Education Specialist - Curriculum Design

Obsidian; Toronto; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is partnering with a leading AI lab to recruit experienced educators across K-12 and higher education for teaching, curriculum design, assessment and instructional technology roles.

Contributors will translate classroom workflows into high-quality training data, design realistic tasks, and provide feedback to improve AI systems used in education. This opportunity spans multiple specialties and grade levels, with flexible collaboration across teams.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience in education (K-12 or higher ed teaching, curriculum/instructional design, assessment, or related field)
• Strong written communication and attention to detail
• Comfortable with common classroom and instructional tools (Google Classroom, Canvas, PowerSchool, assessment platforms)

Responsibilities

• Design realistic educational scenarios and tasks drawn from day-to-day work (lesson planning, assessment and item writing, grading against a rubric)
• Review AI-generated educational outputs for accuracy and standards alignment (e.g., Common Core, NGSS) and grade-level appropriateness
• Create structured examples reflecting how educators reason through problems
• Provide clear written feedback to improve AI performance in teaching tasks
• Collaborate asynchronously with the research team

Skills

Education experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Education or related field

Tools

Google Classroom

Canvas

PowerSchool

Job description

Role Overview

Mercor is collaborating with a leading AI lab to engage experienced educators across all areas of practice — including K-12 and higher-education teaching, curriculum development and instructional design, assessment and psychometrics, special education, tutoring and academic support, and educational technology. Contributors help build AI systems that reason about real educational work by translating everyday teaching, assessment, and instructional-design workflows, judgments, and decision-making into structured, high-quality training data.

Key Responsibilities

• Design realistic educational scenarios and tasks drawn from your day-to-day work (e.g., lesson planning, assessment and item writing, grading against a rubric, differentiation and intervention, curriculum and unit design, IEPs and accommodations, student feedback)
• Review and compare AI-generated educational outputs for accuracy, standards alignment (e.g., Common Core, NGSS, state or discipline standards), grade-level appropriateness, and sound pedagogical judgment
• Create structured examples that reflect how educators actually reason through problems
• Provide clear written feedback that improves how AI performs teaching and instructional tasks
• Collaborate asynchronously with the research team

Ideal Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience in education (K-12 or higher-ed teaching, curriculum/instructional design, assessment, special education, tutoring, or a related field)
• A state teaching license/certification, National Board Certification, or an advanced degree (MEd/EdD/PhD or a subject master's) preferred, but not required
• Bachelor's degree in Education or a subject-matter field
• Comfortable with common classroom and instructional tools (e.g., Google Classroom, Canvas, an SIS such as PowerSchool, assessment and curriculum platforms)
• Strong written communication and attention to detail

More About the Opportunity

• Open to all education specialties and grade bands — contribute where your expertise is strongest
• Work spans task design, evaluation, and structured feedback on AI educational outputs
• Strong contributors advance into reviewer, lead, and domain-expert roles