Early Childhood Educator, Alpha - $120,000/year USD

On-site position at an Alpha School campus (Boston, MA Chicago, IL Greenwich, CT Lake Forest, CA Miami, FL Palo Alto, CA Piedmont, CA San Francisco, CA Santa Monica, CA; relocation assistance available)$120,000 annual salary, paid weekly. Health, dental, and vision coverage begins day oneSchool-year calendar with predictable hoursThe most valuable thing you can offer a 6-year-old who scored 99% is the refusal to accept it as 100%. If that instinct makes you uncomfortable, this role isn't for you. If it resonates immediately, if you believe children meet the expectations you consistently uphold, this position was designed with you in mind.Alpha operates differently from conventional schools. Academic learning happens through adaptive software that adjusts to each student's current level and progresses at their individual pace. There are no traditional lectures. No identical worksheets distributed to 25 students assumed to be at the same point. Instead, each child advances through personalized learning applications while you—their Guide—support them through the challenging moments: maintaining concentration when difficulty increases, working through frustration, and recognizing genuine mastery rather than mere completion.You begin each morning with motivation sessions: analyzing individual student progress within their learning applications, establishing daily targets, and identifying the most effective approach for each child. That might mean leveraging a leaderboard competition, school currency incentives, or a focused conversation about their capabilities. Your afternoons transition to life skills workshops where you facilitate instruction in public speaking, concentration, and constructive feedback through experiential, project-based methods. You'll conduct mastery-based evaluations (Test2Pass) where students demonstrate true internalization of each skill, not simply attendance. Throughout, you're guiding emotional self-regulation, resilience, and critical thinking with consistent expectations and genuine care.Guides who excel in this environment advance to Lead Guide positions, mentoring Guide teams while continuing direct work with their own student cohort. The progression from "I transformed these 15 children's trajectories" to "I'm developing the team that impacts hundreds" is concrete and attainable. If traditional education never appealed to you but you understand that what occurs between ages 4 and 7 fundamentally shapes everything afterward—apply.What You Will Be DoingFacilitating daily motivation sessions with K-2 students: analyzing Coachbot analytics, establishing individualized targets, and applying Alpha's motivational framework (school currency, leaderboards, individual coaching) to achieve 100% goal completionLeading one-hour life skills workshops focused on public speaking, concentration, constructive feedback exchange, and time management—all experiential and project-based, aligned with Alpha's curriculum playbookGuiding emotional self-regulation, resilience, and critical thinking alongside Reading Specialists responsible for literacy developmentConducting Test2Pass mastery evaluations where students prove they've truly internalized each life skill before progressionDeveloping authentic connections with each student by understanding their individual interests, capabilities, and challenges so your coaching is tailored, not standardizedWhat You Won’t Be DoingTeaching from the front of the classroom or providing academic instruction. Academic learning occurs through adaptive applications, not direct instruction from you.Creating curriculum independently. Alpha supplies the life skills curriculum and lesson frameworks; your role is to execute them effectively.Advancing students who haven't shown mastery. If they achieved 99%, you guide them to 100%.Supervising children passively using computers. Every moment is intentionally structured around active guidance, motivation, and competency development.Handling parent communications or campus-wide administration. Those responsibilities belong to the Campus Lead.Early Childhood Educator Key ResponsibilitiesGuide a cohort of K-2 students who are engaged in school, progress through adaptive learning at double the conventional rate, and develop critical life skills.Basic RequirementsBachelor's degree in any disciplineMinimum 3 years of experience working with children ages 4–7 (teaching, afterschool programs, coaching, camps, or comparable settings)Proven ability to manage groups of young children with both clear structure and strong engagementEngaging storyteller and dynamic presenter capable of capturing and maintaining the attention of a room full of 5-year-oldsShows ongoing growth in response to feedbackAvailable to work on-site at an Alpha campus (Boston, MA Chicago, IL Greenwich, CT Lake Forest, CA Miami, FL Palo Alto, CA Piedmont, CA San Francisco, CA Santa Monica, CA; relocation assistance provided)Authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship requirementsNice-to-have RequirementsExperience in youth sports coaching, summer camp leadership, or afterschool program management where you held accountability for both participation and resultsPerformance background (theater, public speaking, improvisation) that equips you to command a room of young childrenFamiliarity with adaptive learning platforms or educational technology tools in classroom or tutoring contextsHistory of high personal achievement—academically, athletically, or professionally—that informs your commitment to holding students to equally high standardsAbout 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 $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-5634-US-Boston-EarlyChildhood