The greatest support you can offer a six-year-old facing a challenge is to withhold the solution and guide them to find it themselves. You help them learn to overcome obstacles independently. If this approach feels counterintuitive to you, this position may not be the right fit.
Alpha operates differently from conventional schools. Students progress through academic content using adaptive software at an individualized pace. There are no lectures, no worksheets, and no uniform pacing for all learners. Your responsibility is to ensure a small group of K-2 students is excited to arrive each day, reaches their weekly learning targets, and develops life skills that many adults have never acquired.
You'll facilitate hands-on workshops covering public speaking, concentration, and feedback skills with children aged five, six, and seven. You'll support students as they work through learning applications—not by providing answers, but by cultivating the problem-solving strategies they need to persevere independently. When 100% of your students achieve their weekly targets and 90% rate you as someone they enjoy working with, you'll have confirmation of your effectiveness.
This role is not about supervising children using computers. It's high-stakes coaching where each student's advancement is monitored, every session produces measurable results, and your effectiveness is reflected in data, not sentiment alone. If you're convinced that children have unlimited potential and that traditional schooling constrains them, this is your opportunity to demonstrate it.
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Early Childhood Educator Key Responsibilities Coach a small group of K-2 students to develop life skills and achieve their academic targets each week.
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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 $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-Napervil-EarlyChildhood1.027
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