Education & Training Expert (Remote, Part-Time)
Listing checked September 16, 2026 · pay as published by Mercor
Overview
Educators who want part-time remote work in AI evaluation can join Mercor's standing pool for education and training experts. The listing stays open even when no project is active, and Mercor draws from it when new work appears. Past projects include writing classroom or course problems with the level, misconception, and constraints, then writing the reference answer that sets the grading standard for a model's attempt. Other tasks involve reviewing model-written explanations, lesson material, and assessments for accuracy and learner fit. Pay ranges from $30 to $85 per hour depending on the project and your background.
What You'll Do7
- 1Write teaching problems from your own classroom or course, including the learner level, common misconception, and task constraints.
- 2Create reference answers that show how a model's response should be graded.
- 3Review model-written explanations and lesson materials for accuracy and clarity.
- 4Check whether worked examples solve the problem with the right steps and final result.
- 5Evaluate assessments to confirm they measure the skill they claim to test.
- 6Identify explanations that are correct yet can confuse students because of prior knowledge, reading level, or unaddressed misconceptions.
- 7Flag unclear project instructions and ask for missing details before completing a task.
Requirements5
- 1Professional experience teaching, tutoring, or designing instruction.
- 2Clear writing that explains your reasoning to reviewers and project leads.
- 3Comfort working through ambiguous tasks without step-by-step direction.
- 4Willingness to flag unclear instructions and ask for context.
- 5Subject knowledge in at least one education area, such as K-12, higher education, test prep, ESL, curriculum design, or education technology.
Who Should Apply
You fit this pool if you have taught, tutored, or built curriculum and can explain your choices in writing. Subject depth matters more than where you earned your degree, above all if you have watched learners struggle with specific concepts. The role suits people who can tolerate slow timelines, since Mercor may contact you within a week or after several months, and it becomes a poor match if you need a guaranteed schedule, dislike ambiguous prompts, or expect a quick hiring decision from this listing. Candidates often lose fit when they describe teaching philosophy in broad terms but cannot name a concrete misconception or assessment flaw. Another common miss is ignoring the written reasoning requirement and treating the tasks as simple grading.
Salary Insight
Mercor lists $30.00 to $85.00 per hour for this pool. The wide band reflects project scope, subject demand, and seniority, so K-12 tutoring work may sit near the lower end while specialized higher education or curriculum design can reach the top. This range matches part-time AI training and evaluation work that requires subject expertise. Specific projects name their rate before you accept, and the final number depends on the client and task.
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In your resume and AI interview, name one concrete misconception from your teaching and explain how you would grade a model's response to it. Use the exact subject and level, such as Algebra I or ESL reading, and mention any curriculum or assessment design experience. Complete the domain expert interview and join every Mercor network you qualify for, since those steps raise your match odds.
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