Montessori Teacher, Alpha

On-site position located in New York City, NY.

Annual compensation of $120,000, disbursed weekly. Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage begins on day one.

Considering a move? We offer relocation assistance.

Do you believe meaningful learning begins with curiosity, movement, and trust? Alpha School is redefining early education where children achieve academic mastery quickly and devote additional time to developing essential life skills. In Pre‑K, this begins with something even more essential: emotional security, wonder, and the resilience to explore.

Your objective: guide an in‑person NYC Pre‑K group that develops a genuine love for school while demonstrating accelerated early‑learning outcomes: approximately 2x the gains produced by traditional preschool programs. You will create deliberate, sensory‑rich play activities that integrate developmental benchmarks, then track progress weekly and make rapid adjustments for individual children.

NYC offers:
Parks ideal for outdoor education, vibrant neighborhoods with engaged family communities, exceptional public transportation, and proximity to leading‑edge early childhood education networks.

Cultivate joy. Drive growth.

• Plan and lead 30–60 minute play‑based learning sessions that foster joy, emotional security, and quantifiable developmental progress.
• Establish a movement‑ and sensory‑responsive classroom environment that sustains high engagement and enables four‑year‑olds to learn through varied modalities.
• Observe and record in real time: document same‑day, objective observations linked to developmental domains, then refresh each child’s milestone tracker weekly.
• Leverage data to inform teaching: review weekly documentation to pinpoint each child’s next developmental target and design responsive instructional strategies.
• Create individualized, motivation‑driven activity modifications based on each child’s interests, incorporate one defined developmental objective, and reassess outcomes within two weeks.
• Support children through frustration using calm co‑regulation and emotional guidance instead of reactive behavior management.
• Share student progress, classroom routines, and emerging observations clearly and proactively with families.

• Approach Pre‑K as custodial care instead of purposeful early education.
• Default to scripted worksheets or compliance‑focused instruction as your primary method.
• Spend the majority of your day supervising academic apps rather than facilitating live, hands‑on learning experiences.
• Apply reactive behavior management instead of calm co‑regulation and emotional coaching.

• 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).
• Documented success leading play‑based learning that produces observable developmental gains.
• Established ability to record developmental milestones objectively and reliably on a weekly schedule using a structured framework or rubric.
• Strong relationship‑building and emotional attunement: capacity to establish trust rapidly, interpret emotional signals accurately, and apply individualized motivators to foster engagement.
• Co‑regulation and frustration scaffolding: support children through emotional surges using calm modeling and structured emotional coaching.
• Authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.
• Available to work full‑time on‑site in New York City, NY.

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  for more details on this topic.

Crossover Job Code: LJ-5746-US-Warren-Montessori Teac.
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