Pre-Kindergarten Guide, Alpha - , USD

• On-site position in New York City, NY
• $120,000 annual salary with weekly pay. Health, dental, and vision coverage begins day one.
• Considering a move? We provide relocation assistance.

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

Alpha School is redesigning education so children achieve academic mastery quickly while investing more time in essential life skills. At the Pre-K level, this foundation begins with something even more essential: emotional security, curiosity, and the resilience to keep trying.

Your role: guide an in-person New York City Pre-K group that develops a love for school while demonstrating accelerated early-learning outcomes—approximately 2x the progress seen in conventional preschools. You will create purposeful, sensory-rich play activities that integrate developmental objectives, then track progress each week and adapt quickly for every child.

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

Cultivate joy. Drive growth. Apply today.

What You Will Be Doing

• Plan and lead 30–60 minute play-based learning sessions that foster joy, emotional security, and quantifiable developmental progress
• Develop a movement- and sensory-responsive classroom environment that sustains high engagement and supports four-year-olds learning through varied modalities
• Observe and record in the moment: Collect same-day, factual notes linked to developmental domains, then refresh each child's milestone tracking weekly
• Let data shape instruction: Review weekly records to pinpoint each child's next developmental step and design responsive teaching strategies
• Create personalized, interest-driven activity modifications for individual children, integrate one targeted developmental objective, and reassess outcomes within two weeks
• Support children through moments of frustration using calm co-regulation and emotional guidance instead of reactive behavior management
• Share student progress, daily 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 teaching methods
• Spend most of your day supervising academic apps rather than facilitating live, hands-on learning experiences
• Apply reactive behavior control instead of calm co-regulation and emotional guidance

Pre-Kindergarten Guide Key Responsibilities

Ensure NYC Pre-K students develop a love of school while achieving 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)
• Documented success leading play-based learning that produces measurable developmental progress
• Verified 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 apply personalized motivators to activate engagement
• Co-regulation and frustration support: Lead children through emotional challenges 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-Washingt-PreKindergarte1