Lead Pre-K Teacher, Alpha

• On-site position in New York City, NY
• Annual salary of $120,000, distributed weekly. Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage begins on day one.
• Planning to relocate? We provide relocation assistance.

Do you believe that authentic learning begins with joy, movement, and trust? Alpha School is transforming education where children achieve academic mastery quickly and dedicate more time to developing essential life skills. In Pre‑K, this begins with something even more foundational: emotional security, curiosity, and the resilience to persist.

Your role: oversee an in‑person NYC Pre‑K classroom that cultivates a love of learning while demonstrating accelerated early‑childhood development outcomes: approximately double the progress seen in conventional preschools. You will create purposeful, sensory‑rich play experiences that incorporate developmental objectives, then track progress each week and make rapid adjustments for every child.

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

Cultivate joy. Drive growth. Apply today.

• Plan and lead 30–60 minute play‑based learning experiences that foster joy, emotional security, and quantifiable developmental progress.
• Establish a movement‑ and sensory‑rich environment that sustains high engagement and enables four‑year‑olds to learn through varied modalities.
• Conduct real‑time observation and documentation:
  Record same‑day, objective observations linked to developmental domains, then refresh each child’s milestone tracking weekly.
• Apply data to inform instruction:
  Review weekly documentation to pinpoint each child’s next developmental opportunity and design responsive instructional strategies.
• Develop individualized, interest‑driven activity modifications based on each child’s motivations, incorporate one targeted developmental objective, and reassess effectiveness within two weeks.
• Support children through frustration using calm co‑regulation techniques and emotional coaching instead of reactive behavior management.
• Share student progress, daily 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 teaching method.
• Dedicate most of your day to supervising academic applications rather than facilitating live, hands‑on learning experiences.
• Employ reactive behavior management instead of calm co‑regulation and emotional coaching.

Ensure NYC Pre‑K children develop a love for school while achieving accelerated early‑learning development through purposeful play.

• 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 children aged 3–5 in a structured group environment (classroom setting, not exclusively one‑on‑one care).
• Documented success leading play‑based learning that produces measurable developmental progress.
• Confirmed ability to record developmental milestones objectively and reliably on a weekly basis using a structured framework or rubric.
• Strong relationship‑building and emotional attunement:
  Ability to establish trust rapidly, interpret emotional signals accurately, and leverage individualized motivators to drive engagement.
• Co‑regulation and frustration scaffolding:
  Support children through emotional escalation 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 compensation level for this role is $120,000 per year, paid weekly at $60 per hour. The position requires entering into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover as a Contractor of Record.