Early Childhood Education Specialist, Alpha - $120,000/year USD

Crossover•Phoenix, AZ

fulltime

Education, Research, and Training

2+ years

About the role

On-site role located in New York City, NY
$120,000 annual compensation, distributed weekly. Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage begins day one.
Considering a move? We provide relocation assistance.

Do you believe authentic learning is rooted in joy, movement, and trust?

Alpha School is transforming education so children achieve academic mastery quickly and dedicate more time to developing life skills. For Pre-K, this transformation begins with something even more essential: emotional security, curiosity, and the resilience to persist.

Your role: guide an on-site NYC Pre-K group that develops a genuine love of learning while demonstrating accelerated early development—approximately 2x the progress seen in conventional preschool settings. You will create purposeful, sensory-engaging play experiences that integrate developmental objectives, document student advancement weekly, and rapidly adapt instruction for individual learners.

NYC offers: Parks ideal for outdoor instruction, culturally rich neighborhoods with engaged family communities, exceptional public transportation, and connections to pioneering early childhood education networks.

Cultivate joy. Accelerate development. Apply today.

What You Will Be Doing

Plan and lead 30–60 minute play-centered learning experiences that foster joy, emotional security, and quantifiable developmental progress
Establish a classroom environment rich in movement and sensory opportunities that sustains high engagement and enables four-year-olds to learn across diverse modalities
Conduct real-time observation and documentation: Record same-day, evidence-based observations linked to developmental domains, then refresh each child's milestone tracker weekly
Apply data to inform teaching: Review weekly documentation to pinpoint each child's next developmental frontier and design responsive instructional strategies
Create personalized, interest-driven activity modifications grounded in each child's motivations, integrate one specific developmental target, and reassess outcomes within a two-week window
Support children navigating frustration through composed co-regulation and emotional guidance instead of punitive behavior management
Share student progress, daily routines, and developing concerns transparently and proactively with families

What You Won’t Be Doing

Approach Pre-K as custodial care instead of purposeful early learning
Default to scripted worksheets or compliance-focused instruction as your primary teaching method
Allocate most of your time overseeing academic software rather than facilitating live, experiential learning
Apply punitive behavior management tactics in lieu of composed co-regulation and emotional guidance

Early Childhood Education Specialist Key Responsibilities Ensure NYC Pre-K students cultivate a love of learning while exhibiting accelerated early developmental gains 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 documented experience with 3–5-year-olds in a structured group environment (classroom setting, not exclusively one-on-one care)
Verified success leading play-based instruction that produces measurable developmental advancement
Confirmed capacity to record developmental milestones objectively and reliably on a weekly schedule using a structured framework or rubric
Advanced relationship-building and emotional sensitivity: Capacity to establish trust rapidly, interpret emotional signals precisely, and leverage personalized motivators to drive engagement
Co-regulation and frustration support: Assist children through emotional escalations using calm demonstration and systematic emotional coaching
Authorized to work in the U.S. without 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-Phoenix-EarlyChildhood1.001

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