Remote contract position
Teacher Candidate Skills Content Expert
Help people pass their teacher candidate skills certification exam!
- Location:
- Remote and asynchronous
- Type:
- Contractor
- Job title:
- Teacher Candidate Skills Content Expert
About this position
TeacherPreps is hiring a U.S. teacher who has passed their Teacher Candidate Skills certification exam.
This role has two main functions:
- Review our practice test questions to ensure accuracy and quality.
- Create faceless screen-recorded exam preparation videos that are informational and fun to watch!
Responsibilities
- Review assigned Teacher Candidate Skills practice test questions for accuracy, quality, clarity, and exam fit.
- Revise question stems, answer choices, and explanations when they need to be clearer, more accurate, or more exam-like.
- Record screen-only video lessons from provided TeacherPreps materials when video assignments are available.
- Explain exam content in a clear, useful, engaging way for future educators preparing for Teacher Candidate Skills exams.
- Upload raw recordings to the assigned folder. TeacherPreps handles editing, cleanup, publishing, and final production.
Practice test question review
This is the review side of the role: checking question quality, accuracy, clarity, and exam fit.
Screen-recorded video lesson
This is the instructional side of the role: teaching from provided materials in a clear, helpful walkthrough.
Requirements
- You passed a U.S. certification or licensing exam relevant to Teacher Candidate Skills.
- You have a computer.
- You have an external microphone, such as a USB desktop mic, headset mic, or clip-on/lavalier mic.
- Built-in computer microphones are not accepted because the audio quality is not high enough for TeacherPreps videos.
- A tablet device and digital pencil are optional for this role, but they are desired for more video work, so please indicate if you have them when completing the application form below.
- You have reliable high-speed internet for recording and uploading video files.
- You are genuinely interested in helping future educators pass their exams.
Eligible Teacher Candidate Skills exams
You must provide a passing score report for at least one relevant certification or licensing exam.
- CalTPA: CalTPA
- EdSp CalTPA: Education Specialist CalTPA
- CBEST: Reading, Mathematics, and Writing
- CEOE Oklahoma General Education Test (OGET) (174)
- CSET: Writing Skills
- FTCE: Professional Education Test (083)
- FTCE General Knowledge Test (GK) (082)
- GACE® Ethics for Teachers
- GACE® Ethics for Leaders
- MEGA Missouri Educator Profile (MEP)
- MEGA Missouri General Education Assessment (MoGEA) (066–069)
- MTEL Adult Basic Education (55)
- MTEL CASA (801/803)
- MTEL MoGEA (866/867)
- MTLE Pedagogy: Elementary (Grades K–6)
- MTLE Pedagogy: Secondary (Grades 5–12)
- MTLE Pedagogy: Early Childhood (Birth to Grade 3)
- MTTC Professional Knowledge and Skills (5–9) (135)
- MTTC Professional Knowledge and Skills (7–12) (136)
- NES Essential Academic Skills
- NES Essential Academic Skills (005, 006, 007)
- NES Assessment of Professional Knowledge: Elementary
- NES Assessment of Professional Knowledge: Secondary
- NES Assessment of Professional Knowledge: Elementary (053)
- NES Assessment of Professional Knowledge: Secondary (054)
- NES: Assessment of Professional Knowledge: Elementary
- NES: Assessment of Professional Knowledge: Secondary
- NYSTCE Communication and Quantitative Skills Test (CQST) (080)
- NYSTCE Educating All Students (EAS) (201)
- OAE Assessment of Professional Knowledge: Middle Childhood (4–9) (002)
- OAE Assessment of Professional Knowledge: Adolescence to Young Adult (7–12) (003)
- OAE Assessment of Professional Knowledge: Multi-Age (PK–12) (004)
- OAE Assessment of Professional Knowledge: Primary Education (PK–5) (057)
- OAE Assessment of Professional Knowledge: Secondary Education (7–12) (103)
- PECT Pre-service Academic Performance Assessment (PAPA)
- PECT Pre-service Academic Performance Assessment (PAPA) (PA001)
- Praxis Pennsylvania Grades 4-8 Core Assessment: Pedagogy (5153)
- Praxis Principles of Learning and Teaching (PLT): Early Childhood (5621)
- Praxis Principles of Learning and Teaching (PLT): Grades K-6 (5622)
- Praxis Principles of Learning and Teaching (PLT): Grades 5-9 (5623)
- Praxis Principles of Learning and Teaching (PLT): Grades 7-12 (5624)
- Praxis Principles of Learning and Teaching (PLT): PreK–12 (5625)
- Praxis Core Combined (5752; subtests 5713, 5723, 5733)
- Praxis Communication and Literacy Combined (5753; subtests 5714, 5724)
- Praxis World Languages Pedagogy (5841)
- TExES Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities EC–12 (160)
- TExES Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities for Trade and Industrial Education 6–12 (370)
- TX PACT: Essential Academic Skills (700)
- VCLA Virginia Communication and Literacy Assessment (discontinued for licensure after 6/30/2024)
- WEST–B: Reading, Writing, Mathematics (095/096/097)
- Retired Teacher Candidate Skills exams are also accepted.
Compensation & Timeline
Practice question review
$1.00 per accepted question
- 250-300 questions per assignment, with the possibility of more.
- Usually completed within two weeks of the start date.
Screen-recorded video lessons
$2.50 per accepted finished video minute
- For example, a 10-minute finished video pays $25.
- Assigned separately when matching materials are ready.
- Assignment scope, compensation, and timing are confirmed in writing before work begins.
Apply for this position
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Diversity & Inclusion Statement
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