AI Education Specialist: Curriculum & Assessment Design

Mercor; New York (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is collaborating with a leading AI lab to engage experienced educators across K-12 and higher education teaching, curriculum development, assessment, and instructional design.

Contributors translate classroom work into structured training data, design realistic educational scenarios, review AI outputs for standards alignment, provide actionable feedback, and collaborate asynchronously with the research team to improve AI systems.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3+ years of professional experience in education.
• Bachelor's degree in Education or a related field.
• Comfort with classroom and instructional tools (Google Classroom, Canvas, PowerSchool).
• Strong written communication and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Design realistic educational scenarios and tasks from daily work.
• Review AI outputs for standards alignment and pedagogical soundness.
• Create structured examples reflecting educator reasoning.
• Provide clear written feedback to improve AI teaching tasks.
• Collaborate asynchronously with the research team.

Skills

Education experience

Curriculum design

Assessment & evaluation

Instructional design

Strong written communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Education or related field

State teaching license / certification or advanced degree preferred

Tools

Google Classroom

Canvas

PowerSchool

Assessment platforms

Job description

Mercor is collaborating with a leading AI lab to engage experienced educators across K-12 and higher education teaching, curriculum development, assessment, and instructional design.

Contributors translate classroom work into structured training data, design realistic educational scenarios, review AI outputs for standards alignment, provide actionable feedback, and collaborate asynchronously with the research team to improve AI systems.