Pre-Kindergarten Teacher

• On-site position in New York City, NY
• $120,000 annual compensation, distributed weekly. Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage begins on day one.
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Do you believe authentic learning begins with joy, movement, and a foundation of trust?

Alpha School is redefining education where children achieve academic mastery quickly and dedicate expanded time to developing essential life competencies. At the Pre-K level, this begins with something even more essential: emotional security, curiosity, and the resilience to attempt new challenges.

Your objective: facilitate an on-site NYC Pre-K cohort that genuinely enjoys the learning environment while demonstrating accelerated early developmental progress—approximately 2x the outcomes typical preschool programs achieve. You will architect purposeful, sensory-enriched play experiences that integrate developmental benchmarks, then record progress on a weekly basis and adapt strategies rapidly for individual learners.

NYC offers parks ideal for outdoor pedagogy, diverse communities with engaged family networks, exceptional public transportation, and proximity to leading early childhood education resources.

Cultivate joy. Accelerate development. Submit your application today.

What You Will Be Doing

• Architect and lead 30–60 minute play-centered learning experiences that foster joy, emotional security, and quantifiable developmental advancement
• Establish a movement-rich and sensory-responsive classroom environment that sustains high engagement and enables four-year-olds to learn across diverse modalities

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• Conduct real-time observation and documentation: Record same-day, evidence-based notes aligned with developmental domains, then refresh each child's milestone tracking weekly
• Apply data to inform instructional decisions: Review weekly documentation to pinpoint each child's next developmental threshold and design responsive pedagogical interventions
• Create personalized, interest-driven activity modifications grounded in individual motivators, integrate one targeted developmental objective, and reassess outcomes within a two-week cycle
• Support children navigating frustration through composed co-regulation and emotional mentorship rather than reactive behavioral management
• Share student development updates, daily routines, and emerging observations clearly and proactively with families
  
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Approach PreK as custodial care rather than purposeful early education
• Default to scripted worksheets or compliance-focused instruction as your primary teaching method
• Allocate the majority of your day to supervising academic applications instead of facilitating live, experiential learning
• Apply reactive behavioral control instead of composed co-regulation and emotional mentorship
  
  

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Pre-Kindergarten Guide Key Responsibilities

Ensure NYC Pre-K students develop a genuine affinity for school while exhibiting accelerated early-learning advancement 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 professional experience with 3–5-year-olds in a structured group environment (classroom setting, not exclusively individual care)
• Documented success leading play-based instruction that produces measurable developmental advancement
• Confirmed capacity to record developmental milestones objectively and reliably on a weekly schedule using an organized framework or assessment tool
• Advanced relationship-building and emotional perception: Capacity to establish trust efficiently, interpret emotional signals precisely, and leverage personalized motivators to activate engagement
• Co-regulation and frustration support: Facilitate children through emotional escalations using calm demonstration and systematic emotional guidance
• Authorized to work in the U.S. without requiring sponsorship

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• 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.001