Pre-K Teacher, Alpha - $100,000/year USD

About the role

This is a full-time, on-site role leading a Pre-K classroom in Austin, where emotional safety, curiosity, and measurable developmental growth matter equally. You'll design the experiences yourself — art that explores gravity, stories that build empathy, play that develops executive function — instead of working through a curriculum someone else locked in a binder. We hire educators who know great preschool isn't childcare. It's the foundation everything else is built on.

What You Will Be Doing

• Design joyful, sensory-rich learning experiences that intentionally build early literacy, numeracy, self-regulation, and social development
• Create a classroom where every child feels emotionally safe, deeply known, and excited to come to school
• Observe development in real time, document meaningful progress with structured screening and assessment tools, and use those insights to personalize learning
• Adjust activities around each child's interests and developmental needs so every learner makes measurable progress
• Partner closely with families to share growth, celebrate milestones, and support development beyond the classroom
• Use AI tools for documentation, family communication, and classroom planning, so more of your day goes to the children

What You Won't Be Doing

• Supervising children without a clear developmental purpose behind every activity
• Following scripted lessons, relying on worksheets, or teaching to compliance instead of curiosity
• Spending your day managing behavior rather than helping children build emotional regulation
• Sitting children in front of academic software while you monitor from the sidelines
• Waiting on a committee or a district timeline to change something that isn't working for your class

Pre-K Teacher Key Responsibilities

Create a Pre-K classroom where every child builds a lasting love of learning while making exceptional progress across the developmental foundations that shape everything after.

Basic Requirements

• Able to work full-time, on-site in Austin, TX (relocation assistance is available)
• An associate's degree or higher, or any U.S. state teaching license or certification
• At least 2 years of experience working with children ages 3-5 in a structured, play-based classroom or group setting
• Experience documenting developmental milestones using a structured framework or assessment tool (Teaching Strategies GOLD, ASQ, HighScope COR, etc.)
• Authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Experience in a Reggio Emilia, Montessori, Bank Street, or other inquiry-based early childhood program
• Experience in an independent school or an academically ambitious preschool
• A CDA credential or a degree in Early Childhood Education or Child Development
• Familiarity with child-development frameworks, observation tools, or portfolio-based assessment
• Comfort using educational technology and AI tools to enhance learning and reduce administrative load

Benefits

• $100,000/year salary
• Full health benefits
• Relocation support available

About Alpha

Join the team building school around student growth. Alpha reimagines the school day around faster learning, stronger mentorship, and more time for students to build real-world skills.

Roles with real student impact: Alpha hires teachers (guides), operators, admissions experts, school & curriculum leaders, and remote team members.

Education work that pays like it matters: Alpha offers six-figure roles for people ready to help build a radically better school experience.

A culture built for builders: Alpha is fast-moving, ambitious, and student focused. It's for people who want to improve the system, not maintain it. Alpha is where you can do the most meaningful work of your career.