Science Teacher Expert
We're hiring science teachers as contractors to author and grade the science instruction scenarios those evaluations run on.
Hiring companyAfterQuery Experts
About the role
No screen recording, no keystroke monitoring, no idle timers.
Independent contractor. Ongoing project work rather than single task batches.
Why Apply
- $45 to $75/hr, paid hourly via Stripe.
- 100% remote and fully async with no grading nights.
- Shape how frontier models reason about science.
- Ongoing project work with hours you set each week.
Responsibilities
- Author realistic science instruction scenarios including labs and misconceptions.
- Write reference answers with the scientific reasoning behind each explanation.
- Grade model output for scientific accuracy and lab safety.
- Flag demonstrations and explanations that read well but are wrong or unsafe.
- Author realistic science instruction scenarios including labs and misconceptions.
- Write reference answers with the scientific reasoning behind each explanation.
- Grade model output for scientific accuracy and lab safety.
- Flag demonstrations and explanations that read well but are wrong or unsafe.
Required skills
- Depth in at least one discipline: biology, chemistry, physics, or earth science.
Preferred skills
- Experience teaching advanced courses such as AP, IB, or equivalents.
- Lab design and inquiry based instruction experience.
- Science fair or student research mentoring.
Experience and education
- Teaching license or certification with a science endorsement.
- 2+ years of teaching science in a classroom setting.
- Depth in at least one discipline: biology, chemistry, physics, or earth science.
- You can write scientific reasoning clearly enough for another teacher to follow it.
- Teaching license or certification with a science endorsement.
- 2+ years of teaching science in a classroom setting.
Language requirements
- Clear written English for explaining scientific reasoning.
Assessment requirements
Apply at /apply/science-teacher-expert. About five minutes. Resume plus a few structured questions.
Resume review. Every application gets read against a published rubric and gets a decision.
Written assessment. You may be asked to take a written assessment for further placement.
Onboarding. Sign the contractor agreement, connect Stripe, and get platform access.
Project match. You're matched to live work in your specialty, usually within a week of onboarding.
Schedule details
Fully remote, fully async. No fixed hours.
Minimum 10 hours per week, no maximum. Scale up or down week to week.
Able to commit at least 10 hours per week.
Time Commitment: 10 hours/week.
Start Date: ASAP.
End Date: Ongoing.
Eligibility
Work arrangement: Fully remote
Compensation details
- $45 - $75/hr.
- $45 to $75/hr, paid weekly via Stripe. Your rate is set from your experience, not negotiated down after you start.
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