Pre-Kindergarten Guide, Alpha - $120,000/year USD

On-site in New York City, NY

$120,000 annual salary, disbursed weekly. Full health, dental, and vision coverage begins day one.

Relocating? Support is provided.

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

Alpha School is reimagining education—where children achieve academic mastery quickly and devote more time to essential life skills. In Pre-K, this begins with something even more foundational: emotional safety, curiosity, and the resilience to keep trying.

Your role: guide an in-person NYC Pre-K group that loves coming to school while demonstrating accelerated early-learning outcomes—approximately 2x the developmental gains seen in traditional preschool settings. You will plan intentional, sensory-rich play experiences that embed developmental objectives, then track progress weekly and adjust quickly for every child.

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

Create joy. Drive growth. Apply today.

What You Will Be Doing

Plan and lead 30–60 minute play-based learning experiences that foster joy, emotional safety, and quantifiable developmental progress

Build a movement- and sensory-responsive classroom environment that sustains engagement and supports four-year-olds learning through varied modalities

Observe and record in real time: Document objective, same-day observations linked to developmental domains, then refresh each child's milestone tracker weekly

Let data guide instruction: Review weekly documentation to pinpoint each child's next developmental step and plan targeted learning strategies

Create individualized, interest-driven activity modifications for each child, embedding one specific developmental objective, and reassess impact within two weeks

Support children through frustration using calm co-regulation and emotional coaching instead of reactive behavior management

Share student progress, routines, and emerging observations clearly and proactively with families

What You Won’t Be Doing

Approach PreK as childcare instead of purposeful early education

Default to scripted worksheets or compliance-focused instruction

Spend most of your day supervising academic apps rather than facilitating live, hands-on learning

Apply reactive behavior control instead of calm co-regulation and emotional coaching

Pre-Kindergarten Guide Key Responsibilities

Ensure NYC Pre-K children develop a love of school while showing accelerated early-learning growth through purposeful play.

Basic Requirements

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)

Proven track record facilitating play-based learning that produces measurable developmental progress

Demonstrated ability to objectively and consistently document developmental milestones on a weekly basis 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 increase 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

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-NewYork-PreKindergarte.003