Early Childhood Educator, Alpha - $100,000/year USD

W2 salary of $100,000/year with weekly pay; full health, dental, and vision coverage begins day oneOn-site role at an Alpha campus in Phoenix, AZ; Oklahoma City, OK; Tulsa, OK; Nashville, TN; Austin, TX; Fort Worth, TX; Houston, TX; or Park City (Salt Lake City), UT (relocation assistance available)Your role is not to teach. Your role is to motivate.The most powerful support you can offer a six-year-old who reaches 99% of their target is to decline calling it complete. If that expectation unsettles you, this role is not for you. If it energizes you because maintaining standards is how you demonstrate belief in a kindergartener's potential, continue reading.At Alpha, students in grades K-2 complete academics through AI-driven applications over two hours daily. No traditional lectures. No paper worksheets. You will spend half your day facilitating one-hour life-skills workshops focused on public speaking, concentration, and feedback exchange. These workshops serve as frameworks, not rigid scripts—the most effective educators in this position customize them for their cohort and create new ones when gaps emerge. The remaining half involves working with students individually or in small groups, analyzing Coachbot data, and coaching each child toward 100% completion of their weekly app targets. With children aged five and six, energy and play are not supplementary—they are essential tools for sustaining attention long enough to achieve learning. Warmth establishes the foundation for high expectations. High expectations communicate your confidence in their ability to succeed.A successful quarter means every student completes their weekly app goals, passes the Test2Pass for all life-skills workshops, and 90%+ report they love you. Falling short on any of these three measures means the role has not been fulfilled. In your first year, you will master the operational framework; as you demonstrate your ability to uphold standards, advancement to Lead Guide becomes available, where you mentor new hires while continuing direct work with students.If you prefer traditional classroom teaching, expect fully developed curriculum, or view warmth and rigor as incompatible, this position is not suitable. If you have been an early-elementary teacher who excelled at circle time, a camp counselor for young children, a youth sports coach, a children's theater performer, or anyone capable of commanding a room of kindergarteners through vocal presence, play, and pure energy, the final step before an offer is a shadow day on campus coaching actual Alpha students. If that prospect excites you most, apply today.What You Will Be DoingFacilitating one-hour life-skills workshops for groups of 10-15 K-2 students covering public speaking, concentration, feedback, and other enduring skillsConducting daily individual and small-group motivation sessions to maintain student progress toward weekly app targets, leveraging Coachbot analytics, Alpha's incentive structures (school currency, leaderboards), and the personal connection you establish with each childDelivering the Test2Pass (Alpha's mastery-based evaluation) for each life skill, and coaching students who do not pass until mastery is achievedEngaging kindergarteners through songs, stories, movement, and playfulness, while maintaining measurable, genuine standards for first and second gradersServing as the warm adult children are excited to see at drop-off AND the adult who will not permit them to settle for less than their bestWhat You Won’t Be DoingDelivering whiteboard lectures; academic content is delivered through the apps, not by youCreating curriculum independently; Alpha supplies the framework and you execute it with energyPassively supervising students at computers; motivation in this role is active, individualized, and continuousReducing a weekly target so a child can reach it; when a student falls behind, the solution is supporting the student, not adjusting the goalGrading homework, conducting standardized test preparation, or managing parent outreach; Campus Leads handle parent-facing responsibilities, and the rest does not exist in this modelEarly Childhood Educator Key ResponsibilitiesEnsure every student in your K-2 cohort achieves their weekly learning targets, masters each life skill, and concludes the year reporting they loved you.Basic RequirementsWilling to work on-site at an Alpha campus in Phoenix, AZ; Oklahoma City, OK; Tulsa, OK; Nashville, TN; Austin, TX; Fort Worth, TX; Houston, TX; or Park City (Salt Lake City), UT (relocation support provided)Bachelor's degree in any subjectAt least 3 years working directly with children ages 4 to 8 (early-elementary teaching, coaching, tutoring, camp counseling, or youth program leadership)A specific example you can describe of motivating a young child to a hard goal: the goal, what you did, and the outcomeAble to attend a paid training program at our Austin, TX campusWillingness to let AI handle the instructional content while you focus on motivation and life-skills coachingLegally authorized to work in the US without visa sponsorshipNice-to-have RequirementsExperience in youth athletics coaching, children's theater, camp leadership, Montessori/progressive early education, or after-school programs where you were directly responsible for motivating young kids toward specific goalsPersonal history of high achievement (academic, athletic, or professional), such that holding others to a hard bar is a pattern, not a postureNatural performer's presence with little kids — the ability to hold a room of kindergarteners through voice, silliness, and movementTrack record of turning shy or resistant little kids into confident, active participantsAbout AlphaWant 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 usThis 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-Atlanta-EarlyChildhood1.008