Montessori Teacher

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

Alpha School is reimagining education—where children achieve academic mastery quickly and devote more time to developing essential life skills. In Pre-K, this begins with something even more foundational: emotional security, curiosity, and the resilience to keep trying.

Your role: guide an in-person NYC Pre-K cohort that develops a genuine love for school while demonstrating accelerated early-learning outcomes: approximately 2x the progress typical preschools achieve. You'll create purposeful, sensory-rich play experiences that incorporate developmental objectives, then track progress on a weekly basis and pivot quickly to meet each child's needs.

NYC: Access to parks for outdoor exploration, culturally diverse neighborhoods with engaged family communities, exceptional public transportation, and connections to leading-edge early childhood professional networks.

Cultivate joy. Drive growth. Submit your application 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
• Build a classroom environment rich in movement and sensory experiences that sustains high engagement and enables four-year-olds to learn through varied modalities
• Document observations in real time: Record same-day, objective notes aligned 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 opportunity and design responsive instructional adjustments
• Create individualized, interest-driven activity modifications tailored to each child's motivations, integrate one targeted developmental objective, and reassess effectiveness within two weeks
• Support children through moments of frustration using composed co-regulation and emotional guidance rather than reactive behavioral management
• Share student progress, daily routines, and emerging observations clearly and proactively with families

What You Won’t Be Doing

• View PreK as custodial care instead of purposeful early education
• Default to scripted worksheets or compliance-focused teaching as your primary method
• Spend most of your day overseeing academic applications rather than facilitating live, tactile learning experiences
• Apply reactive behavioral management instead of composed co-regulation and emotional guidance

Montessori Teacher Key Responsibilities

Ensure NYC Pre-K children develop a love for school while showing 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
• 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 visible developmental progress
• Confirmed ability to record developmental milestones objectively and reliably on a weekly schedule using a structured framework or rubric
• Advanced relationship-building and emotional attunement: Capacity to establish trust rapidly, interpret emotional signals precisely, and apply individualized motivators to activate engagement
• Co-regulation and frustration support: Lead children through emotional peaks 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 for more details on this topic.

Crossover Job Code: LJ-5746-US-Yonkers-MontessoriTeac