You know whether the work is any good. Get paid to say so.

Schools teach a pupil to build a cabinet, wire a circuit, write a proof or run an experiment — and then have nothing to show for it that an outsider will believe, because the school marked its own work. JitGuru is the other answer: an independent expert reviews the pupil's actual work and writes up what they can do.

That expert is you. Not a teacher of theirs, not an examiner for a test board — somebody who does the thing and can tell whether it was done well.

Create your evaluator profile How JitGuru works

Who this is for

Anyone with real expertise and the judgment that comes with it:

Tradespeople — electricians, welders, cabinetmakers, mechanics, builders
Teachers, working or retired, in any subject
Practitioners — engineers, nurses, accountants, chefs, farmers, programmers
Artists, musicians, writers and designers
Anyone who can look at a piece of work in their field and say what it demonstrates, and what it does not

No teaching qualification is required unless a particular school asks for one. What every school wants to know is that you know the subject and that you are not connected to the pupil.

What the work actually is

A school posts what needs judging

The subject, the milestone, how many pupils, and what that school counts as mastery. Schools set their own standard — JitGuru does not rank evaluators or filter them for a school, and it does not set the bar.

You review the pupil's real work

A portfolio, a project, a build, a recording, a written argument — whatever the pupil actually made. Remotely on your own time, as a live defence where the pupil presents and answers for it, or both. It is not teaching, and it is not marking a test.

You write up what they demonstrated

Against the school's criteria, in your own words: what they showed, what is still thin, what you would want to see next. That write-up becomes a — a record the family reads and a funder or accreditor will accept.

What it pays

The school sets the fee on each opening — usually per portfolio, sometimes per engagement or as a term retainer. It is stated on the opening before you apply
JitGuru takes no cut of evaluator pay. Schools pay a subscription; what the school offers is what you are paid
You choose what to take on, and how much of it

What you need

Your expertise, and whatever evidence of it you have — a licence, a ticket, a degree, years on the job, your own portfolio
Independence: you never judge pupils of a school you are part of
Whatever that particular school requires. Some ask for a background check, sent to them by the body that issued it, not by us

Which schools

Microschools, learning co-ops, homeschool groups, hybrid and independent schools — any school that teaches to mastery and wants an outside expert to confirm it. They come to JitGuru to find someone like you, for one pupil or for a whole cohort.

How to start

Create your profile and say what you know
Add your credentials, so a school can see them before they ask
Apply to openings that suit you — or, if a school already knows you and pointed you here, they can invite you by name

JitGuru is young, and most schools start by inviting an expert they already trust. If somebody sent you this page, make a profile and tell them — they can put you straight onto the work.

Create your evaluator profile See what an opening looks like