Education Technology Consultant - Fully Remote | Upto $1000 Part-time

<h3>About the job</h3><p><strong>Mercor</strong> connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include <strong>Benchmark</strong>, <strong>General Catalyst</strong>, <strong>Peter Thiel</strong>, <strong>Adam D'Angelo</strong>, <strong>Larry Summers</strong>, and <strong>Jack Dorsey</strong>.</p><p><strong>Position:</strong> Education Technology Expert<br><strong>Type:</strong><strong>Contract</strong><br><strong>Compensation:</strong><strong>$850–$1,000 per completed task</strong><br><strong>Location:</strong><strong>Remote</strong></p><h3>Role Responsibilities</h3><ul><li>Build a realistic digital workspace centered on the Drive folders you use daily. Include product specs, learning-design docs, assessment rubrics, engagement reports, integration plans, PD materials, and email threads. Represent platforms like <strong>Google Classroom</strong>, <strong>PowerSchool</strong>, and <strong>Google Forms</strong>.</li><li>Design multi-step tasks grounded in your real workflows. Require navigation of multiple apps, files, and stakeholders to challenge frontier AI agents meaningfully.</li><li>Collaborate with other education-technology experts to design the environment, shape task scope, and review scenarios for realism and rigor.</li><li>Work asynchronously with research teams to refine task designs and evaluation criteria for ed-tech agent benchmarks.</li><li>Contribute to frontier AI research and benchmarking. Your work directly informs how leading labs train and evaluate the next generation of AI systems.</li></ul><h3>Qualifications<p></p><p><strong>Must-Have</strong></p></h3><ul><li><strong><strong>3+ years</strong> of full-time experience at a <strong>Fortune 500 ed-tech company, R1 university, or major K-12 district/state-level education agency</strong>.</strong></li><li><strong>Background in LMS administration, educational product management, learning engineering, instructional design, learning analytics, assessment design, adaptive-learning platforms, or district-level ed-tech leadership.</strong></li><li><strong>Compliance with student-data regulations (<strong>FERPA</strong>, <strong>COPPA</strong>) and accessibility (<strong>WCAG</strong>, <strong>Section 508</strong>).</strong></li><li><strong>Day-to-day use of <strong>Google Classroom</strong>, <strong>PowerSchool</strong>, <strong>Infinite Campus</strong>, and <strong>Google Forms</strong>.</strong></li><li><strong>Strong analytical thinking and writing. Able to translate ed-tech workflows into structured task specs.</strong></li></ul><h3><strong>Compensation &amp; Legal</strong></h3><ul><li><strong><strong>Task Completion Pay:</strong> Competitive and based on task quality (~<strong>$850–$1,000</strong> per completed task, subject to change as the project evolves).</strong></li><li><strong><strong>Performance Bonus:</strong> Top performers receive a weekly bonus incentive on top of their per task rate.</strong></li><li><strong><strong>Hourly Opportunity:</strong> Top performers may be invited to transition to an hourly compensation model based on sustained quality and throughput.</strong></li></ul><h3><strong>Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)</strong></h3><ul><li><strong>Upload resume</strong></li><li><strong>AI interview based on your resume</strong></li><li><strong>Submit form</strong></li></ul><h3><strong>Resources &amp; Support</strong></h3><ul><li><strong>For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.<a href="https://himalayas.app/companies/mercor">mercor</a>.com/welcome</strong></li><li><strong>For any help or support, reach out to: support@<a href="https://himalayas.app/companies/mercor">mercor</a>.com</strong></li></ul><p><strong><em>PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.</em></strong></p><p>Originally posted on <a href="https://himalayas.app">Himalayas</a></p>