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High School Teacher Expert (English)

You will create and evaluate educational content used to improve AI models' reasoning and instructional quality. Your work will focus on high school coursework and educator judgment.

Field
Teaching
Where
United States, Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Australia +89 more
Commitment
part time
Hours
up to 10/week
Posted
3 days ago

Pay data for your profession: Teacher AI trainer jobs

How this pay compares

At $55/hr, this role pays more than 53% of the 19 open teaching roles with a listed pay range, the same as the median.

OpenTrain AI roles that closed since late October stayed listed a median of 31 days (122 roles). OpenTrain AI posted this one 3 days ago.

Computed from 2,746 open roles we track across Mercor, micro1, Handshake AI, Alignerr, Appen and OpenTrain AI, refreshed daily. Midpoints of listed ranges; “up to” ceilings are left out of medians.

What you would earn at this rate

Rate

$55/hr

Per week, before tax

$550

Per month, if the work is steady

$2,383

Tax
Contract pay arrives with no tax withheld. A US contractor at this rate and these hours would set aside about $603 a month for self-employment tax plus federal income tax at the 12% bracket (25%, before state tax). Outside the US, your own country's rules apply.

Assumes paid hours only; unpaid assessments, onboarding and gaps between projects lower the real figure. Full take-home calculator · Track what you actually earn

Open teaching roles on each platform

The same kind of work, priced on every platform we track, with the best-paid open role on each.

PlatformOpenMedianBest-paid open role
OpenTrain AIthis role15$55/hrSTEM Professor AI Training Evaluator$150/hr
Handshake AI4up to $75/hr4 pricedSTEM ProfessorUp to $150/hr

“Up to” rows list only ceilings, so their median is a maximum, not comparable with the range midpoints above them.

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The full listing

As posted on OpenTrain AI. See the original

The work

You will create and evaluate educational content used to improve AI models' reasoning and instructional quality. Your work will focus on high school coursework and educator judgment.

You will also review model outputs and identify problems with reasoning, structure, clarity, or teaching quality.

  • Write detailed grading rubrics for assignments, essays, problem sets, and multi-step reasoning tasks.
  • Create exemplar student responses at multiple proficiency levels and provide structured feedback.
  • Draft concise research briefs about common misconceptions, cognitive scaffolds, and teaching strategies.
  • Create guided inquiry sequences, reading comprehension tasks, problem-solving breakdowns, and related instructional materials.
  • Evaluate AI model outputs for reasoning, structure, clarity, and pedagogy.

What it pays and takes

This is a remote, part-time, asynchronous contractor role. Work is expected to be flexible when the project is active.

  • Pay: $55 per hour.
  • Time: Approximately 10 hours per week when active, with less than 20 hours per week expected.
  • Location: Open to candidates in the countries specified in the listing.
  • Language: Fluent English.
  • Education expertise: Strong understanding of rubric design, assessment standards, and high school-level teaching is required.
  • Experience: At least two years of teaching, tutoring, or curriculum development experience at the high school level.
  • Student evaluation: Experience evaluating student work and explaining reasoning-based feedback.
  • Helpful background: AP or IB curriculum design, standards alignment, instructional design, literacy development, or competition coaching.
  • Relevant academic backgrounds may include education, English, mathematics, science, history, or a related field.
  • Interest in supporting the development of AI educational tools.

How it works

Apply on OpenTrain with your resume, then complete the application on the hiring site.

About AI training work

AI training is the human work behind systems that generate and evaluate content. People with teaching and subject expertise help prepare examples, review model responses, and improve how AI explains and reasons.

From applying to your first payment on OpenTrain AI

  1. 1

    Create a profile

    Create a free OpenTrain profile with your domains, languages and hourly rate.

  2. 2

    Apply

    Apply to the listing. Some listings hire through OpenTrain; others send you to the hiring platform.

  3. 3

    Funded milestones

    The client funds each milestone before work starts.

  4. 4

    First payment

    OpenTrain pays out to your connected payout method when the client approves the milestone. It doesn't publish a fixed payout schedule.

Sources: OpenTrain: AI training careers, OpenTrain docs: invoicing and payouts

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Pay history

OpenTrain AI has listed this role at $55/hr since Nov 10, 2026 with no change.

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