Early Childhood Education Specialist, Alpha

• $120,000 annual salary, distributed weekly. Full health, dental, and vision coverage begins day one.
• Considering a move? We provide relocation assistance.

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

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

Alpha School is transforming education by enabling children to achieve academic mastery quickly while dedicating greater time to developing essential life competencies. In Pre-K, this begins with something even more essential: emotional security, curiosity, and the resilience to attempt new challenges.

Your objective: guide an on-site NYC Pre-K group that develops a genuine love of learning while demonstrating accelerated early developmental progress—approximately 2x the gains seen in conventional preschool settings. You will create purposeful, sensory-enriched play experiences that integrate developmental objectives, document progress on a weekly basis, and rapidly adapt instruction for individual learners.

NYC offers: parks conducive to outdoor instruction, culturally rich neighborhoods with engaged family networks, exceptional public transportation, and proximity to leading early childhood education resources.

Cultivate joy. Drive measurable growth. Submit your application today.

• Plan and lead 30–60 minute play-based instructional blocks that foster joy, emotional security, and quantifiable developmental gains
• Establish a movement- and sensory-responsive classroom environment that sustains high engagement and enables four-year-olds to access learning through varied modalities
• Conduct real-time observation and documentation:
  Record same-day, objective observations linked to developmental domains, then refresh each child's milestone tracking weekly
• Leverage data to inform teaching:
  Review weekly documentation to pinpoint each child's next developmental threshold and design responsive instructional actions
• Develop individualized, interest-driven activity modifications anchored in each child's motivations, integrate one explicit developmental target, and reassess outcomes within two weeks
• Support children through moments of frustration using composed co-regulation and emotional guidance instead of reactive behavioral management
• Share student progress, daily routines, and emerging observations clearly and proactively with families

• Approach PreK as custodial care instead of purposeful early education
• Default to scripted worksheets or compliance-focused teaching methods
• Spend most of your day supervising academic applications rather than facilitating live, experiential learning
• Apply reactive behavioral management instead of calm co-regulation and emotional coaching

Ensure NYC Pre-K children develop a genuine enthusiasm for school while exhibiting accelerated early-learning advancement through purposeful play experiences.

• Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education or Child Development, OR CDA/Montessori/Reggio credential
• Minimum 2 years of experience working with 3–5-year-olds in a structured group setting (classroom, not solely one-on-one care)
• Documented success leading play-based learning that produces observable developmental advancement
• Confirmed ability to record developmental milestones objectively and reliably on a weekly schedule using a structured framework or rubric
• Strong relationship-building and emotional attunement:
  Capacity to establish trust rapidly, interpret emotional signals accurately, and employ individualized motivators to activate engagement
• Co-regulation and frustration scaffolding:
  Support children through emotional escalations 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

Alpha School is on a mission to reshape education with a bold approach…