more time to developing essential life competencies. For Pre-K learners, this foundation begins with something even more essential: emotional security, curiosity, and the resilience to engage.

Your role: guide an on-site NYC Pre-K classroom that cultivates a love for learning while delivering accelerated early developmental outcomes—approximately 2x the progress seen in conventional preschool settings. You will create purposeful, sensory-enriched play experiences aligned with developmental milestones, track growth weekly, and adapt instruction rapidly for individual learners.

NYC offers: parks for experiential outdoor education, culturally rich neighborhoods with engaged family networks, best-in-class public transportation, and proximity to leading early childhood professional communities.

Create joy. Accelerate development. Apply today.

What You Will Be Doing

• Plan and lead play-based learning sessions lasting 30–60 minutes that foster joy, emotional security, and quantifiable developmental progress
• Build a classroom environment rich in movement and sensory opportunities that sustains high engagement and supports four-year-olds learning through varied modalities
• Conduct real-time observation and documentation: Record same-day, objective developmental notes aligned with key domains, and refresh each child's milestone tracker on a weekly basis
• Leverage data to inform teaching: Review weekly documentation to pinpoint each child's next developmental opportunity and design responsive instructional strategies
• Develop personalized, interest-driven activity modifications for individual children, embedding one targeted developmental objective, and reassess outcomes within a two-week cycle
• Support children navigating frustration through calm co-regulation and structured emotional coaching instead of reactive behavior management
• Share student progress, classroom routines, and developing concerns with families in a clear, proactive manner
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Approach Pre-K as custodial care instead of purposeful early education
• Default to scripted worksheets or compliance-focused teaching methods
• Spend most of your time supervising digital apps rather than facilitating live, experiential learning
• Apply reactive behavior management techniques instead of calm co-regulation and emotional coaching
  
  

Senior Early Childhood Educator Key Responsibilities

Ensure NYC Pre-K students develop a genuine love for school while achieving accelerated early developmental milestones through purposeful play.

Basic Requirements

• Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education or Child Development, OR CDA/Montessori/Reggio certification
• At least 2 years of hands-on experience with children aged 3–5 in a structured group environment (classroom setting, not exclusively individual care)
• Documented success leading play-based instruction that produces measurable developmental outcomes
• Verified capacity to record developmental milestones objectively and regularly on a weekly schedule using a structured assessment framework or rubric
• Advanced relationship-building and emotional sensitivity: Capacity to establish trust rapidly, interpret emotional signals precisely, and apply personalized motivators to drive engagement
• Co-regulation and emotional scaffolding: Support children through emotional challenges using calm presence and systematic emotional coaching
• Authorized to work in the U.S. without requiring 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-Hialeah-SeniorEarlyChi